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

Shahid Butt added that balaclavas were not necessary either ‘unless you’ve got a bit of a sensitive job’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

November 5, 2025 17:21

Former jihadi Shahid Butt issues advice to Muslims planning to protest the Maccabi-Aston Villa match

By Fiyaz Mughal

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)

By The JC Leader

Britain is surrendering to mob rule – with dire consequences for Jews and our liberal democracy

Antisemitism can no longer be treated as a sporadic outrage; it is a central challenge to Britain’s civic order, with significance far beyond the Jewish community

3 min read

October 21, 2025 15:11

Supporters with Palestinian flags take part in anti-Israel demonstration on the sideline of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

Maccabi Tel Aviv rejects tickets for Aston Villa game even if fan ban overturned

The club blamed ‘hate-filled falsehoods’ spread by ‘divisive figures’, which it said had created a ‘toxic atmosphere’ that was unsafe for its fans.

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

October 21, 2025 11:12

An empty Villa Park before kick-off of a Premier League match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Villa Park in Birmingham on December 9, 2023 (Image: Getty Images)

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).

Tel Aviv football derby called off after ‘violent riots’ among fans

Authorities said smoked grenades were thrown by supporters as fighting broke out, though Hapoel Tel Aviv accused police of ‘brutal’ treatment

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 20, 2025 14:02

Police stand guard after the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv was cancelled at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, on October 19, 2025 (Image: Flash90)

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

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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

As Jews were herded into a caged court, Islamists bellowed ‘Allahu Akhbar’: Villa Park was a failure of British leadership

‘F**k every Jew here’, rants hooded Gaza gang member at Villa Park stadium

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

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

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

Britain is surrendering to mob rule – with dire consequences for Jews and our liberal democracy

Maccabi Tel Aviv rejects tickets for Aston Villa game even if fan ban overturned

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

Tel Aviv football derby called off after ‘violent riots’ among fans

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

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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

As Jews were herded into a caged court, Islamists bellowed ‘Allahu Akhbar’: Villa Park was a failure of British leadership

‘F**k every Jew here’, rants hooded Gaza gang member at Villa Park stadium

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

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

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

Britain is surrendering to mob rule – with dire consequences for Jews and our liberal democracy

Maccabi Tel Aviv rejects tickets for Aston Villa game even if fan ban overturned

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

Tel Aviv football derby called off after ‘violent riots’ among fans

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