Islam in Europe > Italian banner not allowed in school, but Palestinian flags OK; Muslim Police group in the UK; UK: 159 kebab shops get licenses to import workers

 

In an Italian High School, the Flag of ‘Palestine’ Is Allowed, but Not a Banner Proclaiming ‘Italy for the Italians’

Jun 14, 2026 2:00 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald19 Comments

In a high school in northern Italy, flags of “Palestine” have been on display in classrooms throughout the year. The school administrators made no objection. But when two students decided to display a banner that read “Italia agli Italiani” — “Italy for the Italians” — the administration was furious. The two students were given “bad conduct” grades and ordered to take an additional class, presumably re-educating them as to the need to be “welcoming” to migrants. More on this scandalous double standard can be found here: 

Italian School Punished Pro-Italy Banner but Allowed Palestine Flags

by Javier Villamor, European Conservative, June 12, 2026:

Palestinian flag flying from a public streetlight in Whitechapel by Doyle of London, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

A high school in the Italian city of Cesena that recently punished two students for displaying a banner reading “Italy for the Italians” is facing fresh scrutiny after Palestinian flags and “Free Palestine” signs were reportedly displayed in classrooms without disciplinary action.

The claims stem from footage published by the Italian newspaper Il Giornale, which reported that Palestinian flags were displayed in several classrooms at Monti High School during lessons. Students interviewed by the newspaper, speaking anonymously, also said that “Free Palestine” signs were visible in the school at various points throughout the academic year.

The reports come weeks after the school drew national attention for sanctioning two students for displaying a banner reading “Italia agli italiani” (“Italy for the Italians”), a decision that triggered a wave of reactions regarding the limits of freedom of expression within educational institutions.

According to Italian media reports, the students received a negative conduct grade and were required to complete an additional educational assignment. Being patriotic was punished with re-education….

Why is the simple statement that “Italy is for the Italians” to be banned? Here’s why: It reflects an impermissible desire for the country not to be overrun with migrants. Only “racists” and “Islamophobes” could possibly think such things. Italy should keep its doors open wide to migrants, especially those from Muslim lands who have made such a notable contribution to the country’s wellbeing. Diversity, please repeat after me, is our strength. As for the flag of “Palestine” being displayed in classrooms throughout the year, that display is an admirable expression of support for the Palestinians, a people whom the world well knows are the most oppressed in the world, as they strive to maintain their dignity, and to keep their hopes for nationhood alive, in the face of the colonial-settler apartheid genocidal Israel, and its jackbooted stormtroopers.

What do you think would happen if students brought in and displayed an Israeli flag at the high school in Cesena? All hell would break loose. The administrators at the Monti high school would at once seize that flag, claiming that it had to be banned as “too controversial” — unlike the flag of “Palestine,” a country that does not exist, and whose supporters hope will come into being as the 23rd Arab state, built on the ruins of the only Jewish state.

UK Jewish groups call Muslim police group a ‘direct challenge to the integrity of policing’

Jun 15, 2026 9:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams28 Comments

See HERE for the initial story: Muslim police association calls Israel ‘Zionist terrorist group.’

The Jewish population is particularly vulnerable in Britain, given the strength of the Palestinian “resistance” movement and its successes in “globalizing the intifada.” It is a threatening and aggressive jihad movement aimed at obliterating the Jewish state and stirring up anti-Jewish sentiment. The targeting of Zionism by the National Association of Muslim Police is a reflection of the policies that the UK police are following.

The British police have been trained to respond “diversity is our strength,” with little knowledge of the ramifications and cost, even undermining their primary role to protect the British public. Eg. police involvement in the failures to stop the Muslim attacker before his stabbing spree in Southport, where he murdered three little girls; the shocking murder of Henry Nowak, who bled to death as police attended to a Sikh man who said that Henry had called him racist names; the denial that a near-beheading on a Belfast street was a terrorist attack. Hadi Alodid was only charged with possession of a knife in a public place and threats to kill.

There is nothing about UK police collectively that engenders public trust. British police mirrors the harmful leftist political establishment which has propagated an aggressive DEI agenda. This radical Marxist agenda has cultivated chaos, encouraged lawlessness, a deep fracture in UK society, along with a sense of fear over neglect of national security by authorities and a sense of mistrust among citizens.

As British Jews face “two-tier policing,” as the Combat Antisemitism Movement director Steven Silverman stated, the mainstream British population faces the same. It will only get worse without more public outcry.

