** 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 South London Press reports that approval of plans to create a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre in Lambeth, south London, has sparked controversy and protests from Christian and Muslim groups, as well as the local MP, amid claims that the centre’s backers are anti-Christian and anti-Muslim....
The US-based Pew Research Center has published a report looking at attitudes towards democracy, freedom and Islam’s place in political life in Arab and other predominantly Muslim nations. The findings come from a survey conducted by Pew in six countries; Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey...
New Europe Online reports that members of far right organisations from several European countries, including the UK, recently attended a meeting at the European parliament where far right literature was sold to attendees. From New Europe Online: “Far right members from organisations in Germany,...
As the Leveson Inquiry enters its concluding stage, recommendations for press reform, there is coverage in the newspapers today of the testimonies of, amongst others, Lord Hunt, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission; Lord Black, chairman of Press Standards Board of Finance (PressBof),...
Islamophobia Watch draws attention to Islamophobic comments and threats of violence posted on the Facebook page of English Defence League supporter, Danny Holmes. Holmes has posted several comments including one where he describes ‘infidels’ as “anyone who is the enemy of Islam anyone who...
Ibrahim Hewitt, Senior Editor at Middle East Monitor, has a letter published in the Daily Telegraph today in response to a column written by Con Coughlin on the victory of the ‘Islamist’ candidate in the Egyptian presidential elections, Mohammed Morsi. As the countries of the Arab Spring,...
British journalist and commentator, Mehdi Hasan has written a comment piece in today’s Guardian on the Islamophobic and personal abuse that he and many other Muslim journalists and bloggers are subjected to online. He argues that such abuse hinders Muslims from entering journalism or engaging in...
The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported that Denis MacShane, former Labour Minister, will not be facing any action over allegations of abusing Commons expenses. The article – three brief paragraphs (pictured left), appeared in the print edition of yesterday’s paper but it seems that the...
The Church of England Newspaper reports on a parliamentary meeting organised by Christian Aid highlighting the poverty-inducing impact of the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and calling upon the British Government to ban such produce. The CoE newspaper notes the...
The Guardian picks up on an interview published in the Muslim News this month with the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, on the Olympics and any threat of terrorism. Anderson tells the Muslim News that he will be “watching like a hawk” to ensure that arrests are...
