** 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 Guardian reports that an order for the release of the minutes of cabinet meetings held before the Iraq invasion in 2003 has been vetoed by the Government. The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, explaining the government’s decision said that the disclosure protects the public interest. The...
The Guardian reports that the Sunday Express Newspaper has apologised and paid damages to the King Fahad Academy, a private school based in west London, after it published a libelous front page story last year in which it wrongly claimed that the school taught extreme Islam. From the Guardian:...
Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to a report in Luton Today claiming a senior figure in the English Defence League, Kevin Carroll, also the co-vice chair of the right wing British Freedom Party, is to stand in the elections for Police and Crime Commissioner in Bedfordshire this November....
The US government has published its 2011 report on International Religious Freedom. The report states the US position on “speak[ing] against authoritarian governments that repressed forms of expression, including religious freedom.” The report purpose, in detailing the status of civil liberties...
BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast the first in a two part series on Spain’s relationship with Islam and its Muslims, presented by journalist and former politician, Michael Portillo. Portillo explores the situation of Muslims living in a country which for almost 800 years enjoyed an Islamic empire in...
The Daily Mail has once again confused religion and culture in a report on the sentencing of a man who threatened to kill his daughter after she had a romance with a student online and refused to marry her cousin. The case involves what the DM describes as a ‘Muslim preacher’, and on several...
The Liverpool Post has reported that a hotel in Merseyside has expressed regret after stating that it was deceived into hosting a conference which was attended by members of the British National Party as well as its European allies. The Hotel’s Facebook page has reportedly been “flooded with...
The Guardian’s blog on the Olympic Games carries an article by feature writer, Homa Khalili on the way in which the relaxation of clothing rules in sports as well as changes in the design of sportswear, including hijabs made for sports, is increasing Muslim women’s access to sport. From the...
The Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Nils Muiznieks has written an article in which he argues that European governments have allowed and in some cases worsened an environment which is increasingly hostile to Muslims and which hinders integration. He argues that the continent...
Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to a report in the Star on Sunday which states that the Ministry of Defence are investigating evidence presented by the paper that serving soldiers are involved with the far right English Defence League. From the Star on Sunday: “Last night the Ministry of...
