** 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,...
Alex Massie on Spectator blogs writes an excellent piece titled ‘Ground Zero Mosque: Another moment of truth for open society‘ in which he untangles frenzied arguments and much of the prejudice underlying the debate about the construction of a mosque at ground zero (New York) and...
Mark Steel in today’s Independent delivers a humorous take on Israel’s belated acceptance of a UN-led inquiry into the Mavi Marmara episode which saw Israeli commandos kill nine Turkish aid activists on 31st May. ‘…until this week they [Israel] insisted their own inquiry...
Conservative Party chairman, Sayeeda Warsi, says burqa’s do not prevent Muslim women from ‘engaging in everyday life’ in Britain. From the Mail on Sunday: ‘Backbench Tory MPs have launched a bid to ban the wearing of the burka in public. Critics claim the burka is a...
The Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA) has today released its report on ‘Perceptions on Islam and Muslims: A study of the UK Population‘, authored by Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, Dr. Iman Khalaf and Sadia Salam. The report, capturing views from interviews with a random sample...
Britain’s Court of Appeal has held that the control orders of three terrorism suspects should be quashed altogether, according to the Guardian. The ruling by three appeal court judges headed by Lord Justice Maurice Kay has paved the way for others to claim compensation, and deals yet...
The Islington Gazette reports that ‘Islamophobic thugs‘ stuck a pig’s head on to the gates of North London Central Mosque in Finsbury Park. The head was discovered in the early hours of the morning when worshippers arrived at the mosque.
Speaking in Ankara on Tuesday 27th July, Prime Minister David Cameron denounced Israel’s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla as ‘completely unacceptable‘ and described Gaza as a ‘prison camp.’ On his visit to Turkey, David Cameron endorsed the country’s...
Details emerged yesterday of the arrest of EDL members in Dorset on suspicion of being involved in a plot to bomb a mosque in Bournemouth. Six men and one woman were held during the operation last week but later released without charge. From the Guardian: ‘A police spokesman said:...
Tory MP for Kettering, Philip Hollobone, who said ‘wearing a burqa is like having a paper bag over your head’ has been warned that he ‘could face legal action if he follows through on a threat to refuse to meet constituents wearing the veil.’ From the Guardian:...
A cache of more than 90,000 secret US military files obtained by Wikileaks have revealed ‘how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents‘, reports the Guardian. Described as ‘one of the biggest leaks in US history‘, the war logs show...
