Terror Groups To Be Banned in Britain

By Marc Schulman, American Future

The Times reports that Home Secretary Charles Clarke has identified the international terror groups to be outlawed under the Terorism Act of 2000. Under that Act, being a member of a proscribed organization can be punished by a 10-year jail term.

The proscribed groups are as follows:

Al Ittihad Al Islamia
Ansar Al Islam
Ansar Al Sunna
Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain
Harakat-ut-Jihad-ul-Islami
Harakat-ut-Jihad-ul-Islami (Bangladesh)
Harakat-ut-Mujahideen/Alami
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Islamic Jihad Union
Jamaat ul-Furquan
Jundallah
Khuddam ul-Islam
Lashkar-e Jhangvi
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan

In the future, Clarke intends to grant himself the power to ban any organization deemed to glorify terrorism:

I am also determined to act against those who, while not involved in committing acts of terrorism, provide succour or support for terrorist groups and their acts. That is why I intend to bring forward further legislation to amend the current threshold of proscription to make it possible to proscribe any organisation which glorifies terrorism.