Event hosted in parliament hears speaker who argued 'influence of Islam' should be 'resisted'

Tim Dieppe, who delivered the talk in parliament, has said 'Islam is already threatening our democracy and changing our culture'

People look out from south of the River Thames toward the Palace of Westminster (behind) in central London on July 19, 2026. (AFP)

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Published date: 17 September 2026 17:04 BST|Last update: 3 weeks 4 days ago

A talk was delivered in the British Parliament this week by a writer who argues that the "influence of Islam in our society needs to be resisted", that some Islamic practices should be banned in Britain and that "the West is quite right to be suspicious of Islam".

The talk by Tim Dieppe, entitled "The Challenge of Islam", was held on Tuesday evening in the Attlee Suite in Parliament.

According to a poster circulated on social media, the event was hosted by the MP Jim Allister, the leader of the right-wing Northern Irish party the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV).

Christian Concern, an organisation which Dieppe is part of, advertised the event on its website, and said: "Tim is speaking for the Protestant Truth Society, and the event is primarily for Parliamentarians and church leaders – though anyone can attend."

A recording of the event has not been released, but news of the talk is likely to attract attention in Westminster because of some of Dieppe's previously expressed views.

Dieppe is the author of a 2025 book entitled The Challenge of Islam: Understanding and Responding to Islam's Increasing Influence in the UK.

He wrote in 2024: "The influence of Islam in our society needs to be resisted in law and in politics."

Dieppe explained: “The church needs to build up resources for Christians to help them confidently challenge and confront Islam in our society at every level; whether it is with friends and neighbours, or in the public square and in the media.”

'Islam is already threatening our democracy and changing our culture'

- Tim Dieppe

Mass Immigration DESTROYS England, Social Breakdown COMING

UK government reportedly hands out 974 hijabs to small boats migrants

Reports suggest 974 hijabs were handed

By Ethan Davies

01:31, Sun, Oct 4, 2026 Updated: 01:31, Sun, Oct 4, 2026

Small boats crossings are down this year, by 13 percent (Image: Getty)

The government has given nearly 1,000 hijabs to migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats this year, according to reports.

The Mail on Sunday claims internal government documents show officials gave 974 hijabs this year, a religious headdress some Muslim women and girls wear. The hijabs were handed out in clothing packs given to every migrant that reaches the UK via small boats over the Channel, reports suggest.

The Home Office has responded by insisting it has the legal duty to provide them under the government short-term holding facility rules, first established under the Conservative government in 2018, and last amended when Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister.

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A spokesperson told the Mail on Sunday: “All arrivals receive a basic dry clothing pack where required. The items available form part of standard welfare arrangements.”

In total, 15,406 packs have been given to migrants as 19,000 small boat crossings have been attempted so far this year, the report says. The breakdown of the packs reflects the fact the vast majority of small boats migrants are male, as 10,694 clothing packs for men were given out.

Only 2,760 packs were given to women, and 773 to boys and 829 for girls. Another 350 babygrows were also handed out.

The packs typically include dry, clean tracksuits to be worn while migrants are placed in 'holding rooms' or 'residential holding rooms' by immigration authorities, and disposable slippers.

Small boats crossings have fallen this year, according to Oxford University. The university’s Migration Observatory says around 36,000 people arrived by small boat in the year to May 2026, 13 percent less than in the same period the year before.

There were 41,000 arrivals in 2025, more than in all other years except 2022, when 45,000 did so.

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5 men arrested near a US-run air base are bailed as UK police probe whether there’s a link to Iran

United States Airforce B1 bombers are seen at RAF Fairford, a US Airbase, after an incident in Fairford, England, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) License this photo

A B1 USAF bomber on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in Fairford, England, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

BY ALASTAIR GRANT AND JILL LAWLESS

Updated 9:46 PM EDT, September 28, 2026
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FAIRFORD, England (AP) — Five young British men arrested on explosives and terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, and counterterror detectives said they were investigating “multiple lines of inquiry,” including whether there is a link to Iran.

The men were detained early Sunday after three vans were spotted in the countryside near RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base that has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East, including this year’s war with Iran.

Investigators haven’t concluded whether the incident was state-backed. They are investigating a possible link to Iran, Russia or non-state militant groups. RAF Fairford has also been the focus of protests by anti-war campaigners.

The five suspects, who haven’t been named, were initially held over suspected explosives offenses and later also arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. Police said the men are all British nationals from London and in their 20s.

