** 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,...
Pankaj Mishra reviews recent publications that foment ‘Eurabia’ hysteria in a lengthy feature for The Guardian’s review section this weekend. Mishra looks at Christopher Caldwell’s ‘Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Can Europe Be the Same With Different People in It?’, Bruce...
Jim Fitzpatrick, Minister for Food, Farming and the Environment and MP for Poplar and Canning Town, walking out of a Muslim wedding last week because it was a segregated affair has attracted all manner of critique and comment though the lines of thinking are pretty well drawn. The Minister...
The Electoral Commission has issued a reminder to voters and prospective voters to ensure they are registered on the electoral roll for the next UK General Election as local authorities begin their annual canvass. The annual canvass takes place between August and November every year with local...
Unite Against Fascism are organising a protest in Codnor, Derbyshire against the BNP’s annual rally that will take place in the town on Saturday 15 August. The rally which is being billed by the BNP as a ‘family friendly festival’, will ‘serve to indoctrinate BNP supporters in the...
As the parliamentary select committee for Communities and Local Government launches an inquiry into Prevent, there’s news that Sheffield City Council has allocated a small fraction of the half a million pounds designated for preventing violent extremism on grass roots initiatives. A local...
The Bilal mosque (pictured) in Wardleworth, Rochdale, is embarking on an important endeavour to improve the quality of life of local residents and help police tackle drugs use and drugs related criminal activities by inviting policemen to attend Friday prayers. Recognising the value of the...
Lancashire Police have charged a man who distributed a leaflet blaming Muslims for the heroin trade (left) with incitement to commit religious hatred. Prosecutors had earlier reported that prosecuting individuals for racially abusive material was presenting problems; the heroin leaflet was among...
John Denham, the new Communities and Local Government Minister (pictured) has announced what appears to be a pivotal shift in the relationship between Government and British Muslims. Recognising that CLG’s ‘preventing violent extremism’ programme has had the unintended...
There’s some coverage (Guardian, Daily Mail) in the papers today about the riots that erupted in Birmingham city centre on Saturday afternoon when far right extremists clashed with anti fascist campaigners. Casuals United, a medley of far right extremist groups, including the English and Welsh...
A couple of weeks after Newsweek ran a cover story debunking the Eurabia myth, a new YouTube video, ‘Muslim demographics’ regurgitates alarmist statistics that falsely predict the imminent ‘Islamification of Europe’. The BBC reports that the video has been viewed more...
