** 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,...
If you missed the first episode of Andrew Marr’s ‘The Making of Modern Britain’ on BBC2 yesterday, you can catch it on BBC iPlayer here. The six part series looks at the events that shaped Britain from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War. The first episode, ‘A...
The Home Office today has responded to the story published in the Guardian on Saturday 17 October on the use of Prevent to spy on Muslims, and the report by Arun Kundnani of the Institute of Race Relations on ‘Spooked! How not to prevent violent extremism’, with what purports to be a...
Another instance of a mosque playing its role as a hub of community life and activity is displayed in the example of Darul Amaan Trust Mosque in Colliers Wood, which hosted a meeting with Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond (pictured left) and London MEP Syed Kamall (pictured right) to discuss local...
The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has replied to ENGAGE following our letter to him last week about the Guardian newspaper’s revelations concerning the Prevent agenda and its use to spy on innocent Muslims. Read the Home Secretary’s reply here. ENGAGE will respond in detail to the Home...
The Guardian columnist, George Monbiot (pictured), explains his reasons for backing the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the post of EU President. While Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, yesterday set out his vision for ‘A Strong Britain in a Strong Europe’, and David Cameron...
The man accused of stabbing Egyptian Marwa Al-Sherbini (pictured left) 18 times in a Dresden courtroom in July, killing her in front of her husband and three year old son, has appeared in court charged with her murder. ‘Alex W’, who stabbed Marwa during a hearing to appeal his fine for...
British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, spoke today at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the topic of ‘A Strong Britain in a Strong Europe’. His speech can be read in full here, with excerpts below: ‘European foreign policy has grown up in fits and starts over a...
Kanishk Tharoor (pictured), associate editor of OpenDemocracy, penned a column for the Independent on Sunday on multiculturalism in Britain and Europe and the far right. He writes: ‘…in general, British society has handled (and continues to handle) the cultural convulsions shaking Europe in...
The Independent at the weekend published a selection of letters from individuals responding to the BNP leader, Nick Griffin’s appearance on BBC1’s Question Time programme last Thursday, including this one from a Muslim viewer: ‘As a British-born Asian I was hugely reassured and impressed with...
If you missed BBC Question Time programme last night with Nick Griffin you can catch it on BBC iPlayer, here. You can contact the BBC with your comments/complaints on views expressed in the programme by phone – 03700 100 222 – or via the online complaints form here.
