According to Spain’s Secretary of State for Security, Daesh has now radicalised more than 30,000 people online to join its ranks. The announcement came as Francisco Martinez was addressing an international security forum in Leon, France. That figure is truly shocking. It shows just how dangerous the threat of cyber-terrorist grooming is and will continue to …
Muslim mothers v Extremism
Here at JAN Trust, we had a very busy start to 2016 travelling across the UK to deliver our innovative and highly acclaimed Web Guardians™ programme. We began working on the issue of online radicalisation and extremism after being approached by mothers who had concerns about their children. We found little research had been done on online radicalisation …
Web Guardians™ comes to Portsmouth!
“As mothers we’re the first line of defence. Like we would guard our house, we should guard our children from bad things online. It’s about mums having conversations with their kids – making them feel safe and able to confide in them.” JAN Trust visited Portsmouth to deliver our Web Guardians™ programme. Read more about …
Web Guardians™ featured in the news
“The women were given knowledge and education about using the internet, and improved their ability and confidence to protect their children from online radicalisation.” Our Director spoke about the Web Guardians™ programme that was held in Portsmouth. Read more here.
CEO writes for Internet Matters
Community and women’s rights activist Sajda Mughal has written for Internet Matters. She warns parents and children on how young people can be radicalised through social media. Read more here.
The threat is real: The rise of far-right extremism
A recent report titled ‘State of Hate’ published by advocacy organisation Hope not Hate revealed that far-right extremism is on the rise and urged the Government to address the changing nature of far-right organisations towards increased violence. Hope not Hate has conducted extensive research into far-right organisations such as Britain First and produced a pamphlet in 2014 …
CEO featured in Grazia Magazine
Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has been featured in Grazia magazine for her work on deradicalisation and the Web Guardians™ programme. Read more here.
The media needs to be fairer to British Muslims
The fact that British Muslims are depicted very negatively and stereotypically by some mainstream media outlets isn’t news to anyone. Most of the time when one opens the pages of the newspaper or scrolls down any mainstream news source Muslims seemingly are either bombing places or running off to Syria. Just in the last few …
Sajda Mughal OBE is awarded Ultimate Humanitarian of 2015
On 2nd December 2015, our Director, Sajda Mughal OBE, was awarded the Ultimate Humanitarian in the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards 2015! The award is given out every year based on a public voting system where Cosmopolitan readers vote for who they think has been the most inspiring woman in each different category. Sajda who was awarded an …
Closing the borders is not the answer
The tragic attacks in Paris which killed 130 people have shocked and deeply saddened people around the world, millions of people on different social media platforms showed their support for the victims of the attack through changing their profile pictures or posting a picture of a peace sign combined with the Eiffel Tower. However, many …