Overview

• Hertfordshire Scouts said a thorough risk assessment found they could not secure the site against potential third-party disruption, prompting Phasels Wood Scout Centre to cancel the booking
• AIM said it postponed Camp Wilayah over “serious threats” to children’s safety and accused critics of Islamophobia and far-right agitation
• Representatives of 11 Reform UK branches and UK Lawyers for Israel urged councils and the venue to block the event, warning it could be used to radicalise children with pro-Iranian and extremist content
• Media investigations earlier this year revealed AIM had shared content praising Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and an IRGC commander, intensifying scrutiny
• Former anti-extremism adviser Lord Walney and other campaigners endorsed the cancellation as necessary for safeguarding, while AIM and some MPs decried what they called an unfair attack on Muslim communities