A former British diplomat who says he supports “every act of armed resistance by Hamas and Hezbollah” has been questioned by police.
Craig Murray, an activist who has previously been sentenced to prison for contempt of court, had said on social media he was willing to go “back to jail” for his views on the Israel-Gaza war.
His friend and fellow campaigner Mark Hirst said Mr Murray was detained under terrorism laws on returning from a protest in Iceland, and has since been released.
The detention was also reported by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which said it had alerted police to a social media post by Mr Murray, 65.
“I have always viscerally opposed war. I have dedicated my life to conflict resolution and reconciliation,” Mr Murray wrote on Sunday.
“But in the coming Gaza genocide, every act of armed resistance by Hamas and Hezbollah will have my support. If that is a crime, send me back to jail.”
Mr Murray is a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who fell out with his bosses after going public with allegations over human rights in the country.
In 2021 he was sentenced to eight months in prison on contempt of court charges, linked to posts about the trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.
A supporter of Julian Assange, he was involved in a dispute with the Ministry of Justice over whether he could attend the WikiLeaks founder's wedding to lawyer Stella Morris in Belmarsh Prison in London.
Moral education needed in a 'rapidly changing world'
Moral education lessons for young people is needed in a rapidly changing world, the head of the programme said.
Alanood Al Kaabi, head of programmes at the Education Affairs Office of the Crown Price Court - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Crown Price Court is fully behind this initiative and have already seen the curriculum succeed in empowering young people and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in building the future of the nation at all levels.
"Moral education touches on every aspect and subject that children engage in.
"It is not just limited to science or maths but it is involved in all subjects and it is helping children to adapt to integral moral practises.
"The moral education programme has been designed to develop children holistically in a world being rapidly transformed by technology and globalisation."
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Farage on Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
"We will stop dangerous organisations with links to terrorism operating in our country," he said. "Quite why we've been so gutless about this – both Labour and Conservative – I don't know.
“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.
