Britain to Outlaw ’ISIL’ Militant Group Under Terrorism Act

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Britain said on Monday it would ban the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" [ISIL] militant group under the British Terrorism Act.
 
Britain's interior ministry, the Home Office, published a draft order proscribing "ISIL" under the British Terrorism Act on Monday. The order will be debated in parliament on Thursday, before coming into effect on Friday.

The ban will make it a criminal offense to be a member of or to provide support to the "ISIL."

Home Office officials said that the move was triggered by the Takfiri organizations' actions in Syria, but developments in Iraq had underlined the need to ban the group in Britain.

Earlier this month [June], the "ISIL" militants took control of the city of Mosul in Iraq, which was followed by the fall of Tikrit, located 140 kilometers northwest of the capital, Baghdad.

Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes.

Britain, which took part in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, bans more than 55 groups it regards as international terror organizations under the Terrorism Act of 2000.

Four other terrorist groups operating in Syria also face being banned in Britain.

Sources: News Agencies, Edited by website team