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| Two extremist groups face UK membership ban | |
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| Support for two extremist groups - Minbar Ansar Deen and Boko Haram - is to be made a criminal offence in the UK. | Support for two extremist groups - Minbar Ansar Deen and Boko Haram - is to be made a criminal offence in the UK. |
| Home Secretary Theresa May has asked for the two radical Islamist organisations to be banned under terrorism laws. | Home Secretary Theresa May has asked for the two radical Islamist organisations to be banned under terrorism laws. |
| If approved by parliament, both will be banned from operating in the UK from Friday, the Home Office said. | If approved by parliament, both will be banned from operating in the UK from Friday, the Home Office said. |
| Minbar Ansar Deen is based in the UK, while Boko Haram operates from Nigeria. | Minbar Ansar Deen is based in the UK, while Boko Haram operates from Nigeria. |
| Minbar Ansar Deen - also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK - promotes terrorism by distributing content through a forum on its website, which encourages individuals to travel overseas to engage in extremist activity, specifically fighting, according to the Home Office. | Minbar Ansar Deen - also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK - promotes terrorism by distributing content through a forum on its website, which encourages individuals to travel overseas to engage in extremist activity, specifically fighting, according to the Home Office. |
| Boko Haram is a militant Islamist group based in Nigeria. Its name means "Western education is forbidden" and it has waged an insurgency for more than a decade. | Boko Haram is a militant Islamist group based in Nigeria. Its name means "Western education is forbidden" and it has waged an insurgency for more than a decade. |
| If the groups are banned, it will be illegal to support or become a member of either group, to arrange meetings or wear clothing in support of them. | |
| Offenders could face fines of up to £5,000 or up to 10 years in prison. | |
| The move would also give the police powers to tackle any UK-based support for Boko Haram. | The move would also give the police powers to tackle any UK-based support for Boko Haram. |
| There are 49 international terror organisations proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000, including al-Qaeda, al-Shabab and Islam4UK. | |
| The latter, previously led by the radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, was banned in 2010. | |
| In Northern Ireland, 14 organisations were proscribed under previous legislation. |