** 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,...
The Muslim News carries out analysis on the prospects of Muslim MPs entering parliament in significant numbers for the first time as we draw closer to the polling day, May 6th. ‘Up to a quarter of the 16 Muslim females standing as candidates at the next month’s general elections are in...
Demos publish a report today on the importance of understanding the distinct differences between radicalism and violent radicalization, and how policies on engaging Muslims should differentiate between legitimate radical thought and illegal violent radicalization to prevent unnecessarily...
The Government has released new guidance to local authorities on the Channel project, part of the Prevent stream of the government’s CONTEST 2 counter-terrorism strategy, which appears to address some of the concerns that have been raised by Muslims and civil liberties groups on covert...
The Sunday Express has today been forced to pay substantial damages to the charity Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT) for defaming the institution in an article published in December 2009, “Jet bomb ordered by 9/11 spiritual leader”. Press Gazette reports that Luke Staiano of Carter Ruck,...
The BBC reports on a 26 year old man being convicted and sentenced for the arson attack on Islamic Relief’s Glasgow HQ in July last year. The man, who caused £26,000 worth of damage by setting light to bags deposited in the doorway of the charity shop, has been sentenced to 15 months...
David Cohen in the Evening Standard on Monday wrote the election race to win the constituency seat of Poplar and Limehouse where incumbent Labour MP, Jim Fitzpatrick (pictured), is facing the strong prospect of being unseated. Fitzpatrick was lambasted by Muslim residents in the Borough when he...
With the launch of the Labour party’s election manifesto on Monday, the Conservative party’s manifesto launch yesterday and the Liberal Democrats’ today, there’s plenty for voters to chew on and grill politicians over at election hustings events around the country. Read here on the...
Mary Dejevsky (pictured), columnist for The Independent, wrote in the paper yesterday on her observations during a trip to Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as guest of the British Muslim charity, Muslim Aid. Dejevsky reflects on the work of Muslim Aid, captured by an accompanying film crew...
Young British Muslims who have been at the receiving end of harsh justice and severe sentencing for their role in the Gaza protests of last year have scored a small victory as the Metropolitan Police sanction the throwing of shoes treating it as an act of protest and not of criminal violence....
ePolitix carries news of Conservative MP, Edward Garnier (pictured), attending the Conservative Muslim Forum’s (CMF) Eid Milad-un-Nabi function at the House of Commons at the end of March. From ePolitix: ‘Edward Garnier said later: “I was honoured to have been invited to address this...
