** 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,...
Martin Bright on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog remarks on the Prevent strategy that was unveiled this week. Bright writes: “It is now nearly five years since I wrote When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries for the think tank Policy Exchange. “It was a plea for sanity in the...
The EU Observer reports on a letter sent by a group of prominent former political leaders to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and EU High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton, urging them to engage with the Hamas-Fatah unity government and to reject the “false choice” presented...
The Guardian today reports on a bill to be introduced in the Lords by Crossbencher, Baroness Caroline Cox under which “Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law”. From the paper: “The bill, proposed by Lady Cox and backed by women’s rights groups and...
The Prevent strategy is now out and can be read here. The review is best summarized in this passage from Lord Carlile’s report: “…at the root of this Prevent strategy is the basic assertion that extremism breeds terrorism; and that extremism is the vocal or active opposition to fundamental...
The Prevent review was finally announced by the Home Secretary in Parliament yesterday and can be read here. A report by Lord Carlile which accompanies the review, can be read here, and responses to consultations submitted as part of the review process can be found here. The print and broadcast...
Bucks Free Press cover the story of another case of vandalism at the Hampden Road cemetery, where 20 Muslim gravestones were desecrated in an attack two months ago. From the paper: “Mr Chandler said: “We’re absolutely gutted, fuming in fact. We came up here on Monday and we’ve been...
A week on from the Daily Telegraph interview with Universities UK chief executive, Nicola Dandridge, today’s DT publishes a front page interview with Home Secretary, Theresa May, outlining the Prevent review’s focus on tackling radicalization on university campuses. The interview and the...
The Leicester Mercury reports on the sustained verbal and criminal abuse experienced by a Muslim family residing in a council house in Leicester. From the paper: “A Muslim family have been targeted by yobs again – even as they prepared to flee from their council house. The family were...
The Guardian reports on the jury’s decision in the case against four Metropolitan Police officers for the alleged assault of Babar Ahmad during his arrest at home in December 2003. From The Guardian: “Babar Ahmad, 34, a terrorism suspect who remains in detention, had claimed he was...
The Centre for Women and Democracy today published a report on the number of women who competed for a seat, successfully or otherwise, in the local government elections. The CfWD report capture the incremental change, for the better or worse, in the representational status of women in local...
