Exposing Islam.

Doctor is angry over the restrictions on him since he claimed asylum
He says he's been stopped from working and doesn't want to live in hostels
Doctor was arrested today after a disturbance in an immigration building

A former Syrian Army doctor who said he would rather be in war-torn Aleppo than Britain was arrested at an immigration centre today.

Dr Abdulkader Majed Al-Zuebi was held by six officers and bundled into a police van for a public order offence outside the Home Office headquarters at Lunar House, Croydon, South London

The plastic surgeon, who arrived in the UK on October 8 with a German passport, has moaned that government restrictions means he can only stay in five-star hotels like the Four Seasons Hotel since he arrived.

Dr Al-Zuebi even said he was forced to sell his£3,000 Rolex watch to pay for his hotel bills because he does not have a visa to work.

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Arrest: Syrian Dr Abdulkader Majed Al-Zuebi, pictured, who moaned he wanted to be deported back to war-torn Aleppo because he preferred it to Britain was arrested outside an immigration centre today

Held: Dr Al-Zuebi, a plastic surgeon, pictured, who boasts he once earned £6,000-a-month arrived in Britain on October 8 from Germany with a German passport. But he has begged Home Office officials to allow he to return to Syria

Selfie: Dr Al-Zuebi, who reportedly has a fiancee in the UK, is angry at the restrictions that have been placed on him. Because he applied for asylum when he arrived at Stansted Airport he is not allowed to work

The plastic surgeon, who was reportedly a medic in the Syrian Army, says he has been staying at the Four Seasons Hotel since he arrived and was forced to sell his £3,000 Rolex watch to pay for his hotel bills

Dr Al-Zuebi, who claims he once earned £6,000-a-month, said officials have refused to give him his German passport back since he arrived at Stansted airport 12 days ago.

He has pleaded with the Home Office to allow him to fly back to war torn Aleppo as soon as possible because he prefers it to Britain.

An hour before his arrest this afternoon Dr Al-Zuebi, who claims to have a fiancee in Britain and has appears to have stayed in five star hotels in Turkey and London previously, said he would sleep outside the Home Office building until they deported him.

He has a form issued to him at Stansted Airport when he arrived reportedly confirming he had applied for asylum in the UK, which prevents him from working.

'I do not have my papers,' he said. 'They were taken when I arrived.

'I have not been able to stay anywhere other than five star hotels and I cannot work without my papers.

'I used to have jobs earning £6,000 a month as a doctor. In hostels the beds are bad and the food is not better than normal.

'The Home Office say it will be six months before I get my passport back. I have had to spend my nights in five star hotels like the Marriott and The Four Seasons.

'I had to sell my Rolex for £3,000 to pay for my rooms. I had membership to these hotels back in Syria so I can stay there without papers.'

The refugee argued he want to be deported and said: 'It's not a better life here.

'I want to work and support myself and I have told them I want to be deported. I've been turning up here for several days.

'They say they are not going to send me back to Syria. I will need to buy a British passport and book a private flight to Damascus.

'I used to fight for Assad and I am going to return to do that in Syria. Everyone says you will have a better life in the UK and it's not true.

'It's different for minors because they can't support themselves but I'm a normal man and I can. I am going to camp out here and sleep here until I get my papers.'

An hour after his alleged rant, the doctor was dragged from the building, bent over and restrained by officers.

Scotland Yard confirmed: 'At around 3.30pm officers were informed of a disturbance at Lunar House.

'They arrested man on suspicion of a public order offence. He had been remanded in a south London custody suite. Enquiries continue.'

Yesterday Dr Al-Zuebi claimed he left Syria when the war started as he could not 'kill civilians'

He added: 'I was put in jail, then I fled to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, then Greece, then to Germany.'

As he has a German passport he was able to get into the UK legally.

Dr Al-Zuebi highlighted his case to reporters covering the arrival of child migrants from Calais's 'Jungle' camp.

He said: 'I want to go back. I would rather be back in Aleppo than stay here. I want to deport myself.

'I would tell those arriving from Calais to go back. It is better there than it is here.'

He is understood to have a British fiancee and three relatives living in the UK, but said he hated the 'miserable' place in Cardiff.

A gang of Iranian men sexually exploited and groomed vulnerable girls by supplying them with drugs and offering them free pizza, a court heard.

All three victims, who were as young as 16, were allegedly targeted by the group of takeaway workers who “farmed them out like cattle” to other men.

The group’s ring leaders were allegedly Mohammed Rostami, 37, Mehdi Zare, 32, and Amin Kaveh, 35, all of whom had links to pizza shops in Chelmsford.

Opening the case at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday, prosecutor Christopher Paxton claimed they would pick the girls up from the shops before plying them with highly-addictive drugs, including cocaine and methadone.

This lead to the vulnerable girls quickly becoming pawns, who would have sex with anyone for drugs.

Mr Paxton said: “At the heart of this case are three young women, vulnerable and troubled who have been sexually exploited by the defendants over two distinct periods of time.

“To these defendants, these vulnerable young girls presented opportunities for sexual exploitation, farming them out for sex within a tight-knit group or just having sex with them for their own gratification.”

One victim was only 13 when she apparently met Rostami, who worked as a chef at Essex Pizza in Duke Street, Chelmsford, back in 2006, Judge Patricia Lynch QC heard.

The jury was told that he started by offering her and her friend free pizza before supplying the girl, who had a troubled background, with cannabis.

Mr Paxton explained that Rostami, of no fixed address, would take the girl out in his car before their relationship rapidly turned sexual.

He would pick her up from school while she was in her uniform and knowing how old she was, eventually supplying the girl and her friend with free drugs including cocaine, he added.

She quickly became addicted and by the age of 14 was taking two grams of cocaine a day, worth around £100.Mr Paxton said: “After a few months providing them drugs for free, Rostami told the girl that she had to start earning or paying for the drugs. He said ‘otherwise I am losing money’.

“It is clear that aged about 14 she would have to have sexual intercourse with much older Iranian men.”

Mr Paxton said Rostami treated the girl like “cattle” and “farmed” her out to his friends for financial gain.

The girl continued with it, despite not liking it, because it was her main way of getting drugs and she thought it pleased Rostami, the court heard.

The first victim moved away from Chelmsford in around 2010 and came back in 2012. She still had drugs problems and saw Rostami, who told he could get her methadone, known as M-Cat, for free, Mr Paxton told the court.

She went with him in his car and they stopped where Rostami gave her a “large bag of cocaine” because they started kissing and having sex.

It is claimed that the girl felt guilty because she had a boyfriend and asked him to stop but he continued, and after finishing, told the girl “it wasn’t his fault”.

The same girl was also allegedly raped and sexually exploited by Mehdi Zare – who she called Medi One.

Zare, 32, of Lupin Drive, Chelmsford, also had connections to Essex Pizza and had known the girl and her friends for several years.

He started spending more time with her as she got older and Rostami showed less interest as she approached 16, the court heard.

Mr Paxton said: “They engaged in sexual activity when she was under 16 and he arranged for the girl to have sex with other men for drugs.”

She told police: “Medi was the one who really got us bad.”

Zare would allegedly take the girl to have sex with men from the Iranian community at addresses around Essex and east London.

Amin Kaveh, who was most recently living at an address in Shoebury, also knew the victim through the pizza shop and would allegedly supply them with drugs in exchange for sex.

The second victim was a girl who grew up abroad and moved back to Chelmsford aged 20 in the autumn of 2012.

She apparently met Kaveh, who she knew as Amir, through a pizza shop at the end of 2012.

He quickly approached her and convinced her and a friend to come to a house with him for coffee.

The court heard that when there arrived they found a lot of Iranian men taking mephedrone.

He is accused of taking the two women into a bedroom where he offered them a plate which he said contained mephedrone.

Mr Paxton said: “They did not want to take the drug but were pressurised into it by Mr Kaveh. He told her if she did not do it he would push her face into the plate.

“The drug had a dramatic effect, causing the woman dizziness and numbness and caused her to lay on the bed.

“She did not think it was mephedrone. The next thing she knew Mr Kaveh was taking her clothes off and opening her legs and penetrating.

“The woman did not consent to this.”

The jury was told that a week later the woman was waiting for the bus home in Chelmsford when Kaveh approached her and pulled out a taser disguised as an iPhone.

Mr Paxton said: “He demanded that she come and work for him as a prostitute and drug dealer and if she didn’t said ‘bad things would happen’.

“She felt she had no choice but to go along and pleaded with him to keep her friend out of it.”

The girl spent the following two years working as a prostitute and began regularly using mephedrone, the court heard.

Kaveh would allegedly drive her to various Iranian men’s houses where she would have sex with “whoever he said”.

One of these is apparently Mohammed Zarei, 32, a taxi driver, of Delamere Road, Chelmsford, who is charged with one count of rape between September 22, 2012 and September 1, 2014.

Kaveh took the girl to see Zarei for sex.

During the encounter she told him she didn’t want to, but Zarei allegedly told her that he would tell Kaveh that they had sex if she performed oral sex on him.