Britain’s national news agency, PA, reported without citing sources that police had not found viable explosives. Announcing that the suspects had been bailed, the head of U.K. Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said that the suspects face stringent conditions and “absolutely remain under investigation.”

Taylor said lines of inquiry include that the suspected offenses were committed by “proxies or individuals, either knowingly or unknowingly, working on behalf of a foreign state.

Catholic groups urge government to defend asylum right

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Tue Sep 22 2026by Kelly Valencia


Catholic charities have called on the government to protect the rights and dignity of people seeking asylum in the UK.

A petition organised by the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) and Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) was handed in ahead of the Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 27 September.

The groups have criticised the changes made to the asylum system and are calling for the right to asylum to be restored, greater protection for refugees and an end to immigration detention.

Under rules introduced earlier this year, adults and accompanied children who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection will receive 30 months' permission to stay, rather than five years, but those granted protection are required to apply for further permission if they still need it once their time is off.

The Home Office says these applications will involve a "safe return review", assessing whether conditions in a person's country of origin have changed sufficiently for them to return.

The changes are part of a wider government effort to reshape the asylum system. Ministers say the new approach is intended to provide protection to people who need it while encouraging those whose countries become safe to return.

However, charities argue that the changes risk making an already difficult system more restrictive.

Church ‘con­don­ing oppres­sion of women’

Arch­bishop accused of send­ing ‘deeply troub­ling mes­sage’ after present­ing award to Islamic scholar

Dame Sarah Mul­lally with Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, who praised Osama bin Laden


By Charles Hymas and Tony Diver
20 Sep 2026


THE Arch­bishop of Can­ter­bury has been accused of con­don­ing the repres­sion of Muslim women after she gave an award to an Islamic cleric who hon­oured Osama bin Laden.

Dame Sarah Mul­lally was pic­tured with Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, an Islamic scholar, and his wife, who was wear­ing a niqab so that only her eyes were vis­ible, when he received his award on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that Bin Laden orches­trated.

In a let­ter to the Arch­bishop, Rebecca Paul, the shadow cul­ture sec­ret­ary, and Nick Timothy, the shadow justice sec­ret­ary, asked her to explain how Lam­beth Palace decided to go ahead with such a con­tro­ver­sial award, which caused “ser­i­ous repu­ta­tional dam­age” to the Church of Eng­land.

They also asked what changes were going to be put in place to pre­vent a repeat and whether she recog­nised the “deeply troub­ling mes­sage the cere­mony and pho­to­graph con­veyed about the dig­nity and free­dom of women”.

They wrote: “The Church of Eng­land teaches the equal dig­nity and worth of men and women. Yet you presen­ted the award along­side Mr Ashrafi’s wife, whose face was con­cealed by a niqab so that only her eyes were vis­ible and Lam­beth Palace sub­sequently pub­lished that image.

“This could appear to con­done one of the most repress­ive mani­fest­a­tions of Islam, one that denies women basic freedoms over how they dress, whether they may show their faces and how they inter­act with oth­ers.

“At this very moment, women in Afgh­anistan face viol­ence for refus­ing to cover, while women in Iran have been imprisoned and bru­tally attacked for res­ist­ing com­puls­ory veil­ing. Nor is coer­cion con­fined to other coun­tries: many women and girls in Bri­tain also face coer­cion and cul­tural pres­sure to veil them­selves too. It is import­ant for you to reflect on what mes­sage this con­veys to women fight­ing for the freedoms that we take for gran­ted.”

September 13, 2026 - Cover Story: Immigration Crisis

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On September 11, 2001 after Islamic extremist terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 people in the U.S., there were fears of an anti-Muslim backlash. Twenty-five years later, that’s flipped. Ten million or more Muslims have immigrated to the west. Today, Muslim figures are mayor of New York and London. But there’s also conflict. Europe is gripped by tensions caused by the rapid demographic change. President Trump showed that tough immigration policies can win elections. And now, after a wave of Conservative populist gains, Europe is following his lead. Today, an eye-opening Full Measure report from the UK on a story we’ve tracked for over a decade.

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A nation under God: Rebuilding in Nehemiah

By Stephen Hair 

Maranatha Bible Church

 
Aug 19, 2026 Updated 

Anyone who is concerned about the proper effects of Christianity upon a nation knows the name of William Wilberforce, the power behind the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in the year 1807. Wilberforce was elected to Parliament from the county of Hull in 1780 at the age of 21. He was converted to Christ in 1785 through the witness of his old schoolmaster from Hull, Isaac Milner. Shortly after that, partly through the influence of the converted former slave trader John Newton and partly through others, Wilberforce began his long campaign against slavery.