Photo: Ashley Dace, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

UK Jews decry policy paper in which Muslim police group calls Zionism form of hatred

by Kelly Hartog, Times of Israel, June 12, 2016:

British Jewish groups say they are alarmed about revelations that a fraternal society for Muslim police officers published a policy paper that described Zionism as a form of anti-Muslim hatred and called the Israeli army a “Zionist terrorist group.”

The Board of Deputies of British Jews called the paper posted by the National Association of Muslim Police “disturbing” in its presentation of Jewish identity, history and the nature of antisemitism.

“If this is being circulated among officers, it poses a direct challenge to the integrity of policing and it should be withdrawn immediately,” the group said.

NAMP has distanced itself from the report and, in a statement, rejected any allegation that the group “supports Hamas.”

The 39-page paper titled “From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting anti-Muslim hatred and Promoting Human Rights,” was written by NAMP’s then-vice president, Khaldoun Kabbani, and published in July 2025. It says “Zionism represents one of the manifestations of anti-Muslim hatred”; likens the war in Gaza to the Holocaust; and disputes facts about the atrocities committed during the bloody Hamas-led massacres in Israel on October 7, 2023, including that the thousands of invading terrorists slaughtered Israeli children.

The Spectator, a right-wing British newspaper, drew attention to the report in a piece published on Friday that said the report illuminated “the disturbing truth about the National Association of Muslim Police.” The group has a formal affiliation with 16 of 43 police departments in the UK and says it represents more than 20,000 officers…

…“British Jews have long suffered two-tier policing that sees antisemitic crime go unpunished,” he said, adding that CAM would press the British government to ensure a clear message is being sent. This cannot pass with the document being quietly deleted.”…

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UK: 159 kebab shops get Home Office licenses to bring in workers from other countries

Jun 15, 2026 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

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Why not? The victory of Islam in Britain is practically assured. It’s just the mopping-up period, and a short period of transition before Britain becomes an Islamic state. So why not bring in a few reinforcements, in case some natives get the crazy idea that they can buck the system and preserve the nation as their homeland?

Andover – Kebab House by Chris Talbot, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

‘Absurd!’ More than 150 kebab shops given Home Office licenses to hire migrants from overseas

by Dan McDonald, GB News, June 14, 2026:

Kebab shops, vape stores and even car washes are being allowed to sponsor overseas workers under Britain’s visa system.

A total of 159 kebab shops across Britain have been granted Home Office licences allowing them to sponsor overseas workers under the skilled worker visa scheme.

The licences enable businesses to recruit workers from abroad, with sponsored employees often able to bring family members with them to the UK.

The figures have sparked criticism from senior Conservatives and migration campaigners, who argue the system is being stretched far beyond its original purpose.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp described the arrangements as “a disgrace”.

“Many sponsored workers won’t be highly skilled,” he said.

Conservative MP Neil O’Brien also criticised the scheme, branding it “absurd” and warning that “a lot of ‘work’ is fake-visa milling”.

The Centre for Migration Control said the figures suggested the sponsorship system was “out of control”.

Under current rules, skilled worker visas generally require applicants to earn at least £41,700 a year or meet the occupation’s designated salary threshold.

One business, Baba Kebabish in East Ham, was allocated seven visas during that period for roles classified under accommodation and food service activities.

There is no suggestion the business has committed any wrongdoing or has any connection to visa fraud.

Official records also show that 79 vape shops and 16 car washes also hold licences permitting them to sponsor overseas workers….

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Islam in the UK > Palestine activists sentenced as terrorists; South Wales anti-Muslim hate speech procedure withdrawn; Tommy Robinson to debate at Oxford

 

Palestine Action activists sentenced as terrorists

A British judge has concluded that the vandals tried to “influence the UK government” by ransacking an Israeli arms plant

Published 12 Jun, 2026 19:41 | Updated 12 Jun, 2026 20:45

Protesters gather as Palestine Action members are sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London, England, June 12, 2026 ©  Getty Images;  Guy Smallman

Four Palestine Action activists convicted of causing criminal damage to an Israeli arms plant in the UK have been sentenced as terrorists due to the blacklisting of their organization. Dozens of the group’s supporters were arrested outside the courthouse as the verdicts were read out.

The defendants took part in a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024. After ramming the gate with a decommissioned prison van, they destroyed computers, drones, and other equipment inside, causing around £1.2 million ($1.6 million) in damage.

Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, were found guilty of criminal damage last month, with Corner also convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police officer with a sledgehammer.

Handing down the sentences on Friday, Mr. Justice Johnson said that due to the “terrorist connection” of the offenses, all four would receive harsh punishment. None of the four were charged with terror-related offenses, and by sentencing them as terrorists, Johnson set a new precedent in British law.