The second rape is said to have occurred when the victim met Mehdi Khashi, 32, also a taxi driver, of Rookes Crescent in Chelmsford, between September 22, 2012 and September 1, 2014.

The last victim was from a troubled background and met Kaveh while she was working as a prostitute in Southend in June 2013.

The girl was already addicted to mephedrone, with Kaveh accused of exploiting the addiction for his own gain.

Mr Paxton said: “He started farming her out to his contacts and made arrangements for them to come to his address and told them she was ‘great’.

“She was taken around different men in the Iranian community which was arranged by and involved Mr Kaveh.

“She was often paid in grams of M-Cat and was expected to have sex with the men.

“He controlled her as a prostitute. She believes she had sex with various men over several months in 2013 and 2014.

“One time at his flat, she had sex with different men over four hours for 10 grams of M-Cat, worth about £200.

“She was a heavy user of the drug at this time and was prepared to have sex with everyone who Mr Kaveh brought to the door.

“The fact that she was involved in prostitution does not make her any less vulnerable in fact she was perhaps more vulnerable.”…

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Abdulhadi Arwani was shot dead while sitting in his car in north London

The chief executive of the Quiliam Foundation, Haras Rafiq, has claimed that civil war has spread onto the UK's streets.

He said this the killers deemed their victims "not being Muslim enough" and it has led to "ISIS-style" killings on British street.

He said: "The last three killings of Muslims to be picked up by the media have been carried out by those who have decided that their victims 'are not Muslim enough'."

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Arwani was murdered due to a power struggle over a mosque

The last three killings of Muslims to be picked up by the media have been carried out by those who have decided that their victims 'are not Muslim enough'
Haras Rafiq

Mr Rafiq said that the Salafi version of Islam excommunicates Muslims who are not the same as them and under Sharia law, this means that these people can be killed.

The Muslim leader, Khalid Rashad, hired a hit man to shoot dead Abdul Hadi Arwani because of a mosque power struggle.

Rashad, who was jailed yesterday, decided to carry out the murder following a struggle over who had the right to run the An Noor cultural centre, a mosque in west London.

In a comment piece in The Times, Mr Rafiq said: "The murder of Abdul Hadi Arwani was ordered because of a mosque power struggle.

"But we should not lose sight of another factor: the different interpretations within Sunni Islam.

"We often hear of the Sunni/ Shia schism, but we should not lose sight of the fascistic purging and intimidation of Muslims within their own branch of the religion."

The chief executive of the think tank said that "not being the right kind of Muslim now carries a potential death warrant on our streets."

Commander Mak Chishty, head of engagement with the Metropolitan Police, said: "To kill anybody, especially over a dispute like that, beggars belief.

"The murder was brutal, it was callous and it's robbed a community and the family of a decent man."

The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain has recently claimed that some Islamic families in Britain have abused and attacked their own children for choosing to refuse the teachings of the Koran.

Barista training course started earlier this year at the south London prison
Prison chiefs have been inundated with requests to do the six-week course
Pret A Manger said it was committed to work with prisons on new scheme

Prisoners are being trained up to make frothy lattes and cappuccinos

Jihadi prisoners are being trained up as baristas at a maximum security prison.

Lags at the 900-capacity HMP Belmarsh, in south London, home to some of the most volatile lags in the UK and around 100 Islamic militants, are being trained up to make frothy lattes and cappuccinos.

A number of prisons around the UK, in the hope that inmates will find it easier to land a job when released, have started barista courses after the explosion of coffee shops around the UK in the last decade.

And Belmarsh has now jumped on the bandwagon, with a barista training course starting up earlier this year.

Prison chiefs have been inundated with requests from prisoners to sign up for the six-week course, which has already seen a number of lags trained up as baristas.

The course teaches them how to serve up gourmet coffees, including lattes, flat whites and expressos - as well as smoothie and hot chocolate.

A report out into the prison this week by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) this week confirmed that the classes had started.

It stated: 'The Board is pleased that the training in Barista skills has recently started.'

Belmarsh - once home to hate preachers Abu Hamza and Abu Qatada and Lee Rigby's murderer Michael Adebolajo - was likened to a 'jihadi training camp' earlier this year by a former inmate.

The inmate, a Muslim graduate who was in the jail for bank fraud, said in an interview this year that prisoners were 'brainwashed' to 'spread the terror message' and that the jail was 'run' by a group of jihadists who call themselves 'the brothers' or 'the Akhi (Arabic for brother).

The classes are part of the prison's Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) programme, which aims to help prisoners gain 'work opportunities' when they are released.

The course, called VTCT Level 2 Award in Barista Skills (QCF), teaches students to learn to taste the difference between coffees and make other drinks, like smoothies and hot chocolate.

It states: 'The main role of a Barista is to make wonderful coffee, but you will also learn how use equipment to make tea, hot chocolate, smoothies and juices.

'You will develop the skills to make various types of coffee and tea that are regularly prepared for customers in coffee shops, cafés, hotels and restaurants.

'You will learn about coffee, where it is grown, how it is processed and how it arrives ready for you to grind and brew.'

It also states that students need to learn about 'the importance of good customer service' and how to 'solve the problems that arise on a daily basis when working as a barista'.

Belmarsh - once home to hate preacher Abu Hamza (pictured) was likened to a 'jihadi training camp' earlier this year by a former inmate

Students also need to be able to 'describe the original and flavour' of the coffees and other drinks on offer.

A prison worker, who has worked in jails around the UK for the past 10 years, said barista courses were the 'next big thing' in prisons and would take over from 'traditional' trades.

He said: 'Most of the courses (in jail) cover the basic trades, like painting and decorating and bricklaying - or in women's jail hairdressing and sewing.

'Being trained up as a barista is the next new thing - it's no surprise I guess with the number of coffee shops around nowadays.'

Another prison already offering a barista course to prisoners is HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire - and plans are in progress to expand the scheme to many prisons across the UK.

Prisoners at HMP Holloway, a 590-capacity women's jail in north London, were due to be trained up as baristas by Pret a Manger staff, but the scheme was scrapped when it was announced that the jail was to be closed later this year.

Despite the scheme being scrapped at HMP Holloway, prison chiefs are keen to roll out barista training at other jails in the UK to help lags get jobs upon their release.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: 'Prison should also help offenders get the skills and qualifications to make a success of life on the outside. We should see them as potential assets, people who can contribute to society and put something back.

'We have secured £1.3 billion to modernise the prison estate and we will put governors in charge. These reforms will ensure prisons are places of decency and improve public safety by reducing reoffending.'

There are an estimated 19,000 coffee shops in the UK - and it is estimated that within the next 15 years the number of coffee houses could overtake the number of pubs in Britain.

There are around 48,000 pubs in Britain now - compared to 69,000 in 1980 - but they are closing at a rate of 31-a-week, that's more than 1,600 closing their doors every year.

A spokeswoman for Pret A Manger confirmed that the scheme at HMP Holloway has been cancelled because of the imminent closure of the jail, but said it was committed to working with prisons to help offenders get jobs through its Pret Foundation Trust.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) ruled that former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie was “entitled” to give his opinion and newspapers may “engage in discussion, criticism and debate about religious ideas and practices”.
This a clear victory for free speech, which should be applauded and defended everywhere in the West. We do not need to agree with anyone’s opinion, but free speech is a hallmark of our democracy.
However, “victim” and Channel 4 journalist Fatima Manji said that the ruling was “frightening” and signals it is now “open season on minorities and Muslims in particular”, adding there should be “limits” to free speech.This deceitful nonsense that Fatima Manji is spewing is what is really “frightening,” and far too common.
The ruling by IPSO is not “open season on minorities”. Which other minority group does anyone routinely hear complaining collectively about some “phobia” and challenging free speech? Free speech is antithetical to the tenets of Sharia, which Islamic supremacists have been diligently attempting to impose upon the West through all kinds of means: intimidation, claims of victimhood, accusations about racism, and the bogus “Islamophobia” narrative.In the West, it is permissible to offend, and Muslims are also permitted to respond, instead of creating unwarranted public scandals and/or initiating Islamic lawfare against the West. Not every Muslim adopts this “Islamophobia” nonsense, either.

This victimology agenda was fully exposed by a former imam and member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad.

“‘Open Season on Minorities’ After Press Regulator Permits ‘Offensive’ Criticism of Islam”, by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, October 20, 2016:

The press regulator has said a columnist is not guilty of “harassment” and “discrimination” for writing an “offensive” article criticising Channel 4 News for using an anchor in a Muslim headscarf on the night of an Islamic terror attack.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) ruled that former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie was “entitled” to give his opinion and newspapers may “engage in discussion, criticism and debate about religious ideas and practices”.

However, “victim” and Channel 4 journalist Fatima Manji said that the ruling was “frightening” and signals it is now “open season on minorities and Muslims in particular”, adding there should be “limits” to free speech.

Her colleagues at Channel 4 agreed.

