** 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,...
Andrew Gilligan (pictured), perhaps deluding himself to be riding on the crest of a wave after his disgraceful C4 Dispatches programme last Monday, may well be distinctly crestfallen following what appears to us to be a seriously libelous article he penned for the Daily Telegraph about the...
Friday saw the publication of a Home Office study, ‘What perceptions do the UK public have concerning the impact of counter-terrorism legislation implemented since 2000?’, prepared by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for the Office of Security and Counter...
Following the response to Baroness Warsi’s (pictured) question last week to Lord MacKenzie, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions, organisations that have been funded under the Faith Communities...
The papers on Tuesday widely covered (The Times, Telegraph, Independent and Evening Standard) the fatwa issued in London by the Pakistani cleric Dr Tahir ul-Qadri (pictured) of Minhaj ul-Quran condemning suicide bombers. The BBC reported: ‘In his religious ruling, Dr Qadri says that Islam...
If you thought documentaries couldn’t sink lower than the hatchet job by John Ware for BBC Panorama, ‘Who speaks for British Muslims?’, in 2005, the Dispatches programme aired last night is proof to the contrary. Using spurious evidence, half-truths and a ragbag of ‘community...
The Jewish Chronicle front page today revisits the pro-Israel lobby’s persistence in securing a change to the law on universal jurisdiction, before the end of this parliamentary term, to allow Israeli and other foreign politicians accused of war crimes to travel freely to the UK immune from...
The Department for Communities and Local Government today publishes a report, ‘Attitudes, values and perceptions – Muslims and the general population in 2007-08’, based on data taken from the Citizenship survey 2007-08. The report analyses Muslim and general population attitudes...
Seumas Milne (pictured) in his Guardian column today reflects on the heavy sentencing handed down to the Muslim protestors arrested following demonstrations held last year during Israel’s savage attack on the Gaza strip. Milne looks at the climate fomented by populist politicians, a willing...
The select committee on Culture, Media and Sport issued its report into ‘Press Standards, Privacy and Libel’ yesterday. The committee is chaired by John Whittingdale MP (pictured). The committee has been gathering evidence from a variety of sources over the last year looking into the manner...
Home Office figures released today show 200 hundred terror arrests were made last year and 200,444 people stopped and searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. From today’s Independent: ‘There have been 1,759 terrorism arrests since September 11 2001, the figures show. ‘For the year...
