The US-based Pew Research Center has published a report looking at attitudes towards democracy, freedom and Islam’s place in political life in Arab and other predominantly Muslim nations. The findings come from a survey conducted by Pew in six countries; Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey...
Ibrahim Hewitt, Senior Editor at Middle East Monitor, has a letter published in the Daily Telegraph today in response to a column written by Con Coughlin on the victory of the ‘Islamist’ candidate in the Egyptian presidential elections, Mohammed Morsi. As the countries of the Arab Spring,...
Islamophobia Watch draws attention to Islamophobic comments and threats of violence posted on the Facebook page of English Defence League supporter, Danny Holmes. Holmes has posted several comments including one where he describes ‘infidels’ as “anyone who is the enemy of Islam anyone who...
As the Leveson Inquiry enters its concluding stage, recommendations for press reform, there is coverage in the newspapers today of the testimonies of, amongst others, Lord Hunt, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission; Lord Black, chairman of Press Standards Board of Finance (PressBof),...
The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported that Denis MacShane, former Labour Minister, will not be facing any action over allegations of abusing Commons expenses. The article – three brief paragraphs (pictured left), appeared in the print edition of yesterday’s paper but it seems that the...
British journalist and commentator, Mehdi Hasan has written a comment piece in today’s Guardian on the Islamophobic and personal abuse that he and many other Muslim journalists and bloggers are subjected to online. He argues that such abuse hinders Muslims from entering journalism or engaging in...
The Guardian picks up on an interview published in the Muslim News this month with the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, on the Olympics and any threat of terrorism. Anderson tells the Muslim News that he will be “watching like a hawk” to ensure that arrests are...
The Church of England Newspaper reports on a parliamentary meeting organised by Christian Aid highlighting the poverty-inducing impact of the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and calling upon the British Government to ban such produce. The CoE newspaper notes the...
The Daily Mail today reports on the trial of a woman charged with racially aggravated assault who allegedly pushed a pregnant Muslim woman to the floor and hurled racist verbal abuse at her and her family, calling her a “suicide bomber” and “terrorist,” after an altercation at a supermarket...
The Birmingham Mail and BBC News both report that a man who pulled the niqab off a Muslim woman’s head in a West Midlands shopping centre has been handed a suspended prison sentence, and ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid community service with a 21-day activity examining diversity and...