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“I am sure that one of the purposes of your offending was to influence the United Kingdom government… and was for the purpose of advancing a political or ideological cause,” Johnson told the defendants during Friday’s hearing.

Head and Kamio were jailed for six years, Rajwani for five years and eight months, and Corner for eight years and eight months.

Palestine Action, a protest group whose members have vandalized British military equipment and Israeli-linked sites, was declared a proscribed organization by the British government last July. The decision placed Palestine Action in the same category as Al Qaeda and the IRA, and criminalized public displays of support for the organization.

As the sentences were handed down, several hundred Palestine Action supporters protested outside Woolwich Crown Court in London. Police arrested more than 100 demonstrators for holding signs and placards endorsing the group.

The proscription was ruled unlawful by London’s High Court in February, although the designation remains in force pending a final judgment.

South Wales Police Now Forced to Halt Their Plan to Arrest People for ‘Anti-Muslim Hostility’

Jun 14, 2026 4:00 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald7 Comments

In the U.K., the South Wales Police wanted to adopt a definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” that went far beyond the definition accepted by the British government. Faced, however, with pushback from the Free Speech Union, the South Wales Police has for now halted its attempts to impose its expansive interpretation of what constitutes anti-Muslim hostility, that it thinks should no. be protected as “free speech.” More on this attempt to smuggle in an Islamic blasphemy law can be found here: 

South Wales Police shelve Islamic blasphemy law after FSU legal threat

by Max Thompson, Free Speech Union, June 10, 2026:

South Wales Police, Scglossop1, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

South Wales Police have shelved their controversial bespoke Islamic blasphemy law after the Free Speech Union threatened them with a judicial review.

The force has written to the Free Speech Union to confirm that it has now “paused” its adoption of an “anti-Muslim hostility” definition that went even further than the Government’s own version, announced in March.

Under guidance issued to officers, they were instructed to log anything deemed to be beyond “legitimate criticism” of Islam. That would inevitably have included criticism of the hijab or halal food. More concerning still, it would have deterred individuals from speaking out on issues such as the grooming gangs scandal and Islamist extremism….

If the South Wales police were to have had their way, they would have almost every criticism of Islam or of Muslims recorded for possible charges to later be brought against those making such criticism. This criticism which would not be permitted could include derogatory remarks about hijabs (as examples of misogyny) and halal food (as animal cruelty). Such a definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” would also make people afraid of discussing grooming gangs, or Islam-fueled terrorism.

Credit must also be given to the Conservative MP and shadow minister for equalities, Claire Coutinho, who referred the force to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, urging it to open an investigation on grounds of discrimination. Coutinho described the guidance as “a de facto blasphemy law, which only applies to the discussion of Islam” rather than any other religion….

There is no doubt that the South Wales police were discriminating in favor of Muslims — they issued no similar guidelines about anti-Christian or anti-Jewish comments — and one hopes that the Equality and Human Rights Commission will issue a stiff reproof that may even cause some heads to roll at the South Wales police. That would be a warning to others who may be contemplating their own effort to provide special protection to Islam.

South Wales Police adopted this definition in the wake of the Government announcing their own official definition of Islamophobia — now repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — in March….

“Islamophobia” was always a weasel word, using to describe what is a perfectly rational dislike and even fear of Islam as a “phobia” — that is, an “irrational fear or dislike.” At least the South Wales Police got rid of that word, but its substitute, “anti-Muslim hostility,” is no better. Why should non-Muslims welcome a religion that instructs Muslims that they are “the best of peoples” and non-Muslims ”the most vile of created beings”? And why should there not be fear of a faith whose founder, Muhammad, has proclaimed that “Islam is to dominate and not to be dominated”?

While the force says it has “paused” the guidance, the Free Speech Union sees no way in which it can return to it.

Reacting to the decision, Lord Young said this should serve as a warning to all other public bodies — especially police forces — considering adopting their own Islamophobia definition.

That “guidance” by the South Wales police is now dead in the water, thanks to Lord Young and the Free Speech Union. One hopes this will have a chilling effect on any public body in the UK that may try to impose a broader definition of anti-Muslim hostility, as a way to protect the faith, and its adherents, from legitimate criticism and the perfectly rational alarm that non-Muslims feel. It’s a victory for free speech and for common sense.

