** 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,...
There’s a double page spread in the Daily Mail today headlined “Tower Hamlets Taliban”. Tom Rawstorne’s article is a specious addition to the smear-campaign against the Islamic Forum Europe in Tower Hamlets and allegations that the organisation wields unruly power in one of...
Martin “the Great Koran Con Trick” Bright graces the front page of the Jewish Chronicle this week with an article drawing on a story published in the Mail on Sunday last week concerning Tafazal Mohammad. Bright criticizes the organisation Forward Thinking for inviting Mohammad to a reception...
The Muslim News draws our attention to an exchange in the House of Commons yesterday where the Prime Minister was asked by former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, about the Conservatives’ long-standing pledge to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir. From Hansard (pg 10): Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and...
Following the release of statistics from a Pew survey showing that al-Qaeda’s appeal is declining among Muslim publics, The Economist asks: “Is violent jihad an ideological spent force?” “The death of Osama bin Laden has prompted many questions about his influence and that of the...
The BBC reports on the court appearance of the three people charged with racially motivated vandalism, including spray painting graffiti on the walls of the Nasir mosque in Hartlepool. From the BBC:“Three members of the English Defence League have appeared in court charged with...
{youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8mKwXXlhF4&feature=player_embedded} The EU Observer’s “Let’s talk about EU” programme last week discussed Europol’s “Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2011” with MEPs Franziska Brantner (Greens) and Derk Jan Eppink (European...
The Joint Committee on Human Rights today published its report scrutinizing the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, including proposed changes to the law on universal jurisdiction contained therein. The extant provisions in UK law on universal jurisdiction have come under intense...
It’s been an eventful weekend for the Muslims Against Crusades misfits. There’s extensive coverage of their provocative staging of “funeral prayers” for Usama bin Laden outside the US embassy in London, with the usual exaggeration of numbers present in the right wing tabloids (see...
The BBC reports that spy cameras installed by Birmingham City Council in local areas heavily populated by Muslims are finally being removed. “Acting Chief Constable Sharon Rowe said: “The work starting today shows that we have listened to what our communities wanted and acted upon...
Election results from yesterday’s local and regional elections are being declared today and news that the BNP has suffered further losses to its number of council seats held. From the BBC: “After 207 council election results, the anti-immigration party had won one seat with a net loss of...
