** 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,...
Campaigners in Scotland will petition MSPs to ban the animal slaughter methods used by Muslims and Jews the Scotland on Sunday newspaper reports (7 Sept). Backed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) and the Advocates for Animals group, the petition will ask MSPs...
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) comments on the findings of the report produced by the Cardiff School of Journalism on ‘Images of Islam in the UK’ (the report can be found under ‘useful links’) stating that the report reinforces a study done by the IIR in May 2008 on...
Following the furore surrounding the publication of the ‘Islam on Campus’, report by the Centre for Social Cohesion (CfSC) in July 2008, Inayat Bunglawala, ENGAGE Advisor on Policy and Research, writes, ‘I have written previously about my misgivings concerning the “findings”...
Max Hastings also takes issue with the outcome of the terror trial of the seven Muslims. Writing in the Daily Mail (10 Sept) he argues that ‘more than a few British Muslims believe the police to be prejudiced against them. Polls show that hundreds of thousands publicly or...
A video game that challenges players to “ensure that no Muslim man or woman is left alive”, has been condemned for glamorising violence against Muslims. ‘Muslim Massacre’, which can be freely downloaded on the internet urges players to ‘take control of the American Hero...
The Lancashire Telegraph (11 Sept) comment page reports on a two day festival to be organised in Blackburn to mark Eid ul Fitr and the contribution of the event to increasing understanding of Islam. ‘It’s true to say that while most Muslims know all about Christmas and Easter and their...
Employers that allow employees time out to take smoking breaks should have no problem with Muslim employees taking short breaks to perform their daily prayers reports People Management. In an article by Adrian Hoggarth and Sarah Fuller of Norton Rose, the pair explain how employers can successfully...
Writing in the Daily Mail (11 Sept) on the outcome of the trial of Abdullah Ahmed Ali and seven other Muslims who were accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners, and the expected retrial following the jury’s returned verdicts, Richard Littlejohn, remarking on how the jury...
Commenting on the proposal before the UN General Assembly, and sponsored by the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) member states, to adopt a reolution on “Combating Defamation of Religion”, Clifford D. May writes in Europe News that ‘the ostensible purpose of “Combating...
Here are some sample letters that you can use as a template when drafting your own letters to the press. Please remember these are guidelines only. The more unique your letter is, the more likely it is to attract attention so don’t copy these samples, follow their guidelines. How to respond in...
