The Independent today publishes a letter from a representative of Animal Aid, the charity which earlier this week released film footage of animal abuse at a halal abattoir in Yorkshire. The letter draws attention to a subject we raised on the type of abuse uncovered by other film footage captured...
The Huffington Post uncovers some interesting film footage from the visit by Channel 4 presenter, Cathy Newman, to a mosque in Streatham last week as part of Visit My Mosque day. Newman had alleged in a tweet that she was “ushered out of the door” by members of the mosque after turning up to...
The Maldon and Burnham Standard reports on a local meeting held by the Essex Police and Crime Commissioner, Nick Alston, with young people as part of the regular Youth Forum meetings in the county. The local paper reports on hate crime being the main topic of debate at the last Youth Forum meeting...
The Guardian today publishes a letter by a number of human rights and Muslim organisations on the proposed draconian measures in the Government’s Counter-terrorism and Security Bill and its likely negative impact on Muslim communities. The paper earlier this week published a letter signed by...
BBC News reports on the evidence session held on Tuesday by the Foreign Affairs select committee with the chair of the Chilcot Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, as part of its hearings into the Progress of the Iraq Inquiry. The committee held a “one-off” session with Sir John to discuss “the...
The Daily Mail and Financial Times cover the statement issued by the UK Independence Party yesterday supporting a ban on unstunned slaughter. The statement, available on the party’s website, states: “We see no reason why religious groups should not take into account the concerns of animal...
The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has undertaken extensive research into the situation of Muslims in the European Union (EU) including the experience of anti-Muslim hate crimes under its remit for investigating the exercise of fundamental rights in the EU and rights awareness among...
There has been a stark growth in UK public interest on religious slaughter and food labelling, driven to some extent by pervasive and often prejudicial media coverage of halal slaughter methods and political campaigns, by far right parties principally, on the welfare of animals – that is how...
We welcomed manifesto commitments by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties that “security measures must be proportional and consistent with liberal democratic values and the rule of law”, and that “the best way to combat terrorism is to prosecute terrorists, not give away...
BBC News, ITV News and the South Wales Argus all report on the resignation of Donald Grewar, UKIP’s candidate for the Newport East parliamentary seat. Grewar was challenged by the UKIP party chairman for Newport East for posts uploaded onto his Facebook page which expressed support for the...
