** 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,...
ENGAGE has written to David Miliband MP about an article he wrote for the Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) titled ‘Working for Peace in the Middle East.’ Read the letter here.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has warned that in many of the Council of Europe’s forty-seven member states, ‘Muslims feel socially excluded, stigmatised and discriminated against; they become victims of stereotypes, social marginalisation and political...
ENGAGE has provided a comprehensive consultation response on the use of advanced imaging technology (security scanners) in an aviation security environment. The Department for Transport has had an open consultation on the current code of practice, with the deadline for submissions ending on 21...
The government’s consultation on the use of body scanners at UK airports closed yesterday (see the ENGAGE submission here) and the EU Observer today carries news of the privacy weaknesses in the use of security scanners in Europe compared to the US. Mary Ellen Callahan, head of privacy and...
ENGAGE has sent out a parliamentary briefing on ‘The Gaza blockade, Israel and the storming of the Mavi Marmara and Gaza aid flotilla’ to all MPs this month. The briefing follows an Emergency Cross Party Meeting regarding the freedom flotilla on the 2nd of June 2010 organised by...
The government has banned Dr Zakir Naik, an Indian Muslim preacher, from entering the UK where has was due to arrive today to begin a lecture tour that would see him appear at the Sheffield Arena, London’s Wembley Arena and Birmingham’s LG Arena in the NEC. From the Telegraph:...
The Guardian reports that surveillance cameras which targeted Muslims in the Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath area of Birmingham have been de-activated. Reports state that ‘bags are being placed over hundreds of cameras… to reassure the community that their movements are not being...
The Times publishes a commentary titled ‘Support Israel: if it goes down, we all go down’ by the ex-premier of Spain, José María Aznar. Aznar, who helped launch the ‘Friends of Israel Initiative’ alongside David Trimble only very recently to ‘counter the attempts...
ENGAGE has written to the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, in response to his comment piece in The Times, ‘The clock is ticking. Iran must come to the table’, (The Times, 11th June 2010) and his defence in that of the UN decision to impose fresh sanctions on Iran. Read the letter here....
The extension of airport scanners to airports across the UK interferes with fundamental rights of privacy, non-discrimination and freedom of religion, as set out in this consultation submission. Whatever stipulations are included in the Interim Code of Practice there is a strong body of evidence...
