Faith Matters

02/07/2026

These times call for greater work to enhance Muslim and Jewish relations.

Faith Matters will continue to find platforms and ways of ensuring that both communities can come together, listen and engage with each other and to try to find ways of giving hope to others after the horrendous events since October 7th 2023.

Muslim and Jewish communities deserve better.

02/07/2026

Teenage Islamist extremist jailed after admitting plotting terror attack with gun https://www.faith-matters.org/teenage-islamist-extremist-jailed-after-admitting-plotting-terror-attack-with-gun/

A teenage Islamist extremist has been jailed for more than 13 years after he admitted planning a terrorist attack with a gun and trying to travel to a training camp in Somalia.

Muhammad Billal, 19, from Nelson, Lancashire, was arrested in November 2024 at Manchester airport trying to board a flight to Dubai.

He was charged the following February with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts and four counts of collecting information likely to be used by a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

At the Old Bailey on Thursday, almost a year after pleading guilty, Billal was handed an extended sentence of 13-and-a-half years in custody, with an extended licence period of five years by Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.

Judge Cheema-Grubb said: “By your own account to the probation officer, you intended to kill members of the public and you hoped to be killed by police."

A teenage Islamic extremist has been jailed for more than 13 years after he admitted planning a terrorist attack with a gun and trying to travel to a training camp in Somalia.

15/05/2026

The names of those banned in the upcoming Tommy Robinson march.

Banned from the United States to Belgium and the Netherlands.

"Tell MAMA welcomes the decision. No individual who promotes hatred and extremism should have a platform in the U.K"

The names of those banned in the upcoming Tommy Robinson march.

Banned from the United States to Belgium and the Netherlands.

"Tell MAMA welcomes the decision. No individual who promotes hatred and extremism should have a platform in the U.K".

15/05/2026

The racist graffiti used the P-word and threatened 'Trump style' removals in the Barking area in early May. Police are investigating followng Tell MAMA's report.

15/05/2026

Neo-Nazi Who Wanted to Kill Jews and Muslims Tried to Behead Kurdish Barber https://tellmamauk.org/neo-nazi-who-wanted-to-kill-jews.../

A neo-Nazi teenager who wanted to kill all Jews and Muslims to create a white-only Britain tried to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe, a court has heard.

Alina Burns, 19, attacked Mohammed Mahmoodi, 27, with the weapon as he stood outside the shop in Bedminster, Bristol, in August last year.

Bristol Crown Court heard Burns had been motivated by neo-Nazi extremism and had been in contact with far-right groups.

A neo-Nazi teenager who wanted to kill all Jews and Muslims to create a white-only Britain tried to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe, a court has heard.

04/02/2026

Man who wrote ‘kill jews’ on cell wall found guilty of hate crimes https://www.faith-matters.org/man-who-wrote-kill-jews-on-cell-wall-found-guilty-of-hate-crimes/

A man who scrawled “kill jews” on a cell wall with crayons after he was arrested for stuffing Korans down a hospital toilet has been found guilty of hate crimes, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

Ibhraim Iqbal, 36, from Leeds, was found guilty of two counts of religiously aggravated criminal damage and another count of criminal damage at Leeds District Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, the CPS confirmed.

A man who scrawled “kill jews” on a cell wall with crayons after he was arrested for stuffing Korans down a hospital toilet has been found guilty of hate

02/02/2026

Jury out in trial of teenager accused of synagogue plot https://www.faith-matters.org/jury-out-in-trial-of-teenager-accused-of-synagogue-plot/

The jury has been sent out to consider verdicts in the trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of planning a terror attack on local synagogues.

Counter terror police found what Leeds Crown Court heard was an “arsenal” of weapons, including a crossbow and knives, when they raided the teenager’s home in Northumberland last February.

The defendant, who cannot be identified due to his age, denies preparing acts of terrorism, being a member of a proscribed organisation – a neo-Nazi group called The Base – as well as possessing and publishing terror documents.

The jury has been sent out to consider verdicts in the trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of planning a terror attack on local synagogues.

17/01/2026

📣 “When Hate Is Silent, It Grows — Your Voice Can Stop It”

Every time someone is attacked, threatened, abused or called a name or told they don’t belong because of their faith — it chips away at the very foundation of who we are as a society. This is not something distant or abstract. It is happening to real people — our neighbours, friends, colleagues, students, parents and children. And far too often, it goes unreported and unheard.

At its heart, anti-Muslim hate is a wound to our shared humanity. In the UK alone, the number of anti-Muslim hate cases recorded by the monitoring organisation Tell MAMA has reached the highest levels since its formation. Between 2023 and 2024, more than 10,000 incidents were reported as anti-Muslim hatred, including verbal abuse, threats, assault and discrimination. This is not a statistic — this is a lived experience for tens of thousands of people.

But here’s the heart-breaking truth: many more of these incidents never make it into official records because victims think nobody will listen, or they fear they won’t be believed. Yet when incidents go unreported, the picture of hate remains invisible — allowing hatred to grow unchallenged.

This is where Tell MAMA UK comes in. It offers a safe, confidential space to report anti-Muslim hate — whether it happened online, in your neighbourhood, at work, or in public. Once you submit your story, trained caseworkers listen with empathy, document what happened, and can help guide you to support and justice — including third-party reporting routes to police if needed.

Whether you’ve been directly targeted, you’ve witnessed something awful, or someone you care about has been hurt — your report matters. You are not alone. There are people who will take you seriously and stand with you as you speak up.

Because hate thrives in the shadows, but it crumbles in the light.

❤️ If you or someone you know has experienced anti-Muslim hate, please report it now:
👉 Report to Tell MAMA UK here

Speak up. Be heard. Help change the story.

Together we can make our streets, our schools, our workplaces and our online spaces safer — for everyone.