** 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,...
{youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Du97Sv61U&feature=player_embedded} See this hugely disturbing footage of the provocation of two Australian Muslims by a TV cameraman working for Australia’s Channel 7. The incident came to light when Channel 7 (and Channel 10) broadcast a segment of...
The JC last week published a transcript of a meeting hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews with Lib Dem peer Lord William Wallace of Saltaire speaking on his party’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Questions from the audience focused heavily on the Lib Dems’ stance on...
Read about the ENGAGE hustings in Blackburn (candidates pictured left) last weekend here. The event was marked by a public apology given by incumbent MP and former Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, for his comments on Muslim women wearing the face veil in an article for the Lancashire Telegraph in...
The Labour Party has suspended its candidate for the South East Cambridgeshire constituency, John Cowan (pictured), following comments he posted on a website claiming that he ‘would not like any of his children to marry a Muslim’. The BBC reports: ‘Labour’s election co-ordinator...
The former Justice Minister, Jack Straw, made a public apology last night over comments he made in October 2006 that have since sparked controversy on the wearing of niqab in the UK and across Europe. Participating in an election hustings event organized by the local ENGAGE unit in Blackburn Mr...
An interesting clip from an election hustings in marginal seat Ilford North where the incumbent, Lee Scott (pictured), is asked about his membership of the Conservative Friends of Israel and his pro-Israeli stance. Scott replies to a question from the audience: “Israel is the finest democracy...
A proposed mosque planning application in Barton Hill, Bristol is the latest target of an anti-mosque Facebook campaign. Members of the far right racist group, the English Defence League, are among around 700 people that have joined the anti-mosque campaign group. Comments posted by individuals...
Unite Against Fascism are calling a protest outside Broadcasting House ahead of the BBC’s planned airing of a party political broadcast by the BNP tonight. The BNP launched its manifesto on Friday in which, among other things, it states: The BNP believes that the historical record shows...
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has urged the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) to reverse their decision on the banning of posters used by the Israeli Government Tourist Office (IGTO) depicting the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of Israel in recent tourism promotion posters....
The Daily Express rounds on Nick Clegg (pictured) for his supporting the muezzin’s call to prayer in the UK. The paper criticizes the Lib Dem leader for drawing an analogy between the adhan and the ringing of church bells summoning the faithful. The DE leader comment today reads, ‘For him...