IPSO proves itself as toothless a press regulator as its forbear the PCC. Its ruling on Fatima Manji sanctions religious and racial abuse.— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) October 20, 2016

Mr. MacKenzie’s column had argued that it was not “appropriate” for “a young lady in a hijab” to be “on camera when there had been yet another shocking slaughter by a Muslim” – the Islamic State truck attack in France that killed 80 people.

“Would the station have used an Orthodox Jew to cover the Israeli-Palestine conflict? Of course not,” he added.

He was careful not to blame Ms. Manji personally, but accuses Channel 4 of playing “TV games” and said that, in his view, Islam is “clearly [a] violent religion”.

The columnist later insisted his criticism was “reasonable”, described the hijab as a “religious statement”, and said it would be unlikely a Christian would be allowed to wear a cross prominently on television.

Speaking on Radio 4 this morning, Ms. Manji said she does indeed “wear the headscarf as a symbol of [her] religious faith” but dismissed questions about such symbols in public life as a “manufactured debate”.

In relation to the wearing of a Christian cross on TV, she said: “I respect individuals’ choices, and in particular respect individual women’s choices.”

“I respected people’s journalism when they’re interested in telling the truth – something Kelvin MacKenzie has not been interested in,” she added, continuing:

“Freedom of speech is my bread and butter, and I exercise it every day and I fought for other journalists who are silenced around the world to have that same right.

“I am happy for people to ridicule me or offend me. I am not happy for people to incite hatred against me and that is what happened here,” she said.

The journalist claimed she was “worried for [her] safety” after the article was published, that “measures” had to be “put in place”, and someone on a BBC debate had said she should be “lynched”.

However, Ms. Manji also found huge support after the controversy blew up in July of this year, with around 1,700 people complaining to the regulator about the column.

In its ruling on Wednesday, IPSO wrote: “While the columnist’s opinions were undoubtedly offensive to the complainant, and to others, these were views he had been entitled to express. The article did not include a prejudicial or pejorative reference to the complainant on the grounds of her religion.”

The regulator also ruled the article was not in breach of the harassment or accuracy clauses of the code. They recognised the matter was sensitive, they said, but was a subject of a legitimate public debate.

The finding continued: “The columnist’s view that Islam is ‘clearly a violent religion’ was a statement of his opinion. This view, however extreme or offensive to many, did not raise a breach of Clause 1.

“The suggestion that the complainant was a ‘pawn in this TV news game’ was clearly conjecture, and underlined that the author’s criticism was directed at Channel 4 and not at the individual newsreader.”

The ruling also insisted: “It should not be interpreted as preventing such criticism merely because, as is inescapable, many individuals subscribe to that particular faith.

top lawyer says majority of legal claims against troops have no foundation
Attorney General Jeremy Wright says witch-hunt is 'out of our control'
But he said claims against British soldiers still have to be investigated

Attorney General Jeremy Wright (pictured) said the 'vast majority' of legal claims against troops are without foundation

The 'vast majority' of legal claims against troops are without foundation, the government's top lawyer admitted yesterday.

Attorney General Jeremy Wright said a legal witch-hunt against British troops is 'out of our control', but insisted claims against soldiers still have to be investigated despite a disgraced lawyer's downfall.

The Attorney General told MPs: 'I am perfectly prepared to say I am convinced that at the end of this process the vast, vast majority of allegations will be found to be baseless.

'I do not dispute for a moment how difficult this process is and how frustrating it is that it is taking this long. It really should not.'

Speaking to an inquiry into the drummed-up cases against British soldiers who served in Iraq, he said he had never before seen law firms generate claims on such a scale.

He also suggested heavy-handed detectives employed to probe murder allegations could face criminal charges for turning up at barracks and allegedly pretending to be police.

His brutal verdict came after law firm Public Interest Lawyers shut down in August this year after it was stripped of legal aid.

Lawyer Phil Shiner, who was behind the firm, has made his career suing the British government at taxpayers' expense. He is facing a criminal probe and a professional disciplinary tribunal next year.

His firm handed over 1,100 claims of wrongdoing by British troops to the Iraq Historical Allegations Team (Ihat).

The £57million probe is currently looking at 1,666 claims in total.

His brutal verdict came after law firm Public Interest Lawyers shut down in August, pictured is Phil Shiner, who was behind the firm

Soldiers hoped that the closure of PIL would have stopped them being dragged before detectives working for Ihat.

But yesterday Mr Wright admitted: 'We cannot shut up shop.'

He said he understood that soldiers were going through a 'horrendous' experience.

But in a defence sub-committee hearing he added: 'Part of it is out of our control, part of it is about the flow into the system as much as the way you manage things once they are there.'

He said cases handed to them by PIL still had to scrutinised to weed out those that were baseless.

He said: 'We can't assume, much as we might like to, that everything he brought to us is false.

'The obligation to investigate still exists even if it came from Mr Shiner and his company.

'What hasn't yet been demonstrated is every single one of the cases is not genuine.'

He admitted: 'We are back I'm afraid to the same problem of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

'Even if a large proportion of the cases he brought to us are fake, false, do not have any merit at all, working out which they are, assuming Mr Shiner isn't going to tell us, would still require an investigatory process.'

Detectives working for Ihat have been accused of turning up out of the blue at military bases and threatening soldiers with arrest – even though they do not have the powers.

Asked about this, Mr Wright said: 'Impersonating a police officer is a criminal offence and if that is what has happened then I have no doubt that that those who will pursue that type of offending ought to do so.'

He said it was a 'source of deep frustration' that the Government had to investigate soldiers over incidents that happened a decade ago.

He added: 'I don't think it is fair to say that in 2010 anyone expected that IHAT in 2016 would be dealing with the volume of cases it is now dealing with.

'The way in which these particular firms were generating workload in a way that I don't think has ever been seen before in any other context.'

It also emerged that some of the claims submitted to Ihat were just three lines long, with very minimal details about the crime that allegedly took place.

Tory MP Johnny Mercer, who set up the inquiry, blasted: 'It comes across to the untrained as completely insane.'

Chair of the defence select committee, Dr Julian Lewis. said: 'If these people had operated the system with even a modicum of good sense and discrimination many of the soldiers wouldn't have been put through this.'

Teenager arrested at 12.20pm on Friday on street in North London remains in police custody
Followed discovery of a 'viable device' on a train on Thursday
It was detonated in a controlled explosion at North Greenwich, but it is not known how long it have been it had been on the train
Passengers were evacuated from station near The O2 as alarms rang

But shhhh…. don’t go describing him as a “Muslim”and then maybe nobody will ever suspect he is.

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A 19-year-old man was arrested after a suspicious device was blown up in a controlled explosion in London

A 'viable device' found on a London Underground train is believed to have been planted by a terrorist acting alone - and was placed on a carriage heading for landmarks including Westminster and The Shard.

The package - described as a bag with wires sticking out - was found on a Jubilee Line train on Thursday.

North Greenwich station was evacuated for more than seven hours, and bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion.

A 19-year-old man arrested in north London yesterday afternoon remains in police custody today.

The teenager was Tasered in the street as armed police swooped on the suspect, described as a white, bearded man.

The teenager was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 after his arrest at 12.20pm in Holloway, and can be detained for up to 14 days without charge.

Police have confirmed they are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the device.

And the Ministry Of Defence warned its staff in a memo that the culprit could have planted more devices, according to The Telegraph.

It said: 'This increase is in response to the discovery of a suspected viable improvised explosive device (IED) on a London Underground train.

Dylan Butt, 57, from Trafford Council, claim villagers were 'Islamophobic'
The Conservative councillor wrote letters to those opposing new mosque
The £2m Islamic centre with cafe and gallery planned for Greenbelt land

A pensioner claims his Asian councillor branded him ‘Islamophobic’ after objecting to plans for a mosque and Islamic community centre on greenbelt land near his home.

Maurice Rushby, 67, said he raised ‘legitimate concerns’ about proposals for the 20,000 sq ft, £2million building on a former farmer’s field – but was accused of racism when he asked how it could be opposed.

Conservative councillor and former mayor Dylan Butt is now being investigated by Trafford Council over claims he failed to comply with its code of conduct, it is understood.

Dylan Butt, 57, (left) a Conservative councillor at Trafford Council, in Greater Manchester, is being investigated after the former mayor, who previously met Sir Alex Ferguson (right), used the race card against villagers opposing a mosque

The row centres on plans drawn up by the Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association to build a two-storey base in the village of Timperley near Altrincham, Greater Manchester.

Described as a ‘pavilion in the park’, the plans were drawn up after years of discussion with planners.

The new building would include two main prayer halls, a ‘garden of contemplation’, a cafe and gallery space, plus parking for 165 vehicles.

The AHMA said there was a ‘compelling and urgent need’ for the facility as the group has outgrown its base at a former church nearby.

But locals fear the plans could increase traffic, and more than 1,500 have signed a petition opposing the development. Retired chemical engineer Mr Rushby, 67, emailed Mr Butt asking:

‘There have been numerous rumours regarding the development of a large mosque.

