** 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,...
In an article in today’s Times, the paper claims that ‘specialist advice is being given to Scotland Yard on how to reduce tensions between police and Muslims during the London Olympics because of growing concerns about the Games clashing with the holy month of Ramadan’.
Birmingham City Councillor Salma Yaqoob said during an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme that money being distributed by local councils as part of the Government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) scheme was “being used as a gravy train for those willing to toe the...
The leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, has written to the Policy Exchange ‘think-tank’ criticising its ‘bizarre and underhand behaviour’ in seeking to try and dissuade prominent politicians from attending the hugely popular Global Peace and Unity conference...
An article in The Epoch Times on rising far right violent extremism in the UK. The article quotes anti facist campaigner Gerry Gable who says that: “The public deserve a response from the police and intelligence agencies that takes far-right terrorism as seriously as the Islamist variety and...
The Jewish Chronicle published an apology to George Galloway for attributing to him comments he did not make when speaking in support of Hassan Nasrallah at an anti-war rally recently.
ENGAGE will launch its FREE full colour ‘Pocket Guide to Media & Politics‘ at the Global Peace and Unity exhibition this weekend. Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up your copy! After too many years on the sidelines of political and public debate on Islam in Britain,...
Johann Hari in today’s Independent argues in support of women’s rights in Muslim societies and an end to the reliance on Middle Eastern oil which has often clouded the judgment of European governments in their engagement with societies where gender and other human rights abuses are rife.
Welcome news that John Mann MP submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM 2303) on Oct 21st on racial and religious hatred in football drawing parliamentary attention to the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) campaign on kicking all forms of xenophobia out of British football. The EDM was signed...
The Morecambe Visitor carries an interesting Q&A with Pat Magee, a former IRA activist, and Jo Berry, following the staging of a play on the IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984. The play entitled ‘The Bomb’, tells part of the story of Pat Magee and Jo Berry, whose...
London Islamic Cultural Society, Haringey The Haringey Independent mentions the open day organised by the Haringey Muslim Network & Safety Forum in partnership with the London Islamic Cultural Society to shake off negative impressions and misconceptions of Islam by inviting the local...