Tommy Robinson set to debate on Islam at Oxford Union, but detained on counterterrorism laws

Jun 14, 2026 11:00 am By Robert Spencer17 Comments

Shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain is crawling with jihadis, but the British authorities know who their real enemy is: 

Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws

by Charlie Moloney, Guardian, June 13, 2026:

Tommy Robinson was detained by police on Saturday at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws, after a week in which he rose to further prominence on social media.

It was understood the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped and had his phones seized under section 3 of the Counter-Terrorism Border Security Act 2019.

Robinson used social media to claim he was detained for almost three hours and had his iPhone and Samsung Galaxy phones taken, and to ask his supporters to donate money to fund his legal defence.

A spokesperson for Robinson posted on X: “They likely want to see who he is talking to, and maybe find out who his sources are, sources who will expose politicians for their part in the rape of a generation of British girls.

“This is an attack on free speech, this is an attack on investigative journalism, nothing more nothing less.”

Yes, it is. And now it is unclear whether or not Tommy will be allowed to debate at the Oxford Union about whether the West is right or not to be suspicious of Islam.

I don’t know if Tommy was set to take my place or if I would have been on the team with Tommy, but I was invited to participate in this debate. On March 20, 2026, I received this email from Yıldız Batum, Assistant to the President of the Oxford Union:

I am writing with an invitation for Mr Robert Spencer to join us at the Oxford Union, for one of our historic debates. We would be very grateful if this invitation were to be passed on to him. I have attached a letter from our President, Ms. Arwa Elrayess, and we would be delighted if they were to consider and accept.

Founded in 1823, the Union is the largest society at the University of Oxford and one of the most prestigious debating societies in the world. In the past we have hosted visits from US Presidents Reagan, Nixon, Carter, and Clinton, to politicians like Lord Hannan, Lord Cameron, Lord Gove, the Rt Hon. Boris Johnson, the Rt Hon. Suella Braverman, and Laila Cunningham, to name but a few.

One of the Union’s most famous traditions is our Thursday debates, in which we confront the boldest questions of the day, giving an opportunity for our members to learn from, engage with, and be inspired by our guests. It is our pleasure to invite you to speak on the motion:

This House believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam

For the last decade, the Union has asked questions about migration, multiculturalism, Islam and the overall plausibility of integrating conflicting civilisational traditions within the current liberal order. Yet beneath the rhetoric there is a more fundamental question: are Western suspicions about Islam the product of mere prejudice, or is there a genuine, irreconcilable tension between Islamic beliefs and the liberal, democratic value system that underpins the West’s very existence? Is Islam a religion of peace coexisting within the framework of Judeo-Christian Values, or does it pose an irreversible threat to that particular way of life? This House asks whether the West is right to be suspicious of Islam.

The debate would be held on one of the following Thursday evenings during Trinity term 2026…

Please let us know if any of these dates would be convenient for you. It would be a pleasure and privilege for us to host you.

I replied:

Dear Ms. Batum:

Thank you for your kind invitation. As far as I know, I am still banned from entering the UK. Kindly contact the Home Office and get them to remove the ban and send me notice of this removal, and then I will be happy to make arrangements to come to the Oxford Union and debate.

Cordially

Robert Spencer

I did not, of course, hear from them again, and now I see that this debate is going ahead with Tommy, Lozza Fox and Jonathan Sacerdoti. And Bishop Steven Croft of Oxford is cross. He thinks it’s a terrible thing to allow Tommy to speak. He also doubtless believes that it’s horribly “racist” to have any suspicion of Islam. Croft’s ignorance of Islamic theology and history, as well as of the history of his own land, appears to be near-total. And in that darkness, the good bishop is lashing out, demanding that everyone else remain in the darkness also.

Free Tommy Robinson demonstration in The Hague, 29 May 2018, Someone Not Awful, Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication

Tommy Robinson set to debate ‘suspicion’ of Islam at Oxford Union despite outcry

Sky News, June 13, 2026:

Tommy Robinson will debate whether the West is “right to be suspicious of Islam” at the Oxford Union, despite outcry from faith leaders, politicians and campaigners.

The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will be joined by fellow far-right campaigner Laurence Fox and journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti for the debate on 17 June.

They will be opposed by former Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, activist Abdullah al Andalusi and podcaster Michael Doward.

Last month, it was reported the debate was delayed after significant outcry about Mr Yaxley-Lennon’s attendance.

The Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, and the founder of the Oxford Foundation, Imam Monawar Hussain, said they were “disturbed and saddened” when he was invited to speak….

It's a shame when high-level religious leaders are afraid of the truth being spoken. They should be happy for the opportunity to prove him wrong.