** 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,...
Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday unveiled details of an inquiry into claims that British security services were complicit in the torture of terror suspects. Speaking at the House of Commons, Mr Cameron said the probe, to be led by retired judge Sir Peter Gibson, was necessary to...
Nick Ferrari, who hosts the weekday breakfast show on the London-based radio station LBC, writes in support of Muslim women’s right to wear a burqa in the Sunday Express. Arguing that Britain ‘simply cannot make wearing the burka illegal’, Ferrari says ‘we built this...
The Daily Express’ front page headline today read ‘Muslims force pool cover-up’ alleging that a swimming pool at Darlaston Leisure Centre in Walsall reportedly covered ground-level windows with opaque film following complaints ‘received from Muslim groups.’ From...
In Saturday’s edition of its paper, the Guardian published a piece titled ‘This may be Britain’s Abu Ghraib’ by Phil Shiner and Tessa Gregory which argues that ‘allegations of torture by British soldiers in Iraq bear chilling comparison with America’s worst...
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected Britain’s application to appeal its decision that stop and search powers enacted under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 breached human rights legislation. The Guardian writes: ‘In January 2010 the European Court held that section...
The Guardian reports that the Ministry of Defence is facing ‘a further series of court battles that may shed more damaging light on the conduct of British troops in Iraq, after it emerged that many more civilians died in army custody than previously thought.’ From the Guardian:...
BBC London News last night ran their main headline about a primary school in south London where some Muslim parents have withdrawn their children from music lessons because they believe the playing musical instruments to be against the teachings of Islam. The ‘exclusive‘ story...
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) has published a new report titled ‘State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples’ in which it says that religious intolerance is ‘the new racism’ and one of the main reasons for the persecution of minorities...
In his first major speech as foreign secretary, William Hague warned that Britain’s role in the international arena could face decline in a fast-changing world where ‘economic power and economic opportunity are shifting to the countries of the East and South’ and where...
The UK government has invited the public to nominate laws for repeal via a website launched as part of a drive by the Lib-Con coalition government to curb excessive regulation it says is restricting freedom. The ‘Your Freedom’ website asks Britons which laws they would like to...
