** 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,...
Lord ‘cricket test’ Tebbit courts controversy once again with his latest remarks suggesting that Shari’ah law councils are similar to the ‘system of arbitration of disputes that was run by the Kray brothers’. Lord Tebbit questioning Lord Bach, Parliamentary Under Secretary...
The Independent reports today that chicken sold in the UK has been secretly injected with traces of beef and pork waste by food manufacturers looking to artificially plump up chicken breasts. The Independent, cites a Food Standards Agency report that states: ‘the fraud has been taking place...
Read the full speech given by President Obama to the Muslim world from Cairo University here. Let us know what you think of it. Update: Here is the BBC version including analysis from one of its correspondents. Update 2: Ali Abunimah responds to the Obama speech. Update 3: Reza Aslan...
As someone who invigorated grassroots democracy in his presidential campaign, one would expect President Obama to continue to reach out to the ordinary citizen and evoke popular interest in political affairs. Welcome news then that highlights from the President’s speech in Cairo on June 4th,...
Farasat Latif of Al Ghurabaa masjid in Luton, the one that was recently firebombed, features in an article in The Independent today speaking on community relations in the town and recent events. Mr Latif was among the group of Muslims that drove the Al Muhajiroun from their stall last weekend....
Unite Against Fascism have produced a leaflet (above) on the eve of the European elections to drive home the importance of voters visiting the polling booths tomorrow to ensure the racist BNP do not gain electoral seats in the European Parliament or in local councils as a consequence of low...
The Muslim Council of Britain is holding an Annual Convention as part of its AGM this year. The ‘Seeking Renewal in the Community’ event will feature panel discussions, workshops and, of course, the meeting of the MCB’s 500 affiliate organisations. Confirmed guest speakers...
The BBC reports that an Islamic helpline, to handle questions and queries from Muslims living in the UK, is to be launched today. Scholars at Al Azhar, aggrieved by the simply binary rhetoric engaged in by extremists, are to challenge their ideas by directly responding to queries sent to them by...
Following news that a group of Muslims in Luton forced Al Muhajiroun members in the town into retreat on Saturday, Inayat Bunglawala, ENGAGE Advisor on Research and Policy writes that we should, ‘Let the odious Al Muhajiroun Speak‘. He writes: ‘In my experience, the...
The Independent prints a letter that critiques the claims made by Gary Sinyor in his column in the Independent on Sunday, ‘How dare you, Ken!‘, on Ken Loach (pictured) and his involvement in a campaign to get the Edinburgh International Film Festival to return sponsorship money for...
