** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Financial Times today discloses that the Government is to publish only summary findings from its review into the Muslim Brotherhood amidst concerns that the full report will antagonise Middle Eastern countries who had hoped the report would be more damning of the MB. Ian Black in The Guardian...
The Daily Mirror reports on controversial Sun columnist, Katie Hopkins’ latest media venture: “to do a documentary where I live as a Muslim in a burka.” The Daily Mirror notes Hopkins’ stated intention expressed in a newspaper column in which she wrote that she would...
BBC News explores the possibility of electronic voting being introduced in the UK after high voter turnout in the Scottish referendum, particularly among young voters, and the Labour party’s stated pledge to lower the voting age to 16 if it wins the next election, revived concerns about...
Hull Daily Mail carries an interview with a local leader, Imam Hafiz Salik, who was blinded in one eye after a brutal attack more than a year ago. Imam Salik, of the Hull mosque and Islamic centre, presented an alternative Christmas message in the local paper a few days ago in which he alluded to...
A year ago only 4 police forces recorded Islamophobia as a separate category of crime. mend’s efforts have more than doubled that figure in a year to 10 forces, roughly equating to just under a quarter of all police forces in England and Wales. It is a striking achievement to say the least....
Ian Black in The Guardian today reports on the delays envisaged to the publication of another sensitive report by the Government months after the work is said to have been completed. As with the Chilcot Inquiry report, which has suffered considerable delays to its publication despite evidence...
BBC News and news site, On Islam, report on the charitable endeavours of Muslim communities this Christmas with the offer of food and warmth to the homeless and those dependent on food banks. The Muslim owner of a restaurant in Buckinghamshire will be opening the doors to the homeless on Christmas...
The local paper, Huddersfield Examiner, reports on the release of legal guidance which suggests that a flu vaccine, Fluenz, that contains pork gelatine is unlawful because it discriminates against Muslims. Muslim parents in parts of the country have refused the vaccine, which is operated...
The Daily Mail picks up on a report in the Daily Telegraph concerning the Government’s consideration of food labelling of halal and kosher meat as the EU Commission prepares to publish a report in the new year on the future of food labelling and slaughter methods. Noting the debate in the...
BBC News picks up on the written statement yesterday by the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, providing an update on the Government’s integration strategy and disclosing that the department has terminated the project funding of two Muslim organisations. According to the statement published in...
