Nabil Ahmed, head of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies has warned the government against linking university attendance with terrorism. He made the comments in response to evidence given by Hannah Stuart of the Henry Jackson Society to the Home Affairs select committee’s conference at...
Former UKIP candidate, Abhijit Pandya has written in the Daily Mail Right Minds blog defending his position on banning the burqa. His comments come after Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP suggested that he is considering reverting UKIP’s current policy on the burqa which advocates a total...
The Guardian reports that Abdel Hakim Belhadj, the head of the Tripoli Military Council and former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group is suing Britain’s security services for their alleged complicity in his rendition by the CIA to Libya in 2004. Belhadj was unknowingly rendered with...
Two men who abused a Muslim on a coach trip from Dover, one of them urinating on the Muslim’s trainers, have been found guilty of religiously aggravated common assault and religiously aggravated harassment. From the local paper, Bracknell Forest Standard: “A Bracknell man who admitted...
It would seem Paul Goodman has earned a well deserved rebuke for his libelous article on Sir Iqbal Sacranie posted on Conservative Home some weeks ago. Goodman’s article focused on the Government’s yet to be published integration strategy and the proposition seemingly included in the plans...
The Institute of Race Relations reports that taxi drivers in Cardiff are threatening a mass strike in protest against the “routine racist abuse and violence” they face and the “indifference by the police and local council”. From IRR: “According to the chairman of the Cardiff Hackney...
It would seem Harry’s Place have taken a step too far in posting an article on Guardian columnist and associate editor, Seumas Milne. The post by pseudonymous HP blogger, ‘Lucy Lips’, claims Milne spent his gap year “training at a PFLP [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine] camp...
There’s a misleading headline in the Daily Express newspaper today declaring a “Muslim handshake ban” at Cambridge University. The newspaper claims tutors at Cambridge University have been instructed to take note of the “culturally sensitive” nature of traditional forms of greeting,...
Theresa May has announced that a national review of police stop and search powers is to be carried out by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). The Guardian reports the Home Secretary’s remarks on the review of police powers made during the Reading the Riots conference at the London...
The Guardian covers the report published today by the Electoral Commission which finds that at least 6 million eligible voters are not registered to vote – a worryingly high figure and representing almost 15% of total eligible voters in the UK. The report also finds that young people are...