Are you are aware of this proposed development and what do we need to do to oppose it?’

Local residents Mile Harrison (right) and Maurice Rushby (pictured in front of the proposed site) say Mr Butt's suggestion of 'Islamophobia' was a 'clumsy attempt' to suggest racism

Today Butt (left) was probed by legal officials at the Tory-run Trafford Council, in Greater Manchester, over claims he failed to comply with the authority’s code of conduct

View of the proposed Greenbelt site, just 100 metres from the home of resident Mike Harrison

Mr Butt replied, listing other planning issues near Mr Rushby’s home in Timperley and asking the Homewatch co-ordinator why he had not complained about them.

The councillor added: ‘There is a significant sized Muslim community within the area which has expressed a genuine need for relocating from their existing centre to another nearby larger site.

‘We cannot start jumping up and down as soon as some individuals contact us to oppose anything regarded as a wind-up as you put it.

The row erupted after plans to build the Islamic centre on Greenbelt land opposite a garden centre near the village of Timperley were unveiled last August (artists impression pictured)

‘This would be considered as tantamount to Islamophobia if it is not argued on planning guidelines.

You or indeed I as a local councillor would not wish to be accused of such attitudes.’

But Mr Rushby accused Mr Butt of ‘hiding behind his race card’. ‘I am deeply upset and offended by even the suggestion that my actions maybe racially motivated,’ he said yesterday.

‘His mention of the word “Islamophobia” is totally irrelevant and unnecessary.

If Mr Butt was to disagree with a point I made I would never suggest he was being “Christianophobic”.

He added: ‘His actions are improper and tantamount to bullying.’

No formal application for the mosque has yet been submitted to Trafford Council.

Up to 1,800 locals have signed a petition fighting the mosque plans, and a demonstration is due to be held at the weekend.

The AHMA says the land is more like brownfield than greenbelt and pledges to address traffic concerns.

Its newsletter said: ‘The inspiration for the project was to conceive and capture a simple and elegant structure that would sit quietly in the landscape and would encourage contemplation and reflection.’

Mr Butt was elected to Trafford Council in 2004 and served as Mayor in 2013 and 2014.

Three years ago he awarded former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson the Freedom of the Borough. He did not respond to requests for comment.

In a letter, director of legal and democratic services at Trafford Council Jane Le Fevre said: ‘The councillor has five working days to make written representations to me.’

The £2million Islamic community centre is expected to want to include two main prayer halls a 'garden of contemplation', a cafe, gallery space and parking for 165 vehicles

Up to 1,800 locals have signed a petition fighting the plans and a demonstration is due to be held at the weekend. Pictured Mr Harrison (left) and Mr Rushby (right) on the site

Nadine Aburas, 28, was found on New Year’s Eve by hotel staff in Cardiff
It allegedly came hours after her killer fled in her car to drive to Heathrow
Businessman Sammy Almahri fled to Doha to escape justice, court told
Almahri denies murder because he claims his responsibility is diminished

A millionaire New York businessman strangled his British girlfriend in a hotel room after meeting her on a Muslim dating site, a court heard today.

Nadine Aburas, 28, was found on New Year’s Eve by hotel staff - and hours later it is alleged her killer fled in her car to drive to London Heathrow Airport to evade justice.

Sammy Almahri, 44, had hung a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on the door of Room 203 of the Future Inns in Cardiff before fleeing abroad, the court was told.

Trial: Millionaire New York businessman Sammy Almahri (left) allegedly strangled his British girlfriend Nadine Aburas (right) in a hotel room after meeting her on a Muslim dating site

Roger Thomas, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court: ‘This was the killing of a defenceless woman by a jealous and dangerous man.’

The court heard Miss Aburas, who lived alone in her own flat in Cardiff Bay, met Almahari on an internet dating site called MuslimMatch.com.

Mr Thomas said: ‘They became friendly and contacted each other regularly by telephone, text and Skype.

‘The friendship developed. It’s clear Almahri visited Nadine two or three times in 2013 and she travelled to New York to see him in the summer of 2014.

The court heard Almahri was ‘besotted’ by Miss Aburas - showering her with money and expensive presents.

Mr Thomas said: ‘There can be no doubt their friendship developed into an intimate relationship.’

But the court heard Miss Aburas - described as a ‘slim, petite, Muslim lady’ of 5ft 3in and 9st had ‘suffered violence’ during the last meeting.

She returned home with an injured lip. The court heard the student then began seeing other men in her hometown of Cardiff.

Andrea Aburas, the mother of Miss Aburas, is pictured at a press conference last year after a global manhunt was launched for Almahr

Miss Aburas called police to say she had been raped by Almahri in New York - and claimed he had also attempted to strangle her.

The court heard Almahari became ‘increasingly jealous’ then bombarded her with abusive messages.

The court heard he warned her: ‘You will be in hell.’

Mr Thomas said she was concerned that Almahri would show topless pictures to her family.

Almahari travelled from the US to see Miss Aburas - and booked into the Future Inns hotel near her home on December 30, 2014, the court heard.

But shortly after 3am on December 31, Almahri allegedly left the hotel and travelled in her car to Heathrow and booked a flight at 10.35am to Doha.

Miss Aburas’s body was found at around 12.20pm on New Year’s Eve by the duty manager - and police were called in.

The court heard Almahri as eventually located in Tanzania and arrested on an Interpol arrest warrant on January 19 before being returned to Britain.

The court heard he pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder.

Almahri claims he was suffering from ‘abnormality of mental function’. He claims he was in a psychiatric state of hearing ‘the voice of God’ telling him to kill Miss Aburas.

Mr Thomas said: ‘We submit quite simply this was the killing of a defenceless woman by a jealous and dangerous man.’The court heard Almahri claims he is not guilty of murder because his responsibility is diminished.

The court heard Almahari claimed he worked and travelled on behalf of the FBI, but Mr Thomas said: ‘That seems to be fictitious.’

The trial continues and is expected to last four weeks.

Taxi driver suspected of drugging victim, who he picked up on a night out
She was subjected to an eight-hour rape ordeal at a house in Chester
Migrant was given bail, but disappeared to Turkey during his trial
His victim says she feels she has been cheated of justice and closure

A university student raped by a Syrian migrant who was allowed to skip bail and flee abroad midway through his trial says she has been ‘cheated of justice.’

The woman, 21, said she was ‘shocked and terrified’ that Sultan Amari, 46, was now free – despite being convicted of the horrific attack.

The taxi driver, who was given a 11-year jail sentence in his absence, was granted bail during his trial because prosecutors believed he was not a ‘flight risk.’

But he was allowed to keep his passport and sent an email to the court saying he had no intention of returning to learn his fate.

Investigations later revealed he had boarded a plane to Turkey.

Sultan Amari fled during his trial, at which he was found guilty of raping a student. His victim has now spoken of her anger that he has escaped justice and is free to rape again

Last night his tearful victim, who comes from a middle-class upbringing, broke down as she revealed that she felt ‘let down’ by the justice system.

She said she now feared Amari would never serve jail time for what he had done.

‘I feel absolutely cheated of justice,’ the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said.

‘It’s just shocking that he is now free to maybe do the same thing to someone else – it’s so difficult to take in.

‘I’ve been waiting 18 months for this guilty verdict, it was meant to be my closure, now to think I might not ever get it, I’m so angry.

‘The Crown Prosecution Service were brilliant with my case and this man was convicted. But now, after all I’ve been through, I feel so let down that he was allowed to leave and not serve his sentence.

‘Measures should have been put in place to stop him going abroad. Anybody who is on trial for a crime ought to have their passport taken off them.

He (Amari) was foreign, he had hardly any links to Britain, but had links to Turkey and Jordan, it was an easy escape route for him.’

Tory MP Chris Matheson, who is helping the victim’s family seek answers, said: ‘It’s a complete farce. At the very least this man should have surrendered his passport, he cannot be allowed to evade British justice and everything must now be done to make sure he is brought back here to serve his full sentence without remission.’

Mr Matheson said he would be calling on the Government to urgently review its policy on bail applications so that those suspected of serious crimes were denied their passports.

Warrington Crown Court heard that the woman, who was studying in Chester, Cheshire, was picked up by Amari at around 9pm on July 11 last year.

She had drunk two bottles of wine and a cocktail with friends after work and was ‘obviously drunk,’ the jury were told.

He took her to an unfurnished property, around half a mile away, where he raped her twice over a period of eight hours.

The court heard that the victim initially had no memory of what had happened between leaving a bar in the city centre and waking up naked the following morning, but she later had flashbacks of lying face-down on a mattress, unable to move her arms or open her eyes, while a man had sex with her.

She suspects that either her drink was spiked or Amari drugged her with the heroin substitute methadone, which was later found in her urine following toxicology tests.

MP Chris Matheson branded the events surrounding the trial 'a complete farce'

Amari, who had a girlfriend at the time, told police the woman consented to sex and he went back out to work when she fell asleep.

The victim told investigators there was no one in the house when she woke up at around 4.30am. She left hurriedly before calling police.

