A new poll looking at American attitudes towards Muslims and the Arab world has been published by the University of Maryland. The poll was carried out this month with a sample size of 737 adults who were asked questions on US foreign aid; the importance of American diplomacy in the Middle East;...
Shadow Justice Minister Sadiq Khan MP tweeted yesterday that he has written to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, seeking an explanation for the inconsistency in the Government’s handling of the extradition cases of Gary MacKinnon, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan. May yesterday announced that the...
Electronic Intifada draws attention to an upcoming session in the European Parliament in which approval will be sought for the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA). The ACAA would “remove barriers to trade in pharmaceutical and industrial products...
There is some coverage in the papers today (Guardian, Daily Telegraph) on the report published by the Foreign Affairs select committee on the FCO’s Human Rights and Democracy Report 2011. The report assesses the FCO’s record on human rights and democracy promotion. From the key conclusions, by...
Last week’s Spectator cover story explored the subject of female conversions to Islam particularly among Christian women. Entitled, ‘Till faith do us part’ Spectator columnist Melissa Kite argued that ‘more and more Christian women are converting to marry’, and questioned the ‘wisdom’...
The Guardian and the Independent today both report on the resignation of Andrew Brons MEP from the British National Party. Brons is one of the two BNP members elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections. From the Guardian: “Divisions that may spell the end of the far right British...
The Observer’s foreign affairs editor, Peter Beaumont, contributed a column to yesterday’s paper reflecting on the popular, Emmy Award-winning American drama, Homeland, and its portrayal of Muslims. Beaumont describes the show’s depiction of Muslims as ‘crude’, ‘childish’ and...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports that female students at a high school in Blackburn are ‘rebelling’ against the introduction of a ‘uniform’ headscarf. Pleckgate High School has introduced a school policy on headscarves after concerns were voiced on health and safety grounds due to the...
The Rotherham Star and the Yorkshire Post have both reported on protests held over the weekend by the English Defence League and a counter-protest organised by Unite Against Fascism in Rotherham. The EDL claimed to be holding the protest against the ‘sexual exploitation of young girls’...
Front page news in the Guardian on Friday was a story detailing a whistleblower’s account on the failure of an inquiry set up to investigate allegations of abuse committed by members of the Armed Forces in Iraq, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), becoming little more than a whitewash....
