** 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,...
Last week’s JC revisited a story from the previous week concerning a DfID video in which the Minister for International Development, Alan Duncan MP, describes the illegal wall constructed by Israel in the Occupied West Bank as a “land-grab”. The video, which appeared on the DfID website,...
Monday’s Guardian reported on the implementation of the new Prevent strategy on university campuses claiming lecturers and university staff were being asked to “inform the police about Muslim students who are depressed or isolated.” From the paper: “University staff including lecturers,...
Further to the superb report by Spinwatch, ‘The Cold War on British Muslims’ on the financing behind and political orientation of think tanks that encourage counter-subversive policies against British Muslims, the Center for American Progress has published a report uncovering the...
The Guardian today reports that Home Secretary, Theresa May, has acceded to the request lodged by the Metropolitan Police to ban an EDL march through Tower Hamlets and four neighbouring east London boroughs. From the paper: “The home secretary has agreed to a police request to ban the...
The Irish Examiner publishes a letter from Cork County councillor Pa O’Driscoll countering the motion submitted by fellow councillor, Joe O’Callaghan, on banning the burqa in Ireland. The letter reads: “I fail to see why Cllr Joe O’Callaghan deems it necessary or desirable for the...
The Hansard Society has published a report on ‘Connecting Citizens to Parliament’. The report analyses data drawn from an online questionnaire (sample size 2,005) and focus groups held around the country on levels of public participation with politics and parliament and recommends ways in...
A report by the Living History Forum (Forum för levande historia) has found that racism and intolerance towards Sweden’s Muslim and Jewish communities is on the rise. From the Swedish paper, The Local: “The number of racist sites in Sweden has almost doubled in two years. In 2009 there...
The Echo newspaper reports on an attack on a Muslim male on his way to the Jamme Masjid in Southend for Fajr prayers last Tuesday. From the paper: “A MAN visiting a mosque for early morning prayers was attacked by a teenager in the street.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has today delivered a speech at the British Council on the Arab Spring. In it he addressed the Libyan revolution, Syria, British security interests, forging a new partnership with the Middle East and North Africa region, and the practical help being...
A councillor in the Irish city of Cork has called for a ban on burkas, balaclavas “or any other clothing that masks identity, on the grounds of public safety,” according to an article in the Irish Times. “Cllr O’Callaghan proposed a motion to Cork City Council, calling on Minister for...
