** 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,...
This briefing document lays forth the destructive impact of the blockade on Gaza, the many recommendations of international aid agencies and the House’s select committee
In response to yesterday’s deadly attack by Israel on an international aid convoy heading to Gaza, a Parliamentary event is being convened by Conservative Muslim Forum, Labour Friends of Palestine, Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine and ENGAGE. This event is for MPs/Lord therefore we...
The newspapers today, understandably, cover at length the storming of the Gaza aid flotilla by Israeli commandos in the early hours of Monday 31st May, killing 10 humanitarian activists and injuring dozens. The Guardian editorial today ‘From blockade to bloodshed’ argues that ‘Nothing has...
The Times at the weekend carried a feature on the growth in the number of white British females converting to Islam: ‘It’s a controversial time for British women to be wearing the hijab, the basic Muslim headscarf. Last month, Belgium became the first European country to pass legislation to...
ENGAGE has today written to the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to condemn the storming of the Gaza aid flotilla by Israeli commandos in international waters yesterday and the killing of ten humanitarian activists on board one of the ships. Read the letter here.
The Jewish Chronicle prints a story in this week’s edition on the letter sent by ENGAGE to the new Education Secretary, Rt. Hon. Michael Gove (pictured), on Zionism forming part of the governing ethos of state funded Jewish faith schools. The article states: ‘A Muslim campaign group has...
Douglas Carswell MP for Clacton has a question tabled at Prime Minister’s Questions next week. It will be the first question ever asked to David Cameron in his capacity as Prime Minister.
Amnesty International has released its report on the state of human rights across the globe in 2010. The report contains disturbing inadequacies in human rights protection in Europe. The report states: ‘Member states of the EU continued to block a new regional directive on...
Ofcom has upheld a complaint of unfair treatment made by Islam Channel relating to BBC Radio 5’s breakfast programme in September 2009 which included a discussion on whether ‘Britain’s foreign policy was likely to lead to terror attacks in the future.’ According to...
In an exclusive interview with Islam Channel on Friday 21 May 2010, Secretary of State for Security Baroness Neville-Jones signaled radical proposals for a shake up of Anti-terror laws and a complete review of the controversial Prevent programme. Baroness Neville-Jones said the government...
