Posts Tagged: Terrorism

JAN Trust in press after London Bridge attack

JAN Trust in press after London Bridge attack

Sajda Mughal OBE has appeared on various media outlets to talk about the London Bridge attacks. She also speaks about the lack of funding for programmes like JAN Trust’s Web Guardians™ programme, which tackles online radicalisation at the grassroots level. Read more here and watch some of the interviews!

JAN Trust in the press after Manchester terror attack

JAN Trust in the press after Manchester terror attack

Sajda Mughal, a 7/7 survivor, has spoken about the Manchester terror attack in the press and how the country must remain united in the face of terrorism. Read more here: Manchester attack: London 7/7 survivors pledge solidarity as they warn against fear and hate. Read more here.  Terror attack survivor’s message to Manchester: ‘Stay strong. …

Vulnerable Minds: How Daesh is Recruiting Iraqi Children and Targeting British Teenagers

As Iraqi forces’ liberation of Mosul continues, attention is increasingly focusing on what Daesh will do next. It’s feared their leaders, members and sympathisers will ramp up their sinister efforts to target our young people here in Europe, calling for so-called ‘lone wolf’ attacks on home soil, prompting calls for us all to remain vigilant when it comes to protecting …

Why Donald Trump’s Muslim ban is terrifying

On Friday 27th January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order which bans the citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from applying for a visa to enter the United States. The seven countries are: Syria, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. The worldwide reaction to this unprecedented policy has been shock and disbelief. Online, the hashtag …

The Women of Daesh

Even though the volume of people leaving Europe to join Daesh in Syria and Iraq has fallen,the proportion of these who are women is rising – very dramatically in France. Their online recruitment activity still presents a very real danger here in the UK and reinforces the need for preventative work. This is why JAN …

Let’s talk about the far-right.

“Britain first, Britain will always be first” and “I am a political activist,” are the words which burst forth from Thomas Mair’s mouth as he stabbed Labour MP Jo Cox; a humanitarian, campaigner and mother of two children, to death in the street in Birstall, West Yorkshire. These words make unequivocally clear what was initially …