** 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,...
Ed Husain of the government-funded Quilliam Foundation writes in the Guardian’s Comment is Free website about the Taxpayers Alliance report on the allocation of Prevent funds by Local Authorities. He writes: ‘…the report also reveals that many groups that have received...
Ed Husain adds his thoughts to the convictions of three British Muslims for hatching a devastating transatlantic terror plot in the Daily Mail today. Husain writes that he ‘feel[s] we have given in to the fanatics’, explaining that the problems of radicalisation stem from the ‘tens of...
Further to yesterday’s Taxpayers Alliance report into Local Authorities’ funding of projects and organisations under the Government’s Prevent scheme, comes news that the Department of Communities and Local Government has issued new guidelines to ‘ensure that funding goes to a wider...
The Independent today mentions a new report by B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights group, that casts doubt on the Israeli military’s figures of the number of Palestinians deaths during its bombardment and invasion of Gaza in December 2008/January 2009. ‘B’Tselem’s total...
As the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into Prevent collates submissions in its call for evidence, (closing date 17th Sept), the Taxpayers Alliance discloses its own findings on the allocation of Prevent funds in a new report. The TA extensively documents organisations and...
Today’s newspapers understandably give prominent coverage to the conviction of three British Muslims, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, (pictured) who were convicted of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks in the ‘airliner plot’. All...
ENGAGE has learned that the London Borough of Hounslow has very naively invited the Quilliam Foundation to provide ‘Radicalisation Awareness Training’ this week as part of its Preventing Violent Extremism programme. The event is due to be held on Wednesday 9th...
The educational charity, Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilization (FSTC), has launched a sponsorship initiative to get its book on 1001 Inventions into 3000 schools across the UK. The book, which contains a wealth of information on the Muslim contribution to civilization from the...
Residents of the London Borough of Sutton who are interested in becoming local councillors can avail themselves of an opportunity to learn more about the Council’s work through the Shadow Councillor Scheme. The Shadow Councillor Scheme is a unique opportunity for individuals to learn about a...
Following the allegations levelled at Blackwater, concerning the ‘Christian Crusader’ zeal of its CEO and the alleged murderous conduct of its personnel in Iraq, The Times today carries news of a report into misconduct and abuse of Afghans by security contractors working for the US embassy...
