Yesterday’s publication of a new Henry Jackson Society report detailing all Islamist terrorism convictions in the UK between 1998 and 2015 provides the most comprehensive overview of the threat posed by Islamism-inspired terrorism to the UK. In its profiles of 258 individuals convicted of offences, ‘Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK […]
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NUS delegate’s rant shows wider problem in student movement
Daniel Yahia, a student at the University of Edinburgh elected as a National Union of Students (NUS) delegate, has been accused of using antisemitic language on his Facebook page When discussing Nir Bitton, an Israeli footballer who plays for Celtic, Mr Yahia wrote: “Sick of seeing Celtic fans creaming themselves over Nir Bitton. We are […]
Continue readingMiddlesex student jailed after attempting to join Islamic State
Cubeyda Hassan Jama, a computer science student studying at Middlesex University, was jailed for three and a half years yesterday for engaging in the preparation of terrorist acts. Jama used his student loan to stockpile survival equipment and buy a one-way ticket to Bucharest in February – aiming to cross the Turkish-Syrian border to join […]
Continue readingNUS Black Students’ Officer attends Al-Quds Day march
On Sunday, hundreds of anti-Israel activists gathered in central London to take part in the annual Al-Quds Day march, following a tradition inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini. The march was organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a group Student Rights has written on a number of times in the past. This has included highlighting […]
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