** 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 BBC’s Panorama programme yesterday focused on attitudes towards ‘honour’ amongst Asian and Middle Eastern communities in the UK investigating ‘Britain’s Crimes of Honour’. The programme looked at some of the tragic cases where women have been threatened, imprisoned in their...
The Jewish Chronicle reported last week on the decision by Leeds University Jewish Society to cancel a speaking invitation to Brooke Goldstein, a US-based lawyer and director of the Lawfare project, due to her “past projects, her associates and views that she has expressed”, including her links...
The Croydon Advertiser reports on the rejection by the local council of planning permission for the Purley Islamic Community Centre (PICC). The paper reports on the council’s voting on the issue with the councillors divided along party lines with all Conservative councilors voting against and all...
Portsmouth News reports that a youth football team manager is being investigated by the Football Association after racist and homophobic comments were posted on his Facebook page. From the local paper: “A youth football team manager is under investigation after racist and homophobic comments...
The English Defence League is facing legal action by Luton Borough Council for using the council logo on its leaflets without permission. The leaflets were distributed during the EDL’s protest at the opening of the Discover Islam Public Information Centre in Luton last weekend.
Peter Oborne in his column in the Daily Telegraph today reflects on Prime Minister David Cameron’s three-day visit to the USA. The article succinctly captures the betrayal of core values that define both countries since the onset of the US-led “war on terror” leading to their diminished...
A female shop owner in Sunderland was physically assaulted and her two young daughters beaten by thugs who raided her shop to steal two boxes of crisps. From the Daily Mail: “Racist thugs spat on a four-year-old girl and brutally beat her mother in a sickening attack.
Local paper, Luton on Sunday, covered the opening last week of the ‘Discover Islam Public Information Centre’. The Centre, based in Luton, is “a community project which aims to provide a neutral environment for people to ask questions about Islam or Muslims that they would feel...
As the Prime Minister, David Cameron, discusses the UK/US “endgame” for Afghanistan during his three day visit to Washington DC, a new survey shows that support for the Afghan war is significantly waning in the UK. The poll was commissioned by ITV News and carried out by ComRes who questioned...
The Guardian today reports on Prime Minister David Cameron’s three-day visit to Washington where he will be meeting US President Barack Obama to discuss, amongst other things, the presence of British and American forces in the Afghanistan and their withdrawal from ‘lead combat role’. From the...
