The young woman who left London to join the Islamic State may have been under duress. Was she presumed guilty because she was Muslim?
Was it fate that brought me to the synagogue?
When firefighter Tom Ludley responded to the synagogue attack, he was determined not to relive the mistakes of 2017
Police bullet killed victim at Manchester synagogue
Chief constable confirms that shots fired at attacker hit two worshippers, killing one and wounding the other
We can't shrink from taking a stance on Palestine Action
When organisations are proscribed, we can't privilege one kind of terrorism over another
The definition of ‘terrorist’ is subjective
The BBC doesn’t use the word, while the government has been accused of applying it too broadly. What does it mean?
The Mogadishu judge taking on terrorism with TikTok
Sharing court clips with his 1.5m followers has made Hassan Ali Nur Shuute Somalia’s leading influencer
Protest or terrorism? Palestine Action wins right to challenge ban
After more than 200 arrests, activists are hoping to build on last week’s court ruling with a mass demonstration on Saturday that could fill police cells
The government has not learned from the horror of 7/7
We are living in an environment of evolving and accelerating extremism. Why is there no counter-extremism strategy in place to combat it?
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