The Daily Mail features this story on Qur’ans and Bibles kept in public libraries and new guidance on where these should be shelved. The story begins, ‘Librarians are being told to move the Bible to the top shelf to avoid giving offence to followers of Islam’.
How very droll, a cartoon in the Daily Star showing bankers having their hands threatened by the Archbishop of Canterbury wielding a ‘Shari’a law’ sword. The cartoon, prompted by the Archbishop’s comments at a conference in Egypt, a year after the controversy that raged last year,...
Two initiatives from local papers showing mosques and Imams being used to good effect: In Oldham, seven of the town’s mosques will be taking part in the pilotting of ‘Mosque Crossing Marshals’, to improve road safety among young children traveling to and from Arabic courses. And in...
It is interesting to read defenders of free speech wax and wane in recent days following the Home Office exclusion of Geert Wilders. There has been no shortage of commentators eager to remind British Muslims just what free speech means in a democracy and where they can go if they don’t like...
ENGAGE is pleased to inform that following its referral to the Press Complaints Commission over an article in the Daily Star last November, ‘Poppies banned in Terror Hotspots’, the Daily Star printed a clarification on February 7 on page 2 of the newspaper: “Poppy Ban Further to our...
Dr Liam Fox, Shadow Defence Secretary (pictured), contributes a comment piece in the Daily Telegraph today on the Israeli general election and the ‘Tragedy of Israel’. Dr Fox writes: ‘Having purged the moderate Palestinians from their territory, Hamas have rocketed the power station in the...
There is much in the newspapers today on Headteacher Julia Robinson leaving her post at Meersbrook Bank school in Sheffield following differences arising from proposed changes to the school’s policy on collective worship. It is claimed that the headteacher’s resignation had been forced by...
You can watch George Galloway interviewing Richard Seymour, author of The Liberal Defence of Murder, below. Seymour discusses his book which explores the liberal humanitarian justifications given for interventions abroad and the continuation of attitudes in favour of intervention in the present...
The extent of Hassan Butt’s fabrication of his ‘ex extremist’ past have come to light today as restrictions on his evidence given in court in December 2008 have been lifted. Hassan Butt, who courted much media attention by describing himself as someone who had helped British Muslims attend...
Stephen Timms, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in a speech delivered at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), on 29 January spoke on the important role religion plays in civil society and policy making. Speaking on the ability of religion to foster optimism and strengthen...