Wilberforce’s first parliamentary bill was to “discuss” abolition. It was introduced in the House of Commons by his friend, Prime Minister William Pitt, in 1788, and it passed. But when the bill came up for discussion at the next session of Parliament in 1789, it was hotly opposed by the commercial lobby that backed slavery, and the move to limit the abuse was defeated.

In 1791 Wilberforce, now backed by a coalition of like-minded men known as the Clapham Sect, tried again, but again he was defeated. It was the same in 1792. There were times when public opinion ran in Wilberforce’s favor. At other times, as in the eyes of the French Revolution, opinion was against any change at all. After the fall of Robespierre in France in 1796, the mood of the country turned toward abolition, but when the abolition bill reached the House of Commons in that year, it was again defeated.

So also in 1798, 1799, 1800, and 1801.

It was not until February 4, 1807, that the abolition document finally passed the House of Lords, and not until February 22, 1807, that it passed the Commons. Nineteen years had gone by. Men had grown old in the cause. Some had died. Yet when news of the abolition of the slave trade reached Wilberforce late on the evening of February 22, the reformer looked into the face of his old friend and fellow abolitionist, Henry Thorton, and said, “Well, Henry, what shall we abolish next?”

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Murder of Henry Nowak

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Murder of Henry Nowak

Nowak on CCTV shortly before his murder
Location Southampton, Hampshire, England
Date 3 December 2025
c. 11:30 pm

Attack type Stabbing
Weapon Sikh ceremonial knife/dagger with a 21cm blade[1]
Victim Henry Nowak
Perpetrator Vickrum Digwa
Convictions Murder
Convicted
Vickrum Digwa - murder
Kiran Kaur - assisting an offender
Sentence Life sentence (with a minimum term of 21 years)[2]


On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak (/ˈnoʊvæk/), an 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, in Southampton, England. Digwa stabbed Nowak five times with a Sikh dagger, including a fatal wound to the chest. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa falsely accused Nowak of assault. Police body camera shows that Nowak repeatedly told the officers that he had been stabbed and pleaded that "I can't breathe," as the police handcuffed him. Nowak died shortly after being handcuffed.

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Mamdani caught in intense moment with King Charles after calling for return of 105.6 carat Indian diamond

The diamond, originating in the Kollur mine in present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, is set into a royal crown on display in the Tower of London

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14:38 ET, 29 Apr 2026

Updated 11:26 ET, 30 Apr 2026

Mamdani and the King were captured shaking hands at the event sharing a friendly conversation

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shook hands with King Charles III after he said that if he were to speak with the monarch during his visit to New York, he would urge the monarch to return a massive crown jewel to India.

“If I were to speak to the King separately from that, I’d probably encourage him to return the Kohinoor diamond,” Mamdani said when asked at a press conference hours before the 9/11 ceremony, coming just months after the mayor showed his true colors during a crisis.

The diamond, originating in the Kollur mine in present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, is set into a royal crown on display in the Tower of London. Seized by the East India Company after its victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1849, the gem was given to Queen Victoria and has remained part of the Crown Jewels ever since. But countries including India, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan have all claimed ownership. The controversy between the mayor and King Charles came as Donald Trump was caught on camera doing a shocking act to Melania at an inappropriate moment.

The Koh-i-noor diamond wasn't used during King Charles III’s coronation, allowing Buckingham Palace to sidestep the controversy surrounding a gem acquired during the age of Empire.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial, where they met with first responders and the families of victims of the Sept.11 attacks.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other dignitaries also attended the ceremony, which comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Pope and first female archbishop of Canterbury meet and pray together

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Pope Leo meets Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally at the Vatican, April 27, 2026. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS© Thomson Reuters

By Joshua McElwee and Muvija M

VATICAN CITY, April 27 (Reuters) - Pope Leo and new Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally met for the first time on Monday, in a symbolic encounter in Rome in which the leaders of the long-separated Catholic Church and Church of England exchanged gifts and prayed together.

Pope Leo shakes hands with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally during their meeting at the Vatican, April 27, 2026. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS© Thomson Reuters

Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans, was welcomed by Leo, the first American leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, into his formal office at the Vatican's ornate Apostolic Palace.

Pope Leo holds a jar of Lambeth Palace honey he received from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, during their meeting at the Vatican, April 27, 2026. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS© Thomson Reuters

The two leaders met privately before going together to a 17th-century chapel where they recited prayers in unison.

