Verily, Allâh enjoins Justice and Correctness, and helping kith and kin and forbids lewd acts and all kinds of evil deed and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may take heed. (An-Nahl: 90)

Terror Act 2000 - Arrest & Charge Statistics between 2003-4

Key Facts and Statistics

* Police records show that from 11 September 2001 until 30 September 2004, 664 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Charges
* 118 of these were charged under the Act. Of these, 44 were also charged with offences under other legislation.
* 135 were charged under other legislation. This includes charges for terrorist offences that are already covered in general criminal law such as murder, grievous bodily harm and use of firearms or explosives.

Convictions
* 17 Individuals have been convicted of offences under the Terrorism Act (Of these, the majority were Irish Republicans, Sikh militants or members of other groups with no connection to Islamist terrorism. Nobody has been convicted who is a proven member of al-Qaida)

Other Information
The following table gives the outcome for those not covered above:

At the time these figures were collated four individuals were not yet dealt with by police.

Source: The Home Office
September 2004