The BBC News website today carries a feature item asking ‘Why do so few Muslims vote?’ The BBC article draws on data from a poll carried out by Ipsos MORI after the May 2010 general elections, in which 45 Muslims were represented in a total sample size of 3,586. From the BBC: “At the 2010...
The Daily Jang’s English language newspaper, The News, reports on the mayoral hustings held with Muslim Londoners on Friday 27th April with incumbent mayor, Boris Johnson, and his Labour challenger Ken Livingstone. The News highlights aspects of the discussion that took place, noting the...
New research from Northumbria University shows race hate crimes are on the rise in the north east of England. Research carried out by Dr Bakule Cole for the Ministry of Justice shows that Asians are often the target of race hate crimes and that the internet and social media platforms are playing an...
The Surrey Comet covers news on the jailing of three men for their role in an attack on Kingston mosque in November 2010. From the local paper: “Three men who joined a hooded and masked gang to attack Kingston Mosque with sticks and bottles have been jailed today.
The Nottingham branch of the Labour Party has invited controversy by publishing a leaflet claiming the BNP and EDL could capitalise on low voter turnout in the election for a directly elected Mayor on Thursday. From the local paper: “About 3,000 of the leaflets – which claim the British...
Europol last week published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trends report 2012. The TE-SAT provides “facts and figures regarding terrorism in the EU, while also seeking to identify trends in the development of this phenomenon”. The 2012 report identifies a “highly diverse terrorism...
The news agency, Agence France Presse, reports that the Co-op Group, the UK’s fifth largest supermarket retailer, is to extend its boycott of settlement produce to cover suppliers who source their goods from the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. From the AFP report:...
The Sunday Telegraph published an article yesterday based on the findings of a poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft on ‘Ethnic Minority Voters and the Conservative Party’. The report, Degrees of Separation finds that there is a significant lack in the ability of BME voters to relate to the...
Guardian journalist Decca Aitkenhead’s interview with George Galloway MP is the G2 cover story today. Galloway tells her that “Winning Bradford West, with the landslide that we did, was the best day of my life”.
The Lancashire Evening Post reports that twelve EDL supporters have admitted public order offences after they entered the garden of MEP Sajjad Karim’s home, causing severe disruption and frightening his family, including his eight year-old daughter. The offences include using threatening...
