Matthew Goodwin, of the Extremis project, has a new paper on the English Defence League published by Chatham House, The Roots of Extremism: The English Defence League and the Counter-Jihad Challenge. The paper, drawing on an analysis of survey data by YouGov involving a “random sample of 1,666...
The Independent today reports on the latest developments in the Chilcot Inquiry with an exclusive claiming that the Inquiry report will present information that “[challenges] previous accounts of what happened” in the UK decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003. Led by Sir John Chilcot,...
Local paper, the Oxford Times, reports on the decision taken by West Oxfordshire District Council to ‘censor’ comments from a planning meeting agenda discussing the Chipping Norton mosque planning application. Campaigners claim the council is setting ‘a dangerous precedent’ in blocking the...
President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, features on The Guardian’s front page today concerning news reported in last week’s Mail on Sunday that the Home Secretary, Theresa May, “is set to pull [the UK] out of the discredited European Convention on Human Rights”. The Home Secretary,...
BBC News and the Daily Mail cover the English Defence League’s protest in Manchester at the weekend and the counter protest organised by Unite Against Fascism. Around 700 EDL supporters converged on Albert Square in the city centre with 350 UAF supporters gathering for a counter-protest. Greater...
The Guardian front page story today reports on the letter from Libyan national, Abdel Hakim Belhadj, to David Cameron agreeing to settle his lawsuit against the Government for alleged complicity in the torture and rendition of him and his wife for £3 and an official apology. According to the...
The Llanelli Star reports on the successful deployment of security cameras fitted to a mosque in Llanelli which had been the target of repeat attacks. The last attack took place in Ramadan last year when thugs forced their way through the mosque door and abused a group of elderly women inside. The...
The paper reports on the results of an investigation conducted on its behalf by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism which established that “since 2010, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, has revoked the passports of 16 individuals, many of whom are alleged to have had links to militant or...
BBC News reports on an initiative launched by the Islamic Diversity Centre in Newcastle urging Muslims to donate blood. According to the NHS blood service, “patients often responded better to blood from people of “the same ethnic background”.While “only 4% of the UK population gives...
The Daily Record covers the courageous story of eight year old Ayesha Siddiqui who has been nominated for the Daily Record Our Heroes Award. Ayesha, a leukaemia patient, has, with the help of her parents, raised £172,000 for the bone marrow charity, Anthony Nolan, making her “one of the...
