BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent and the Telegraph have all reported on the leader of the Respect Party, Salma Yaqoob’s decision to resign as leader and quit the party. Her resignation comes after the Respect Party’s only MP, George Galloway, who won a seat in a by-election for Bradford...
There was an article in the Guardian yesterday regarding the nature of the Justice and Security Bill and the proposals included within it to extend ‘closed material procedures’, often referred to as secret trials, to civil courts. It is argued that the proposals included in the bill are...
The Guardian today carries an article by assistant editor of the New Statesman, Daniel Trilling, drawing on his new book ‘Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of the Far Right’. Addressing popular myths that animate the far right’s ideas and politics, Trilling denotes the exploitation of poor...
The Home Office today released statistics on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation from 2011-12. The data looks at arrests, outcomes and stop and searches in Great Britain for the 2011/12 period. Some of the key findings are summarised below:...
The Sunday Times (£) over the weekend carried a front page article on ‘Islamic child brides’ (also covered in the Mail on Sunday and the Sun). The story, based on an undercover investigation by reporter Mazher Mahmood, saw Mahmood posing as a father wanting to marry off his twelve year old...
An investigation carried out by Reuters news agency has found that the anti-Islam Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, has received funding from US based organisations, notably the pro-Israel Middle East Forum. Wilders is the founder and leader of the extreme far-right Dutch Freedom Party. The party...
The news site Salon excerpts material from a new book by Nathan Lean and John Esposito on the ‘Islamophobia Industry’ in the US and Europe, uncovering the means and methods used by the conservative right to manufacture fear and loathing of Muslims. From Salon: “As is the case with any...
The Waltham Forest Guardian has reported that just weeks after they marched through the heavily Muslim populated area of Walthamstow in London, the EDL are planning another protest to take place next month. From the local paper: “The English Defence League (EDL) is planning to march through...
Following reports last week on the sentencing of a group of EDL supporters for attacking individuals gathered in a pub which was hosting an anti-racism concert, The Star on Sunday reports that a soldier who was among those involved in the attack, and whose connections to the English Defence League...
There were a number of comment pieces published in the weekend papers on the cases brought by four Christians who have taken cases of alleged religious discrimination in the workplace to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In the Sunday Express, Neil Hamilton writes, “For nearly 2,000...