In formal remarks, Mullally thanked Leo for his new, forceful speaking style. On a four-nation Africa tour, Leo sharply denounced war and despotism, angering U.S. President Donald Trump.

"The world needed this message at this time – thank you," she said. "It reminded us that, despite our sufferings, people long for life in all its fullness, and countless people are working each day for this vision of the common good."

Leo told Mullally that progress had been made in drawing the Catholic Church and Church of England together but lamented that "new problems have arisen in recent decades" without specifying them.

"We must not allow these continuing challenges to prevent us from using every possible opportunity to proclaim Christ to the world together," said the pope.

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UK COVID Inquiry Finds Mandatory Vaccine Policies Were Politically Driven

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Introduction

A major report from the United Kingdom's official COVID-19 inquiry has concluded that policies mandating vaccination for citizens and healthcare workers were driven by political considerations rather than clinical advice. The report, released on April 16, states this approach significantly eroded public trust in the national health system [1].



The inquiry, chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, delivered its findings after a multi-year investigation into the UK’s pandemic response. The report warns that rebuilding this trust is critical before any future health crisis [1].


Inquiry Report Finds Mandates Lacked Clinical Basis

The inquiry concluded that the decision to implement mandatory vaccination policies was "political and not led by clinical advice" [1]. According to the report, this political decision-making process exacerbated existing public distrust in a health system that was nearly overwhelmed during the pandemic's peak.

A Call to Welcome: Archbishop Moth visits Jesuit Refugee Service

Eileen Cole

Mar 24th, 2026

Archbishop Moth with JRS team

Source: JRS UK

Archbishop Richard Moth today highlighted the Catholic Church's commitment to welcoming and supporting people seeking sanctuary in the UK, during a visit to Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK).

At the Hurtado Jesuit Centre, in the Archdiocese of Westminster, the Archbishop met refugees served by JRS UK, as well as volunteers and staff providing accompaniment, advice and practical support.

Archbishop Richard said: "The root of the call of the Gospel to welcome the stranger is that recognition of the value of the human person, which comes from recognizing that God is present in everyone, and keeping ourselves rooted in that space is so important. If we lose touch with that, then people become numbers, they become statistics. We lose sight of the value of that human person for who they are. So that welcome is a key part of the Gospel.

Jesus says we're going to be judged on it and so making that welcome available to all is absolutely key. JRS UK lives that out so clearly and is a sign to the society in which we live of what all of us are called to do.

Iran Is Collapsing, but Islamism Is Spreading

March 3, 2026

By Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Free Press

Three events, three continents, one week. A parliamentary by-election in Greater Manchester, England; a thunderous war and the death of a tyrant in Iran; and a terrorist attack in Austin, Texas. They seem unrelated. They are not. Together, they tell you where political Islam has got to—and more urgently, where its most committed adherents are heading next.

On February 26, the UK’s Green Party won a parliamentary seat in Gorton and Denton that the Labour Party had held for decades. The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, secured nearly 15,000 votes. Matt Goodwin, the candidate for the conservative populist Reform party, came in second with about 10,500, while the Labour candidate slipped to third. The obvious question is how a party associated with bike lanes, green energy, and rewilding managed to seize a Labour stronghold in Greater Manchester.

The answer has nothing to do with climate policy.

The Greens ran two entirely separate campaigns. To progressive voters, they offered the standard mix of green and anti-austerity policies. To Muslim voters, who make up 30 percent of the Gorton and Denton electorate, they offered something else. Leaflets in Urdu, Bengali, and Arabic told readers that Labour must be punished for its complicity in the Israeli war in Gaza. The translated material framed the vote as a community act—a way for Muslims to speak with one voice. Spencer appeared in a keffiyeh outside a mosque. Green Party leadership gave interviews to 5Pillars, an Islamist-leaning outlet that has been involved in the circulation of antisemitic and homophobic content. The Green Party pulled LGBT-friendly content from its Muslim-facing literature in the campaign.

Observers of the election found that about 12 percent of ballots were cast by people engaged in “family voting,” with multiple adults present in the same booth. Britain banned the practice in 2023, but its frequency in Groton and Denton may reflect a deep-set patriarchal tendency among local Muslims.

After the victory, Green deputy leader Mothin Ali attended a London rally backing Iran’s regime—the same regime whose rhetoric targets Britain and whose operatives have been linked to terrorist plots on UK soil.

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