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Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

Jihad al-Shamie is accused of raping one of his partners multiple times over the course of three years and forcing another to watch extremist videos

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

October 9, 2025 12:02

Jihad Al-Shamie launched a terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester last Thursday (Image: X/ David Atherton)

My father-in-law came face-to-face with evil at Heaton Park, Grant Shapps tells JC

The former cabinet minister only found out his relative was safe when he saw images of him on the news

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

October 9, 2025 10:44

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, October 10 2025

Readers – many non-Jewish – react to the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur

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October 9, 2025 08:21

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Players of Manchester United take part in a minute's silence for the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack prior to the Premier League match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford on October 04, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Nigel Farage: Antisemitism has infected the institutions of our country

Reform UK’s leader writes for the JC on the anniversary of October 7

By Nigel Farage

2 min read

October 7, 2025 05:03

Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

By Robin Simcox

UK must dismantle Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood at home to protect the nation and its Jews

From banning hate preachers and extremist charities to ending engagement with radicals and putting antisemitism at the centre of counter-extremism, here are five steps the government must take after the Manchester terror attack

6 min read

October 6, 2025 18:27

Armed Police and emergency responders gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue following the terror attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

The revelations call into question whether al-Shamie was known to police before he carried out the terrorist attack against Heaton Park Synagogue last week

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

October 6, 2025 15:03

Faraj Al-Shamie celebrated the birth of his grandson with a post on Facebook

Fundraiser launched for injured victim of Manchester shul attack

Andrew Franks was seriously injured while protecting other congregants from the terrorist

By Gaby Wine

1 min read

October 6, 2025 14:32

Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

Author and former JC editor Jake Wallis Simons condemned the government for ‘hammering Israel’ for the past two years.

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

October 6, 2025 14:04

Jake Wallis Simons (left) and podcast host Brendan O'Neill (right) at a JC event at Belsize Square Synagogue

By Stephen Pollard

Spare us the pearl-clutching from broadcasters who fan the flames of antisemitism

The broadcasters bewailing the terror attack in Manchester are the very people who have portrayed Israel as uniquely evil

3 min read

October 6, 2025 13:08

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks to the media outside the Heaton Park synagogue. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Manchester Jewish day centre evacuated after ‘suspicious substance’ found

UK urged to take tougher line on confronting jihadist radicalisation

Board of Deputies hosts interfaith solidarity event in wake of terror attack

Education Secretary makes solidarity visit to Jewish school following Manchester attack

EXCLUSIVE: Study reveals flood of blood-curdling Jew-hate following Manchester attack

Peter Hitchens claims Manchester synagogue attack was ‘not antisemitism’

Heaton Park attack victim ‘no longer feels safe in this country’

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Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

My father-in-law came face-to-face with evil at Heaton Park, Grant Shapps tells JC

Letters to the Editor, October 10 2025

Nigel Farage: Antisemitism has infected the institutions of our country

UK must dismantle Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood at home to protect the nation and its Jews

Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

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Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

Spare us the pearl-clutching from broadcasters who fan the flames of antisemitism