In a tearful 999 call, that was played to the jury, she said: ‘I have been to a house with no furniture in it and my bag is gone and I don’t know how I got there.

‘I went for drinks after work last night and I can’t remember anything else. I have no idea where I am.’

She told the Daily Mail: ‘When I woke up I was just so confused and scared. I had no idea where I was. After I called the police I had a panic attack and collapsed to the floor.

An officer had to help me into the car. I just felt so numb.

‘It crossed my mind that it could have been so much worse, he could have killed me.’

Amari, of Flint, north Wales, denied two counts of rape, but the jury of seven women and five men took just over six hours to find him guilty by a majority a fortnight ago.

It later emerged that the father-of-one had been absent from the trial for the last three days after sending an email to the court saying he had no intention of returning.

Checks made on Amari’s passport by police revealed that he had boarded a plane on Sunday September 25 and landed in Istanbul the following morning.

The victim added: ‘I was so scared when I was told (he had fled the UK) – I was terrified he might come back to threaten me.

‘This sort of thing happens on television, not real life.

I just don’t think they are likely to find him.’

The woman, who managed to complete her degree and hopes to train as a primary school teacher, said she was fearful that Amari, who was spotted close to her home in the lead up to the trial despite being banned from coming within a mile of her property, could return to Britain on a fake passport and find her.

She said her life had been changed irrevocably by what had happened.

‘I used to be a very outgoing person, but this has definitely changed me,’ she said.

‘I get nervous in large crowds and stay in a lot more than I used to.

It’s damaged my relationship with my mother, she wants to help me but it’s just so difficult to open up about.’

Geoffrey Fryar, senior district crown prosecutor for Mersey-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service, said Amari, who had no previous convictions, was allowed bail because he denied the offence, was of previous good character and there was nothing to suggest he would leave the country.

He added: ‘He was on police bail throughout the investigation and throughout the court process on conditional bail to reside at his home address and not to make contact with the victim.

‘There was no information to suggest he was a flight risk.’

A spokesman for Cheshire police confirmed a warrant had been issued for Amari’s arrest but so far he hadn’t been traced.

They urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact them.

Kamran Malik was seeking £10m damages from Republican Donald Trump
He and Communities United Party alleged Trump had defamed Muslims
East London group reacted to Trump's comments about capital and Paris
Trump claimed police were scared to enter parts of the 'radicalised' cities

A Muslim political leader has lost a legal battle over Donald Trump's claim that parts of London are so radicalised that police fear for their lives.

Kamran Malik, and his east London-based Communities United Party, was seeking £10 million damages against the would-be US President for allegedly defaming Muslims living in the Green Street and Romford Road area of Forest Gate.

In a bid to justify his comments last December that Muslims should be barred from entering the US, Mr Trump said parts of London and Paris were so 'radicalised' that police officers were scared.

Mr Malik said that Mr Trump's comments had the potential to affect the trust and confidence that Muslims in his part of London had built with non-Muslim friends and business partners.

He wanted permission to proceed with his claim by serving Mr Trump out of the jurisdiction in the USA or deeming him to have been served in Scotland at his Turnberry golf course business.

Master Victoria McCloud, speaking at today's London High Court hearing, dismissed Mr Malik's case.

She said that Mr Trump's comments were not capable of being the subject of a defamation claim 'even if what was said by him caused real upset and a sense of injustice to a section of the London community more widely.

Kamran Malik was seeking £10 million damages against the would-be US President for allegedly defaming Muslims living in East London

'It is important that in dismissing this case this court is not understood to be endorsing or making any judgment on the merits of comments such as those in this case which have already been roundly condemned by among other people both the former Prime Minister and the Mayor of London.'

Mr Trump made the controversial comments speaking to American network MSNBC.

'Paris is no longer the safe city it was.

They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the police refuse to go there.

They're petrified.

'The police refuse to go in there.'

He added: 'We have places in London and other places that are so radicalised that the police are afraid for their own lives.

We have to be very smart and very vigilant.'

Master McCloud said there were breaches of procedural and legal requirements in how the defamation case was put and Mr Malik's claims under the European Convention on Human Rights, the Equality Act and the Racial and Religious Hatred Act also failed for legal reasons.

She added that even if the case was not struck out, she would have refused permission on the basis that the claim did not have a reasonable prospect of success.

Mr Malik, who was not in court, was ordered to pay £35,000 costs and refused permission to appeal although he can re-apply to the Court of Appeal.

Under Islamic law Muslims can only consume meat that is deemed 'halal'
The animal must be alive when its throat cut and be allowed to bleed out
However Islamic scholars are divided over whether stunning is acceptable
Experts say this is because some are ignorant of the welfare benefits

Animals are dying in unnecessary agony because of a lack of understanding over how stunning stops them feeling pain when their throats are cut, research shows.

In conventional slaughterhouses, cows, sheep and chicken are stunned, usually with an electric shock, to ensure they are unconscious before their throats are cut.

This minimises suffering but in a number of Muslim abattoirs the animals are not stunned over fears it is not permissible, or 'halal'.

In a number of Muslim abattoirs animals are not stunned before slaughter over fears it is not permissible, or 'halal' but research suggests this is due to ignorance of the process (file image)

A study by researchers at the University of Bristol suggests some Islamic scholars are ignorant about the humaneness of stunning, leading to animals dying in pain,The Times reported.

Widespread research shows the welfare benefits of pre-slaughter stunning. The electric shocks lessen the pain felt by animals when their throats are cut.

A number of industry bodies have spoken out against the slaughtering of animals without pre-stunning, with the British Veterinary Association saying there is an 'unacceptable time lapse between slaughter and the onset of permanent insensibility [loss of feeling] when animals are not stunned'.

Animals must also be stunned before slaughter under EU regulations.

However Britain allows an exemption for those who oppose because of religious beliefs and the number of animals killed without stunning appears to be on the rise.

According to analysis by the Food Standards Agency, some 37 per cent of sheep and goats, 25 per cent of cattle and 16 per cent of poultry were killed in this way in halal premises

.Some 2.4 million sheep and goats were put to death using the religious method in halal and kosher abattoirs in 2013 – a rise of 60 per cent on 2011.

Researchers from the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science questioned Islamic scholars and Halal consumers on the use of pre-slaughter stunning.

The study is published in the journal Meat Science.

Some 69 per cent of scholars said they did not agree that stunning prior to slaughter had been showed to reduce the pain felt by animals, according to The Times.

However more than 95 per cent of the scholars and 53 per cent of consumers agreed that if stunning did not result in death, cause physical injury or obstruct bleed-out, the meat would be considered Halal.

The study said: 'The lack of understanding of stunning among some scholars has resulted in the issuance of confusing fatwas on the suitability of stunned meat for consumption by Muslims.

'There is an urgent need for these scholars to be given theoretical and practical education on stunning and other modern slaughter techniques such as mechanical slaughter.

'This will help them make informed decisions about the suitability of these techniques for Halal production.'

Gudrun Ravetz, president of the British Veterinary Association said: 'Our view is that all animals should be stunned before slaughter, based on peer reviewed evidence that indicates an unacceptable time lapse between slaughter and the onset of permanent insensibility when animals are not stunned.

'A number of notable bodies including the Farm Animal Welfare Committee and the EU Food Safety Authority all agree that there is a high probability that the cutting of sensitive tissues at the neck will trigger a significant pain response in a conscious animal.

'Given the barrage of evidence about the humaneness of stunning before slaughter the veterinary profession is persuaded that animals must be stunned.

'This study highlights worrying misconceptions about what constitutes humane slaughter and underlines the need for dialogue and education so that there is a consistent understanding of the welfare benefits of pre-stunning.'

The ignorance and kindness of Westerners is being exploited on a much larger basis than most people realize or than authorities are willing to admit.

“I’ll kill you and I know where your children are.”

Those are words that British authorities should ponder. But they won’t.

“Cuckoo in the nest: Migrant foster mum reveals her horror at discovering ’12-year-old refugee’ in her care is actually a 21-year-old Jihadi,” by Nigel Bunyan and Chris Pollard, The Sun, October 22, 2016:

A FOSTER mum who took in a child refugee has told of her horror after discovering he was a 21-year-old jihadi.

Kind-hearted Rosie welcomed Jamal into her family after social workers said he was a 12-year-old orphan who had fled Afghanistan.

But she became suspicious when she noticed how hairy he was, and how adept he was at firing a rifle.

Jamal was rumbled when a dentist estimated he was a decade older than claimed. Taliban material and child abuse images were later found on his mobile.

The blunder comes after migrants claiming to be children were bussed to the UK from Calais’ Jungle camp. It is feared terrorists could use the same ruse.

Rosie, whose full name we are hiding to protect her from reprisals, said: “Adults are playing the system. It’s putting families like mine and society as a whole at risk.

“I don’t see anything wrong with dental and bone density checks. Some say they are intrusive and degrading. But having a man in your home who’s pretending to be a child is far more intrusive.”

