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ENGAGE presents evidence to the Leveson Inquiry

ENGAGE will be presenting evidence to the Leveson Inquiry this afternoon. You can watch the proceedings live on the Inquiry’s website here, and read the ENGAGE written submission here. Our Islamophobia briefing paper can be found here. A transcript from today’s afternoon hearing can be...

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New university course on 'Women, Islam and the Media'

The University of East Anglia has developed a new 12 week course entitled ‘Women, Islam and the Media’, looking at how the media discourse is developed around women and Islam. The course developer, Dr Eylem Atakav claims that the Arab Spring and new forms of female political activism has given...

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Rise in hate crimes in Lincolnshire in past five years

Local press in Lincolnshire reports that hate crimes in the county have risen by 22% in the past five years, although the region has one of the lowest levels of hate crimes in England and Wales. The October 2011 Ministry of Justice report, Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2010,...

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Muslim 'intimidation' and freedom of speech

The Independent on Sunday published an article by Joan Smith yesterday in which she lambasts the British media for its failure to highlight the infringements to free speech demonstrated by recent events and the censorship being applied Muslims through threats of intimidation and violence. Smith...

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Prophet cartoon row at UCL

BBC Asian Network has reported that the publication by the UCL atheist society of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammed and Prophet Jesus having a drink at a bar has caused a row at the university. The UCL Students Union body asked the society to remove the picture. The society refused and the...

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Islamophobic Lib Dem candidate loses safe seat in by-election

The Lib Dem by-election candidate who contested for a local councillor position in the Redcar and Cleveland Newcomen Ward has lost a safe Lib Dem seat, after he posted Islamophobic comments on his Facebook page, Political Scrapbook reveals: “The Liberal Democrats have lost a previously safe...

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Anti-Islam groups plan to meet in Denmark this March

The Daily Telegraph today reports that far-right anti-Islamic groups from across Europe are planning a mass rally in Aarhus, Denmark on the 31th March, led by the English Defence League. From the Daily Telegraph: “More than 10 anti-Islamic groups, led by the English Defence League, are expected...

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ECHR blocks Abu Qatada deportation from UK

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday blocked the Home Office from deporting Abu Qatada who has been convicted for terrorism offences in Jordan in absentia. The Court said there was a ‘real risk’ that upon deportation, Qatada would face a trial where evidence used against him had been...

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