** 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,...
It seems that the subject of ‘ritually slaughtered’ meat is being made a real issue as political parties in France try and win-over voters from the far-right in the wake of upcoming presidential elections. Reuters reports that the French PM Francois Fillon told French Muslims and Jews yesterday...
The Observer covers a Chatham House report to be launched this week on an audit of attitudes among Britain’s far-right extremists which shows ‘significant support’ for planned violent attacks. From The Observer: “Significant numbers of far-right supporters in the UK consider...
The issue of whether “we are being brainwashed into confrontation with Iran,” as posed by Simon Jenkins in last week’s Guardian, might reasonably be extended to the BBC given the public service broadcaster’s publication of this ‘analysis’ by Jonathan Marcus, the BBC diplomatic...
With ongoing discussion in international political fora concerning Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons programme, economic sanctions and the possible threat of Israel launching unilateral military action against Iran, there were some interesting comment pieces published last week critically...
Police officers at Leicestershire Constabulary have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace in connection with an incident at Usmani mosque in Spinney Hill, Leicester. From the Constabulary’s website: “A banner displayed on the external wall of the Usmani Mosque in St Saviours Road...
The Euronews website features a video in which viewer Masha asks Michael Privot, the Director of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) “If Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe?”. Michael’s response gives deep insight into socio-political and economic contexts in which Muslim...
ENGAGE has written to the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, regarding his statement to the House on Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons programme in a parliamentary debate last week. The letter is available to read here.
The Daily Mail today covers proposals by the coalition Government to extend the mandate for secret trial hearings which would give the Government powers to hold trials which are deemed ‘sensitive’ or a risk to ‘national security’ behind closed doors, and to withhold evidence held against...
Channel 4 on Monday broadcast the programme ‘Proud and Prejudiced’ featuring Stephen Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson), the leader of the English Defence League and Sayful Islam, a man whose exploits include abusing British soldiers and burning poppies on Remembrance Sunday. Both men hail from Luton....
The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail have both covered an online interview with Mark Thompson, the director general of the BBC on ‘The BBC and Religion’. Thompson, who in the interview describes himself as a practicing Catholic and ‘critical realist’, was interviewed by historian, author...