When Rosie and husband Pete, 57, took in Jamal they all switched to halal meat.

She said: “He looked thin and I thought, ‘Bless him’. He was so humble, polite.”

He roomed with a boy, aged 13. Two girls, 12 and 14, were also in the house.

Alarm bells rang when the family went swimming and Rosie’s 13-year-old commented on how hairy he was.

At a climbing centre he shimmied up ropes with ease, and at a shooting range he stripped a gun before firing it.

On a bus to college he was told to get off by a driver who didn’t believe he was 16. Rosie, who lives in the South East, said:“It’s ridiculous how everybody else could see it but not the social workers.”

Jamal’s behaviour worsened. He put the 13-year-old in expert holds, demanded cash and got calls from unknown numbers.

One day he claimed he couldn’t pray because there were too many posters on his wall. The interpreter told him, “What do you mean? Allah doesn’t mind?”

His last words to Rosie were: “I’ll kill you and I know where your children are.”

She added: “I can’t say he was a terrorist but I do think he came from a training camp. He was a great actor.

“Every day I check the car, and that all the house windows are shut. I panic because I know he knows our routine.”

Since being arrested for an alleged assault, Jamal has been turned down for asylum but is appealing….

Stop The War chief Chris Nineham supports calls to release Aafia Siddiqui
Siddiqui was jailed for 86 years for attempted murder of U.S. army captain
Mr Nineham refused last week to protest at Russian Embassy over Syria
But it has emerged he went to Pakistani High Commission to free Siddiqui
He joined demo in 2010 to ‘Bring Aafia Home’ and even made a speech

A Stop the War chief who refused to protest outside the Russian Embassy over the Syria bombings because his group only 'focuses on the British government's actions' went to the Pakistani High Commission to call for the release of 'Lady al-Qaeda'.

Stop The War deputy leader Chris Nineham said this month that his group would not stage any demonstrations because 'our focus is on what our Government is doing.'

He said a protest outside the Russian Embassy would 'contribute to increasing the hysteria and the jingoism that is being whipped up against Russia' and claimed the Foreign Secretary's calls for demonstrations were 'characteristically trivialising'.

But, it has now emerged that Mr Nineham chose to campaign outside the Pakistani High Commission for the release of Aafia Siddiqui - known as jihadi 'Lady al-Qaeda'.

Stop The War deputy leader Chris Nineham (pictured) campaigned outside the Pakistani High Commission for the release of Aafia Siddiqui - a jihadist known as 'Lady Qaeda'

Stop The War deputy leader Chris Nineham campaigned outside the Pakistani High Commission for the release of Aafia Siddiqui - a jihadist known as 'Lady Qaeda'

Jihadist Siddiqui, 42, a mother-of-three, was jailed for 86 years after being arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 for the attempted murder of a U.S. army captain.

She was found with two kilos of poison sodium cyanide and plans for chemical attacks on New York's Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.

She was handed to the Americans and convicted of attempted murder two years later in a U.S. court.

Protesters have regularly campaigned for her release with regular demonstrations held outside the Pakistani High Commission.

Many terrorist groups have also called for her to be freed in exchange for western hostages such as James Foley - the American video journalist who was beheaded by ISIS extremist Mohammed Emwazi.

It has now emerged Mr Nineham has been a part of the protests to free Siddiqui, with him claiming his anti-war organisation is offering her 'support and solidarity'.

He declared his coalition's support for her release just weeks after the Taliban reportedly demanded that she be exchanged for Linda Norgrove – the British aid worker killed in Afghanistan during a failed rescue attempt.

Jihadist Aafia Siddiqui, 42 (pictured above), a mother-of-three, was jailed for 86 years after being arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 for the attempted murder of a U.S. army captain

Siddiqui (above) was arrested in Afghanistan after being found with two kilos of poison sodium cyanide and plans for chemical attacks on Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building

His appearance at the Pakistani High Commission in 2010 was discovered by anti-extremism website Harry's Place and he has now been accused of hypocrisy after telling BBC Radio 4 last week that he would refuse to protest outside the Russian Embassy.

He joined the Calls to Arms ‘Bring Aafia Home’ protest on September 23, 2010, and even joined ex-Guantanamo detainees Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Ruhal in making a rallying cry.

Advertisements for the 'free Aafia' protest said Siddiqui was ‘likely to endure a harsh prison regime, in solitary confinement, and unlikely to see her children again until she is eligible for release in 2094 at age 122, if indeed she remains alive then’.

'Join us in our call to return the daughter of the nation', the campaign said. 'There is no deed more precious in the sight of Allah, nor greater in reward, than a good deed done during the ten days of Sacrifice.'

Siddiqui's story, one of the most intriguing of the 'war on terror' era, began in March 2003 when Al-Qaeda number three and alleged main 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested in Karachi.

Mohammed, referred to by his initials KSM, was handed to the Americans and transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where he was repeatedly waterboarded and 'rectally rehydrated' as part of interrogations, according to a report on CIA torture.

Soon after his arrest, Siddiqui -- suspected of Al-Qaeda links by the US -- disappeared along with her three children in Karachi.

The few US media reports about the incident described her as the first woman to be suspected of links to Osama bin Laden's terror network -- earning her the moniker 'Lady Al-Qaeda'.

Five years later she turned up in Pakistan's war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, where she was arrested by local forces in the restive south-eastern province of Ghazni.

According to US court papers, she was carrying two kilos of sodium cyanide hidden in moisturiser bottles, along with plans for chemical weapons and New York's Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State Building.

The Afghans handed her to US forces who began questioning her.

During her interrogation she grabbed a rifle and opened fire, according to witnesses, at US agents while screaming 'Death to America' and 'I want to kill Americans'.

The soldiers escaped unhurt, but she was injured.

From Afghanistan, Siddiqui was put on trial in the US and sentenced in 2010 to 86 years for attempted murder.

Masum Goni, 37, moved from another seat to get closer to his victim, 23
He 'elbowed' her breasts before rubbing his hand along her entire thigh
As the victim stood up to escape, Goni reached up and groped her bottom
He has been banned from sitting next to any woman on a bus for a year

Masum Goni, pictured, was found guilty of groping a 23-year-old woman he had been talking to on a number 86 bus on January 6, 2016 after moving from another seat

A porn-loving disabled man claimed he groped a woman on a bus because his wife was living back in Bangladesh.

Masum Goni, 37, sat next to his 23-year-old victim on an 86 bus in east London on January 6.

Goni, who was carrying a walking stick and two large carrier bags spoke to the woman before rubbing her thigh and grabbing her bottom.

After moving seats three times he elbowed the victim in the breasts and she thought it must have been an accident, Thames Magistrates' Court heard.

But then Goni ran his hand up her thigh and the panicked woman tried to get up and leave.

As she tried to get past him he grabbed her bottom and rubbed her legs.

Goni, who has a wife in Bangladesh, enjoys watching pornographic films and was 'acting out a fantasy' at the time, the court heard.

Prosecutor Nathan Miebai told the court: 'At first he sat next to a male passenger upstairs.'

'He then moved downstairs to sit next to another female passenger and then moved again to sit next to the complainant.'

'He moved his left elbow into her chest area but she ignored this as she thought he was disabled and they continued having a conversation.'

'He then put his hand on her right thigh and moved it up her right thigh until it reached her hip.'

'She sat up immediately walked off but as she did he put his hand on her bottom and on her leg.'

Mr Miebai said that she confronted him and he said: 'sorry, sorry'.

The victim went to stand by the safety of the driver and said to Goni: 'Why are you pretending to be disabled so you can touch people,' the court heard.

Three weeks later the woman saw Goni on the same bus and called the police.

When shown CCTV Goni accepted it was him but denied it was sexual assault.

'The complainant engaged him in conversation and thought she was safe, she thought he was disabled,' said Mr Miebai.

Goni was charged with a virtually 'identical' offence from October 2013 but was found not guilty after trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

The defendant, who came to the UK on a student visa, finally admitted his guilt in a probation report before he was sentenced.

The report detailed that he says he has a physical disease that means he cannot feel his feet and finds it difficult to balance, the court heard.

According to the probation report, Goni claims he views pornographic material and is lonely as his wife is in Bangladesh.

District Judge Paul Clark gave him a four month prison sentence suspended for 18 months.

He also banned him from sitting next to or talking to any female on a bus or at a bus stop for a year.

Judge Clark said: 'I have heard from probation that you are now sorry for what you did.'

'When first charged you were asked if you were guilty or not guilty and you said not guilty so there had to be a trial.

'The victim had to come to court and give evidence against you.

'That means you have effectively abused her twice, first in the bus and then when she had to relive the experience in court.'

'I have concluded that she would have been upset, not least about what happened but also when she had to give evidence about it.'

Judge Clark added: 'You are an isolated individual in society.

'You have resorted to pornography and also committing offences like this which no doubt stem from fantasies you have.

'The sentence is one of four months suspended for 18 months.'

Goni, aided by an interpreter in court, showed no reaction as Judge Clark told him his fate.

