Gilad Atzmon is a musician and political activist. He calls himself an ”ex-Jew” and is notorious for his extreme antisemitic views. He is already widely shunned, even on the far Left. The following quotes illustrate a selection of the views he has expressed. Jews were responsible for their persecution by [...]

War on Want is a leading British charity which receives a great deal of political support and taxpayers money. Over the last decade, it has been given just under £1.5 million of Comic Relief’s funds. It has also obtained just under half a million pounds from the European Commission and [...]

What is the iERA? Who are its speakers? What do they believe? The Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA) is an Islamist organisation which tours hate preachers around Britain. It is an extreme Salafist group, which largely focuses on da’wah (proselytizing or preaching). Recently, its speakers have been banned from [...]

The University of Manchester has a long history of extremism. In the late 1970s, dissident Iraqi students who had spoken out against repression in Iraq were the victims of violence by members of the National Union of Iraqi Students (NUIS). Violent confrontations were occurring on campuses. At the University of Manchester [...]

First published at the Gatestone Institute Earlier this month, Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal handed a life sentence to Abdul Quader Mollah, a leading Jamaat-e-Islami figure, for his role in the 1971 atrocities. He emerged from the Supreme Court on February 4, offering a victory sign to his supporters. Known as the “Butcher [...]

Relationship with the Islamic College One of the University of Middlesex’s partner institutions is the Islamic College,[1] whose degrees are accredited by the University[2]. The Islamic College’s sister school is the Hawza Ilmiyya in London. The Times revealed in 2006 that students at the Hawza Ilmiyya were being taught to [...]

A new, self-described “fascist” and “blackshirts” far-Right group, called the New British Union (NBU), was launched recently by Gary Raikes, the former Scotland Organiser for the British National Party. The NBU states it is dedicated to promoting “blackshirt” fascism and reviving the values set out by infamous British fascist Oswald Mosley. The [...]

In March 2007, Ahron Cohen (right), leader of the extremist Jewish sect Neturei Karta, spoke at the University of York, on behalf of Amnesty International and the York Palestine Solidarity Campaign [1]. His visit appalled Jewish students and Jewish rabbis in the region. Ahron Cohen had stated, a year before, [...]

  Israeli politicians and Jewish media across the World have excitedly embraced the efforts of Turkish television channel A9 to effect and encourage interfaith dialogue – or, as the channel itself puts it, promote “peace and love” between all peoples. The programme is part of a hardline group run by [...]

The Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) was founded by Abbas Edalat in 2005. CASMII is the leading lobby group in the USA and UK which campaigns in opposition to punitive action against the Iranian regime. Its speakers appear regularly in the media. CASMII works closely with [...]