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Birmingham has a long history of social segregation and Islamism

Britain must decide whether appeasement will continue to masquerade as prudence, or whether we are ready at last to confront Islamist intimidation directly and without apology

4 min read

October 22, 2025 13:31

Asrar Rashid who said 'we will not show them rahma [mercy] in Birmingham (Picture: YouTube/ Asrir Rashid)

Truth about the toxic, fake-news driven campaign to ban Israeli fans from Birmingham

One preacher said ‘we will show them no mercy’

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

October 22, 2025 09:14

Campaign against the trip to Villa Park by Maccabi fans: Rashid (left), a post by Sadiq (centre) and Khan

Revealed: Anti-Israel views of ‘safety’ committee members who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Labour’s Waseem Zaffar and Lib Dem Mumtaz Hussain both favoured excluding the Israeli team altogether

By Lorin Bell-Cross

5 min read

October 21, 2025 15:22

Waseem Zaffar MBE (left) and Mumtaz Hussain and Villa Park stadium ahead of a match (Images: Getty, X)

Culture secretary suggests pro-Gaza MP is ‘behaving in a way that is antisemitic’ over Maccabi fan ban

Lisa Nandy slammed MPs who suggested that all of the club’s fans, who have been banned from attending an upcoming match against Aston Villa, were hooligans

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

October 21, 2025 10:13

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy in the Commons (Image: Parliament TV).

By Elliot Ludvig

As a Jewish Aston Villa fan, I am worried for my city

Since October 7, our life in Birmingham has never felt more precarious

2 min read

October 20, 2025 10:44

‘No mercy’ for Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, vows Birmingham-based Islamic preacher in video

Asrar Rashid has 11,000 followers on X and 98,000 subscribers on YouTube

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 17, 2025 15:42

Asrar Rashid said Maccabi Tel Aviv fans would be shown 'no mercy' in Birmingham (Picture: YouTube/ Asrir Rashid)

I’m a Jewish Villa fan – I’m afraid to let my son wear his Magen David after Maccabi ban

West Midlands police have faced significant backlash from the Jewish community over the decision to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a Europa League clash at Villa Park next month

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

October 17, 2025 14:13

Six-year-old Jonah had been excited to watch the Maccabi Tel Aviv versus Aston Villa match next month, but after Israeli fans were banned, his father says the family is now concentrating on how to attend safely

By Dov Forman

Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

West Midlands Police have sent a chilling message by telling Maccabi fans to stay away ‘for their own safety’

3 min read

October 17, 2025 12:05

A general view inside Villa Park prior to the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Burnley on October 05, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Emily Damari ‘shocked to my core’ over ‘disgusting’ decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

‘This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying, ‘no Jews allowed’’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

October 17, 2025 10:30

British-Israeli ex-hostage Emily Damari said: 'I was released from Hamas captivity in January and I am a die hard fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv.'

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Revealed: Pro-Palestine mob plotted to hunt down Maccabi players

Maccabi Tel Aviv may have lost to Villa but they turned up, and showed that the people of Israel live

Police must explain ‘lamentable’ decisions over Maccabi-Villa match, say politicians

Fifty police officers sent to guard synagogues ahead of Aston Villa match

Anti-Israel activists plaster Birmingham in ‘zionists not welcome’ signs as city braces for Villa-Maccabi clash

West Midlands Police to deploy 700 officers for Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match

Former jihadi calls on ‘all Muslims’ to descend on Villa Park – but to leave guns and machetes at home

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‘No mercy’ for Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, vows Birmingham-based Islamic preacher in video

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Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

Emily Damari ‘shocked to my core’ over ‘disgusting’ decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

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Revealed: Pro-Palestine mob plotted to hunt down Maccabi players

Maccabi Tel Aviv may have lost to Villa but they turned up, and showed that the people of Israel live

Police must explain ‘lamentable’ decisions over Maccabi-Villa match, say politicians

Fifty police officers sent to guard synagogues ahead of Aston Villa match

Anti-Israel activists plaster Birmingham in ‘zionists not welcome’ signs as city braces for Villa-Maccabi clash

West Midlands Police to deploy 700 officers for Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match

Former jihadi calls on ‘all Muslims’ to descend on Villa Park – but to leave guns and machetes at home

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Birmingham has a long history of social segregation and Islamism

Truth about the toxic, fake-news driven campaign to ban Israeli fans from Birmingham

Revealed: Anti-Israel views of ‘safety’ committee members who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

Culture secretary suggests pro-Gaza MP is ‘behaving in a way that is antisemitic’ over Maccabi fan ban

As a Jewish Aston Villa fan, I am worried for my city

‘No mercy’ for Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, vows Birmingham-based Islamic preacher in video

I’m a Jewish Villa fan – I’m afraid to let my son wear his Magen David after Maccabi ban

Banning Maccabi fans from the Aston Villa match isn’t safety – it’s segregation

Emily Damari ‘shocked to my core’ over ‘disgusting’ decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match