** 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,...
In light of the Norway terror attacks and the rise of far-right extremism in Europe, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an edition of The Report last Thursday, 11th August, looking into far right extremism in the UK and the fears of ‘Islamisation’. The Report looked at the issue of ‘Islamisation’ in the...
A private Islamic school in Dewsbury, Paradise Primary School, has been rated as either good or outstanding across all areas of the curriculum, with literacy and numeracy being rated highly, following an Ofsted inspection in July. From The Press: “The school scored 100 per cent pass rates in...
Following the deadly hit-and-run of three Muslim men in Birmingham on Wednesday in the wake of rioting in several parts of the UK, the Daily Mail has reported that mosques in Birmingham have been receiving threats from gangs as well as from the EDL. The community affected has called for peace and...
The Pew Research Center has published a study looking at rising restrictions on religious beliefs and practices from governments as well as social hostilities. The report, which is the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life’s second report on global restrictions on religion, looked at the period...
The Sunday Telegraph joins the bandwagon in the recent spate of articles on Shari’ah councils in the UK with a full page spread. titled “A law unto themselves?” Jonathan Wynne-Jones, the Telegraph’s religion correspondent spends time observing the workings of shari’ah councils in...
The Newcastle Chronicle reports on a disturbing attack on a mosque in Elswick, Newscastle at the time of Isha prayers. From the paper: “Local Muslims, currently celebrating their holy month of Ramadan, were stunned when their evening prayers were disrupted by a gang of youths who burst into...
The Independent today runs a special feature with former National Front and BNP activist Matthew Collins. Collins, whose new book “Hate: My Life in the British Far Right” is soon to be released, is now a dedicated anti-fascist campaigner but his youth was spent in the heart of some of the...
The Arab Spring which began in Tunisia in December 2010 and has since swept across the region, is taking a turn towards the aspirations of the many thousands that have filled the public squares with elections anticipated this autumn in Egypt and Tunisia. The Economist last week published an...
A letter from ENGAGE to The Independent in relation to the column by Christina Patterson on “Sharia zones” in Wednesday’s paper, has been published today. The letter can be read here.
The Daily Telegraph on Thursday reported that MI5 and MI6 have agreed to pay £12 million to former British detainees of Guantanamo Bay, who “claimed that the Government had allowed them to be sent to be mistreated at the US detention centre”. From the paper: “Details of the payments are...
