{"id":6191,"date":"2013-07-08T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/uk-mulls-boko-haram-ban\/"},"modified":"2013-07-08T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T20:25:18","slug":"uk-mulls-boko-haram-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/uk-mulls-boko-haram-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mulls Boko Haram ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The proscribed Nigerian-based Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is to be further banned in Britain under anti-terror laws, the British interior ministry announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Home Office said British-based extremists Minbar Ansar Deen, also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK, would also be proscribed from Friday, subject to parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n

“This will make membership of, and support for, these organisations a criminal offence,” the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The government is determined to work with the international community to tackle terrorism and take the steps necessary to keep the UK public safe.<\/p>\n

“Proscription of these groups sends a clear message that we condemn their activities.”<\/p>\n

Some 3,600 people have been killed during Boko Haram’s four-year insurgency in north and central Nigeria, according to Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n

The latest attack on Saturday saw gunmen kill 42 people, almost all of them students, as they stormed a boarding school in the northeastern state of Yobe.<\/p>\n

The group claimed to be seeking an Islamic state in Nigeria, but is believed to include various factions with different aims.<\/p>\n

The British government said its ban on Boko Haram would give police the power to target British support for the group.<\/p>\n

The British-based Minbar Ansar Deen allegedly promotes terror through its website and encourages people to travel abroad to engage in extremist activity, the Home Office added.<\/p>\n

Under the 2000 Terrorism Act, the home secretary, or interior minister, can ban an organisation if it is believed to have terror links.<\/p>\n

If the ban on Boko Haram and Minbar Ansar Deen is approved by parliament, it will be a criminal offence in Britain to belong to or support the groups, as well as to arrange meetings or wear clothing supporting them.<\/p>\n

Al-Qaeda and Somalia’s Shebab insurgents are also proscribed under British law.<\/p>\n

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