Judge Clark ordered Goni to pay the victim£500 compensation which he said could never reflect the physical and emotional trauma she suffered.

Goni, of Green Lane, Ilford, was convicted of sexual assault on a female.

He was given four months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim and court costs of £650.

He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order preventing him from sitting next to any female of a London bus and not to communicate with any female at a bus stop or structure owned by a bus company for a year.

Goni was also placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.

Home Office gives £40,000 a year to councils for each young refugee
But the total annual cost to each council can be as high as £133,000
LGA's David Simmonds says: 'It isn't right that taxpayers see rising bills'

Millions of families could face an increase in their council tax bills to pay for the influx of migrants from Calais, town halls warned last night.

Local authorities are expected to receive almost £40,000 a year from the Home Office for every young refugee they care for.

But they say the real cost can reach up to £133,000.

Councils claim austerity measures, which have seen their budgets cut by£18billion since 2010, mean they are unable to cover the shortfall.

It led to a warning last night from a local government chief that householders could face rising council tax bills if their town hall takes in migrants.

At least one in four cash-strapped councils is said to be refusing to take lone child migrants from the Jungle camp in Calais because of a row over funding.

David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association’s asylum, refugee and migration task group, said: ‘How are the public going to feel if in a year’s time we are saying sorry we have got to close the library or close children’s centres because we have taken in refugee children and the Government is not willing to pay for it?

‘It isn’t right that local taxpayers could see rising bills to pay for things which are entirely a consequence of national actions.’

He also warned that Government funding has been guaranteed for only a year.

Councils are responsible for all costs associated with lone child asylum seekers up until the age of 25, and many are already struggling to cope.

The number of young migrants has risen by 54 per cent in a year because of the spiralling migration crisis.

At least 3,472 unaccompanied children were seeking asylum at the end of June.

Council chiefs expect hundreds more child refugees from Calais in the coming weeks, putting an additional strain on resources.

A voluntary Government scheme was launched in July urging councils to take a quota of the unaccompanied children.

But three of the nine regional local authority areas in England have yet to sign up to the scheme, according to a report by Leicestershire County Council.

Due to the varying number of councils within the regions it could mean as many as 76 – and at least 38 – of the country’s 152 local authorities are opting out.

Many of the migrants in the Jungle (pictured) want to come to Britain

Leicestershire is refusing to sign up to the arrangement over concerns that it would have to pay more than £2million from its own coffers.

It said the Government grant makes no allowance ‘for any other specialist costs that may be incurred such as educational psychology and special educational needs’.

A spokesman for the council said the Government needed to ‘resolve the serious funding and practical issues involved’.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, which contains Prime Minister Theresa May’s constituency and has already taken in some Syrians, is not accepting any more children under the new scheme.

NOW TRAFFICKERS PUT UP FEES TO £13,500

People smugglers have increased the amount they are charging migrants to cross the Channel, a French immigration official said yesterday.

Migrants are now paying up to £13,500 for places on speedboats bound for the UK.

Jaoued Belmir, head of France’s Office of Immigration and Integration, said prices have risen because tougher security measures have made it harder for stowaways to reach Britain. Pre-arranged spots in the back of a lorry can cost up to £8,000 and traffickers can make up to £160,000 in a crossing by sneaking 20 migrants inside, according to Mr Belmir.

Others are being quoted five-figure sums to make the trip by air with fake passports.

Mr Belmir said the price rise has lead to a situation where ‘most of them do not have the means to pay the smugglers’.

The 23 councils across the North West region will accept no more than 100 child refugees between them.

Town halls in other areas said they were still ‘in discussion’ with the Home Office over the issue.

The row comes after residents of a market town in North Devon said it was being used as a ‘dumping ground’ for migrants from the Jungle.

Up to 70 young male refugees are to be housed on a tranquil woodland estate two miles from the small town of Great Torrington.

Meanwhile, local authorities have threatened to withdraw free health care, education and housing if they discover that migrants are lying about being under 18.

Mr Simmonds. himself a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Hillingdon, said determining a migrant’s true age was ‘educated guesswork’ and could end up in costly legal battles.

‘The age assessments have not been undertaken before they arrive in the care of a particular council,’ he said, adding that councils were given little time to find foster places.

The Home Office insists that all nine local authority regions in England are taking part in the scheme, which ensured that ‘caring responsibilities’ are shared across the country.

‘We have consulted with every region their capacity and substantially increased the levels of funding we give to local authorities for providing care,’ said a spokesman.

'We are more determined than ever to reach Britain

Teenager was found in hotel with man with booze, drugs and condoms
Rotherham Council went to court to keep the girl away from four men
But dropped attempt to secure final injunction over 'insufficient evidence'
Decision has helped the grooming suspects keep their names secret

Four Asian men suspected of sexually exploiting a white teenager have been helped to keep their names secret after scandal-mired Rotherham Council abandoned their attempt to keep them away from her.

The vulnerable girl, who is white and from South Yorkshire, was found in a hotel with one of the men in August surrounded by vodka, cannabis, condoms and even Asian women's clothing.

The girl was described by a judge as 'a damaged, chaotic young person' who 'has been the victim of physical, emotional and sexual abuse from different quarters over a number of years'.

Rotherham Council sought an injunction to ban the girl, named as Child G in court papers, from seeing the men.

But last week it dropped its legal bid due to 'insufficient evidence' and has been accused of trying to cover the decision up, but the case was successfully heard in public after the press complained.

it is another scandal for the council in a South Yorkshire town where 1,400 girls, often from children's homes or troubled backgrounds, fell into the clutches of paedophiles.

Girls like Katie (pictured) were among the 1,400 children abused in Rotherham over 16 years

'Almost all' of the perpetrators are believed to be part of predatory Pakistani gangs and some staff feared they would be seen as racist if they tackled it.

In a judgment handed down yesterday on the latest case in Rotherham Mr Justice Cobb lifted the existing interim injunctions keeping the girl away from the men after the council decided not to proceed.

The judge also rejected a media request to be able to name the four men, referred to in court as MM, NN, HH, LL.

He refused an application by The Times to lift a reporting restriction which prevents the men being identified. The paper did not oppose a similar restriction on naming the teenage girl.

The judge said one of the reasons for the decision was to stop the so-called 'jigsaw identification' of Child G through her association with the men if they were named.

He agreed with the council's decision to withdraw its application after it provided him with a plan for how the girl would be protected in future.

The move came nearly two years after a High Court judge made orders barring 10 men from the Birmingham area from approaching another teenage girl, and from approaching girls they did not know, following applications by Birmingham City Council.

The judge also ruled that these men could be identified in media reports, although the girl could not be named.

On Tuesday, the judge said: 'Nobody can doubt the evil of child sexual exploitation.'

The judge described Child G as 'a white female young person, in her late-teens' and said she had first come to the attention of Rotherham social services in 2012.

He said the teenager had a history of disappearing from home and not going to school as well as self-harming and misusing drugs.

In 2014, the judge said, 'reports were received that she was spending time in the company of, and indeed was in relationships with, an Asian man or men.'

He said: 'It was known that she had personal and sexual relationships, sequentially, with NN, HH, and LL (in that order). There were concerns about the nature of those relationships.'

He said there was evidence some of the men had assaulted her and she had told police she was scared of HH.

The judge said: 'It is not clear to me, from the information provided for this specific application, why steps were not taken earlier to protect Child G by way of an order under Part IV of the Children Act 1989.'

The judge said the teenager was found in the hotel in August with LL and that MM had also been to the hotel but had gone home.

He said: 'Among the items found with them in the hotel were vodka, cannabis, condoms, and Asian female clothing.

'Police protection was immediately sought for Child G.

The officers attending at the scene believed that she was the victim of child sexual exploitation by LL and potentially the other males. She was immediately conveyed to, and placed in, a safe house.'

He said LL and MM were arrested on suspicion of trafficking for sexual exploitation contrary to under the Modern Slavery Act .

The judge concluded: 'That this case concludes now with the local authority seeking no further injunctive order does not reflect a failure on the part of the safeguarding investigation; nor does it reflect an overly-hasty rush to justice without proper consideration of the evidence.

'I am satisfied that Rotherham Council had proper cause swiftly to take steps to protect a young person when the evidence appeared to indicate that she was at serious risk.'

He added: 'No-one reading the statements of evidence, or I apprehend the outline above, will be unconcerned about Child G. She is a damaged, chaotic, young person, of that I am in no doubt.

'Tragically, she has been the victim of physical, emotional and sexual abuse from different quarters over a number of years.

There is evidence that she was involved in dysfunctional relationships in the past with one or more of the associated males, but insufficient evidence to support a finding that this amounted to child sexual exploitation by any or all of them.'

The judge also said lessons needed to learned after he identified a failure in communication between the council and South Yorkshire Police over the action.

He said that despite the establishment of the Evolve team, which brought together a range of agencies to work together with the victims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, 'by a lapse in communication within the team' the police were not told of the council's intention to apply for the injunctions against the men.

