** 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,...
On Tuesday 22nd March, ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ is holding a free teacher training event at Charlton Athletic. The event aims to: • Raise awareness of issues of racism and the impact on young people• Examine how race equality can be promoted through the curriculum• Empower delegates...
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, yesterday delivered a speech in Luton on the subject of creating an open and confident society; the values which underpin it, and the role of government within it. The approach outlined in his speech toward extremism, multiculturalism and engagement with...
Damian Thompson saw fit yesterday to exploit the murder in Pakistan of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s only Christian minister, to launch a tirade against Islam and the religion’s supposed persecution of Christians and the apparent failure of Christian leaders to speak out against such...
Ed West of the Telegraph makes an astonishing proposition in his blog, questioning whether the far right’s views on Islam and Muslims are really extreme, and even whether certain people and parties can be classed as ‘far-right’ at all. Commenting on the findings of a survey conducted on...
Searchlight Educational Trust last night released its report, “Fear and Hope” – the findings of which have been much talked about over the last few days (see the Observer, Daily Mail, Independent, and David Miliband’s article in the Guardian). In his foreword for the report, Jon...
The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report titled “Madrassas in the British Media”, which presents preliminary findings of an extensive analysis of “the way that madrassas have been portrayed by national and local media over the past decade.” Some of the...
The Daily Star, Daily Express, the Metro, and the Daily Mail are among those who carried stories yesterday of the commotion caused outside the trial of Mohammed Haque and Emdadur Choudhury at Woolwich Crown Court. The two men are accused of using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or...
The quarterly Home Office Statistical Bulletin on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 was published today. The report details statistics on stops and searches under the Terrorism Act 2000, which are as follows: • A total of 45,932 stops and searches were made in Great...
Prime Minister David Cameron will tomorrow be answering a set of questions posed to him by the public as part of an interactive question and answer session for Al Jazeera and YouTube’s ‘World View’ series. ‘World View’ is a series of monthly interviews where you ask questions to world...
Several NGOs, including the human rights group, Liberty, Amnesty International and Reprieve, have expressed “concern” regarding the credibility of the upcoming inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture and illegal rendition since 11th September 2001. Their concerns have led them to...
