symbols in state schools, and helping a Luton student (Shabina Begum), sue her school over the right to wear a jilbab rather than the school uniform. Several terrorist attacks and attempted attacks in Britain from 2004 to 2007—particularly the London 7 July 2005 ("7/7") bombings that killed over 50 civilians—raised government/media/public concern about Islamism there. Drawing particular attention to Hizb ut-Tahrir were the departure of senior members, critical memoirs by defectors, and a comment piece in the Guardian by an HT activist and Guardian trainee journalist (Dilpazier Aslam), telling the British public not to act "shocked" by the fact that the 7/7 attacks on civilians were by British-born Muslims. A month after the 7/7 bombing the government stated its intention to ban HT Britain. The party explicitly condemned the bombings, deleted over 250 of its most out-spoken leaflets from its website (leaving 30), began working with other Muslim groups, championed grievances of British Muslims (sex education and Danish cartoons of Muhammad), and allowed greater access to journalists. During this time the party or party members also began engaging with other Muslim groups and Muslim-led events or initiatives. Members set up two primary schools, and won a public debate resolution vote at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that political participation and democracy in Britain had "failed British Muslims", but also came under criticism for participating in activities without mentioning political affiliation, and "using a sensitive community grievance to pursue a wider political agenda". Conservative news media and politicians attacked state funding for the two primary schools and the debate sponsors were compelled to return some of the funding provided by the Hamlets council. Recent reports are that HT has lost influence in Britain. The 2009 annual HTB conference was attended by no more than 1000 people, and the early 2011 or late 2010 conference reportedly had a turnout of only 200 people, down from the 6000+ conferences of 2002 and 2003. Denmark HT opened a branch in Denmark in 2000 with the help of British HT members. Hizb ut-Tahrir is legal in Denmark but ran into controversy in 2002, when it distributed leaflets in Copenhagen that a Danish court determined were racist propaganda. Imran Khan of the BBC program "Newsnight" described the leaflet as follows: In March and April 2002, Hizb Ut Tahrir handed out leaflets in a square in Copenhagen, and at a mosque. The leaflet also said, 'The