** 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,...
It emerged today that the English Defence League (EDL) are discussing the prospect of holding a demonstration in Walsall next month. The location of their protest remains unclear, though some reports indicate it may be outside a mosque. This week, the EDL was featured in a BBC Three programme,...
Details have emerged today of the coalition deal struck between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in what has been described as a ‘historic document in British politics.’ Speaking at the unveiling of their coalition policy programme, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg,...
Yesterday’s decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) that two Pakistani students allegedly involved in an al-Qaeda plot cannot be deported to their home country, Pakistan, has ignited a debate on human rights and civil liberties. The Home Office circulated a...
ENGAGE has written to Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, about voluntary-aided faith schools and the active promotion of a political ideology within their ethos. Read the ENGAGE letter here.
Two Pakistani students who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids, but later released without charge, have today won their appeals against deportation. Abid Naseer and Ahmed Faraz Khan, both 23, were among 11 men who were arrested in April last year as part of Operation Pathway on...
A woman has today appeared in court accused of attempting to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms in east London. Twenty-one year old Roshanara Choudhary of East Ham is accused of stabbing Mr Timms at one of his surgeries last Friday. When the story first broke on Friday, there was no mention in...
Arab Media Watch (AMW) has today issued the findings of a study they conducted on British Media outlets and their reporting in relation to Israel’s announcement in March, 2010 that it would continue building illegal Jewish settlements on ‘occupied Palestinian land, which included 112...
As the new coalition cabinet takes shape today, ENGAGE reflects on its composition and the track record of some of those destined for a role in the first post-election Cabinet. As Deputy PM, Nick Clegg faces the challenge of ensuring the coalition doesn’t betray the voters who backed his party...
The Daily Express carried news yesterday of the vote which took place yesterday in the French National Assembly with deputies voting unanimously in favour of a motion which declares that the burqa and niqab are ‘an offence to the nation’s values’ and paves the way for remedial action in...
The BBC’s Islamic Affairs analyst, Roger Hardy (pictured), continues his series on conflicts facing Muslims in Europe with a look at the lives of young Muslims in Scotland. From the BBC: ‘What is so striking about Glasgow’s Muslims is their attachment to a Scottish identity. ‘A young...
