** 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,...
Lancaster Unity is calling on anti-fascist campaigners and supporters to join a counter-demonstration in Manchester on Saturday 10th October, 12 noon at Piccadilly Gardens. The English Defence League has organised a demonstration in Manchester on Saturday and Lancaster Unity is urging people to:...
You can read the speech given at the Conservative Party conference by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, shadow minister for community cohesion and social action, here. The speech touches on integration, multiculturalism, the far right and faith identities in Britain. Let us know your thoughts on the...
Islamophobia Watch usefully elaborates on the commonality of noxious ideas on ‘Muslim colonisation’ in the harangues of the English Defence League and BNP in an article ‘Who incites hatred against Muslims in Manchester?’ Though EDL are adamant that they are not linked to the BNP,...
The ‘Stop Islamisation of Europe’ (SIOE) group’s proposed return to Harrow mosque (pictured) for another demonstration in December has reignited debates on how best to counter the group’s anti-Muslim prejudice and provocation of violent reaction. Councillor Susan Hall, speaking on behalf...
Martin ‘The Great Koran Con Trick’ Bright, political editor of the Jewish Chronicle, offers more thoughts on Government engagement with Muslim groups in this week’s JC. Bright (pictured alongside Ed Husain) writes about the Home Office/Foreign Office-funded stooge body the...
The Jewish Chronicle this week has published the ENGAGE letter about the Board of Deputies of British Jews and its joint submission last week to the CLG inquiry calling on the Government to make relations with the MCB contingent on its ‘firmly rejecting violence in all circumstances,...
Paul Ray, author of the Lionheart blog, has posted a video entitled ‘Defending our Christian heritage and birthright’, ahead of the English Defence League’s planned demonstration in Manchester on October 10th. The video shows a number of sensationalist headlines on Muslims in the UK,...
There’s some bluster surrounding The Sun’s declaration yesterday that it will rescind its support for the Labour Party and back the Conservatives at the next election. The Sun’s decision has been exacerbated by claims of the PM’s speech, and policy proposals outlined therein, being...
The report produced by the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by Justice Richard Goldstone (pictured), and presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday, has invited a flurry of denunciations from pro-Israel lobby groups determined to present the report’s...
The ENGAGE submission to the Communities and Local Government select committee’s Inquiry into Prevent can be read here. Written submissions were invited by the committee to assess the effectiveness of the Prevent programme to date. You can follow Inquiry’s progress on the CLG...