The judge said: 'When South Yorkshire Police filed its evidence, it was apparent that, while it had concerns about Child G, it did not actively support the application for injunctions against the four associated males.'

Dr Gohar Rahman, 57, grabbed her by the hair and hit her on the bottom
He used a walking stick in the attack and also punched her on the head
The daughter had earlier gone to party and slept round male friend's house
Rahman was given suspended jail term and now faces being struck off

Dr Gohar Rahman, 57, grabbed her by the hair, hit her on the bottom with his stick

A heart doctor attacked his teenage daughter with a walking stick and labelled her a 'prostitute' after she disobeyed his orders and went to a Halloween party, a medical tribunal heard.

Dr Gohar Rahman, 57, grabbed her by the hair, hit her on the bottom with his stick and then punched her head after he accused her of 'bringing shame' on his family.

The daughter, then 17, had earlier gone to the party after falsely telling her father she would be home from a friend's house by 9.30pm.

During the same evening she also went for a night out in her hometown before sleeping over at a male friend's house.

Her defiance enraged married father-of-three Rahman, a consultant cardiologist at Wigan Infirmary, who attacked his daughter when he and his wife, also a doctor, went to collect her the following morning.

As his wife looked on, Rahman shouted: 'I can't believe what you have done - sleeping at a boy's house' and said he no longer 'recognised' her as his daughter.

During the assault back home she was was ordered to take off her party dress and put on traditional Islamic clothing instead before being ordered to pray.

Colleagues of Rahman spoke of their disbelief and described his as a 'calm and quiet' man.

Police were called after the daughter sent out a SOS message on social media using a Nintendo DS.

Doctors discovered she had bruising to her forehead, lower back, shoulder, abdomen and three parallel lines on her buttocks where he had hit her with the stick.

A clump of her hair fell out when she was being examined.

The girl - who is now 18 - later described her father as 'looking like a monster' and described the beating as 'awful'. She said her studies had been disrupted as she struggled to sleep and was receiving counselling.

Earlier this year Rahman, who formerly worked with the United Nations, was given a suspended jail term after he admitted assaulting his daughter.

He faces being struck off at a disciplinary hearing in Manchester today after he was reported to the General Medical Council (GMC).

The incident occurred after Rahman's daughter - who was referred to only as 'A' in the hearing - left the family home in Standish, Greater Manchester, on October 31 last year to go out for the evening with a college friend.

Noel Casey, lawyer for the GMC, told the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service: 'She wanted to go to a Halloween party that night but she knew her parents wouldn't let her go.

'So told them she was going to a friend's house and said she would come back at 9.30pm. She admitted that she had no intention to be back at 9.30pm and intended to stay out all night.

'She went to a friend's house to get ready for the party but what followed was a set of phone calls from one set of parents to A's parents.

She recalls them telling her that it is time to return home.

'Initially she spoke to her mother but she then recalls her father shouting at her telling her to come home. She refused to give the address of the party and he told her he wanted her to come home to teach her a lesson.

At the time of banging her head on the back of the seat her father called her a prostitute

Noel Casey, lawyer for the GMC

'She said she would get a lift home later that evening at around 11 to 11.30pm and continued to the party. She then was going on a night out in the town of Wigan.

She met a friend there and returned to that friend's house, it was a male friend where she stayed the night.'

The daughter woke at 11am having received numerous messages that her parents were looking for her. Her parents arrived and took her inside their car despite a taxi already waiting outside for her at 11.30am.

Once inside the car she was attacked by her father. Mr Casey added: 'Dr Rahman leaned back in the car and grabbed her long hair and banged her head on the back of the passenger seat two or three times.

'At the time of banging her head on the back of the seat her father called her a prostitute and said: "I can't believe what you have done - sleeping at a boy's house."

'Her mother was making calls during the journey home and on arrival, 'A' said her father grabbed her by her hair began dragging her into the living room.

'She was saying say sorry to her dad to make it stop. A's father threw her on the floor and kicked her while she was on the floor.

'He told her to get up, so she did but he dragged her up from the floor by her hair.

He was slapping and kicking her back and arms so she fell to the floor again. She remembers being hit with a shoe and was assaulted to her arms back and bottom.'

Dr Rahman then came into her bedroom and repeatedly hit her with a walking stick because she would not tell him her PIN code to use her mobile phone.

Mr Casey added: 'He picked up a walking stick and hit her with it each time she refused to give the phone passcode. 'A' said he was looking around for something else to use and mentioned a curling iron - but it would not detach from the wall.

'He also said that he would smash her teeth in before hitting her on her arms back and backslide. She describes this continuing for 10 minutes while her mother was in her own bedroom opposite. Dr Rahman then asked 'A' to pray which she did.'

Rahman appeared at Liverpool Crown Court in February where he wad given 10 months jail suspended for two years and was ordered to complete 100 hours' unpaid work after he admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He is currently suspended by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation NHS Trust - but remains on the payroll.

Work colleague Dr Ahmed Ismail, a consultant radiologist, told the hearing: 'He was shattered and full of regret. He admitted it was the biggest regret of his life.

'He is such a calm and quiet person. I have known him for over 10 years. I have known I'm as a friend, a colleague and a neighbour. I have known his family, his wife and his three children. It was very odd.

'When it happened he came to speak to me. When I opened the door he was very weak. I let him in the reception and he started crying. It is something very odd for Gohar.

'I believe it is a big lesson that he did learn. I believe he would never do such a silly thing again. He said he did hit his daughter and this resulted in injuries and she had to go to the hospital.'

Rahman graduated from Khyber Medical University, a worldwide renowned medical institute in Pakistan; obtained field experience with the United Nations and then a worked in Pakistan before moving to the UK in 1998.

The hearing continues.

Anti-terror police stopped the pair at the Bedfordshire airport yesterday
They were both arrested on suspicion of 'the preparation of terrorists act'
The man is still being questioned while the woman has been bailed

A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences.

The pair, both aged 35, were stopped at Luton Airport on Wednesday before being questioned by officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Police confirmed the arrests are related to suspected travel to Syria.

The man remains in custody while the woman has been bailed pending further enquiries.

The couple are understood to live with their children in a semi-detached house in Luton.

Officers from the Met and Bedfordshire Police raided the home at around 4pm on Wednesday.

Neighbours saw officers in forensic clothing remove computers from the building.

The police were still in the property today and officers are on duty outside.

One women neighbour said: 'They are a Bangladeshi family and moved in about two years ago.

'They are very quiet and don't get involved with other people. They don't mix or communicate. There are three or four children. I have seen the wife take them to school.

'The police have not told us what they are doing. They have taken computers away and are in white suits, so must still be looking for something.'

Another woman said: 'The wife is very friendly. I have not lived here very long and so don't know them, but I think they have several children. I don't know what the husband does for a job.'

One man said: 'They are a very nice friendly family. I do not know what this is all about. The police are outside but are keeping us in the dark.'

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'Officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command have arrested two people, a man and a woman, both aged 35, on suspicion of the preparation of terrorists act contrary to section 5 of Terrorism Act 2006.

'The pair were arrested after being stopped at Luton Airport on Wednesday, 26 October.

'The man remains in custody; the woman has been bailed pending further enquiries.

The arrests are related to suspected travel to Syria.'

A PETITION to allow loud call for prayer, known as Adhan, in UK mosques has been signed by more than 25 thousand people.

The petition on the UK Government website has received 25,221 signatures.

Those behind the petition say: “The adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, is an integral part of theMuslim faith.

“The number of people practicing the religion of Islam in the United Kingdom exceeds three million.

“Some neighbourhood towns have more than 50 per cent Muslim population.”

The petition has asked the Government to allow loud call for prayer at least three times a day in highly Muslim populated areas.

It says: “I believe it is the right time to experiment and allow highly Muslim populated areas with a loud call for prayer at least three times a day, not during anti-social hours.”

The petition was particularly popular in Hodge Hill in Birmingham with 765 signatories and East Ham in London, where it got 940 signatures.

The Government’s official response to the petition has advised people to speak to their local authority about public calls to worship.

Officials said: “The Government recognises the unique contribution that people of faith make to their own local communities and to wider society.”

Adhan is a short verse recited to summon Muslims to mosque, normally amplifies with a microphone from the top of a mosque.

The prayer is normally called out five times a day, it recites the Takbir, which states that God is great. Also stated is the Shahada, which is about Muhammed being the messenger of God.

Adhan is allowed in some mosques in the UK, in 1986, East London Mosque was one of the first in the UK to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the prayer.

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Rotherham Council helped four Asian men win lifelong ANONYMITY despite fears they were grooming a white teenage girl

Muslim heart doctor, beat his daughter, 17, and called her a 'prostitute' after she disobeyed his orders and went to a Halloween party

Man and woman, both 35, 'on their way to Syria' are stopped at Luton airport and arrested by counter-terror police

Major push for UK mosques to make loud call to prayer THREE TIMES a day

A PETITION to allow loud call for prayer, known as Adhan, in UK mosques has been signed by more than 25 thousand people.