The Charity Commission has disclosed details on the opening of another inquiry into a Muslim charity. The charity regulator has opened a statutory inquiry into the Islamic Education and Research Academy, iERA noting concerns over “a number of regulatory issues connected to the charity’s...
The Star, Morning Star and Rotherham Advertiser report on English Defence League’s plan to march in Rotherham this weekend. A total of 659 EDL supporters are expected to attend from sign up on the group’s Facebook page. A previous march organised by the EDL required almost 800 officers from...
The front page in The Sun a few days ago proclaiming to have revealed the “Halal Secret of Pizza Express” has sparked vast media coverage on the issue of halal slaughter with coverage following in The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Star, The Times, BBC...
Islamophobia Watch reports on another case of a UKIP European Parliament candidate who is alleged to have espoused anti-Muslim views on a social media site. Dr Julia Reid has denied sharing a message on Twitter which said Islam has “no place” in Britain. A snapshot on Twitter shows Reid sharing...
There is some coverage in the papers today (Daily Mail and Guardian) about the Channel 4 report disclosing that its broadcast of the adhan during Ramadan last year received the most complaints in 2013. The Ramadan season on the channel last year saw the call to prayer broadcast in the early morning...
The Independent and ITV News report on the first national conference on forced marriage in Derby. The Independent observes the comments made by the Chair of the National Commission on Forced Marriage, Baroness Butler-Sloss, who iterates earlier affirmation by the Metropolitan Police Service that...
Newspapers this week (Independent, Daily Telegraph and Guardian) have revisited the subject of the ongoing delay to the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report into the lead up to the Iraq War with the Mail on Sunday squarely placing blame for the deferral to possibly after the next general...
The Daily Mail reports on the trial of two women on charges of religiously aggravated public order offences after one of them tore pages from a Qur’an at a Middlesbrough match last December and passed them around for fellow fans to throw in the air ‘like confetti’. The court heard how...
BBC News reports on another investigation launched into a British Muslim charity, Children in Deen, weeks after the inquiry established into Al Fatiha Global. The inquiry into Children in Deen was launched after it was found to have organised travel arrangements for Abdul Waheed Majeed, the first...
