The House of Lords held a debate on the Prevent Strategy last Wednesday evening prompted by Lord Gulam Noon’s question to the Government: “What are the implications for integration and extremism in the United Kingdom of their Prevent strategy?” Interesting among interventions made by...
Over the weekend there was widespread coverage of statistics released showing that 2,823 honour attacks were recorded by the police in 2010. The statistics, obtained by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation, came from 39 out of 52 police forces, and comparative statistics from 12...
Ahead of the parliamentary debate this afternoon on the UK/US Extradition Treaty and the fate of Babar Ahmad, there are two articles of related interest in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail today. Louis Susman, US Ambassador to the UK writes in the DT to “…correct some of the myths,...
The Jewish Chronicle front page leads with the Public Administration select committee’s questioning of Sir Gus O’Donnell, Head of the Civil Service, on the Adam Werritty scandal last week in which MP Paul Flynn raised questions over the conduct of the British Ambassador to Israel, Matthew...
Richard Landes in Telegraph blogs returns to a theme of which he is particularly enamoured, “…the ability of Muslims to tolerate criticism from outsiders”. In a blog article titled, “Muslim anti-Semitism, Israel and the dynamics of self-destructive scapegoating,” Landes writes of...
Local media has reported a racially motivated attack against a Muslim woman in Telford in which she was pushed and shoved as she walked along a footpath and had her hijab pulled off. From the Shropshire Star: “The gang, who were all male, surrounded the 52-year-old woman and started...
Following mounting public pressure, the Parliament’s Backbench Business Committee has scheduled a full debate on extradition to be held on Monday 5th December, as well as a vote on changes to the law. The Free Babar Ahmad campaign has issued an action alert urging people to write to their MPs...
Baroness Flather is proving to be something of a favourite with the Daily Mail with a comment piece in yesterday’s paper criticising Lord Waheed Alli for instigating an inquiry in to the Lords’ expenses scandal. Lord Alli is said to have asked the solicitor, Imran Khan, to look into...
Islamophobia Watch has reported that two EDL members have been in court recently for racially aggravated harassment and for breaching bail conditions for violent assault. 18 year old Jacob Jake Hyland of Mayridge, Fareham was “given a restraining order by Portsmouth Crown Court (15/11/11)...
A new report by IPPR on Islamic supplementary schools will state that although many British madrasas are good, a significant minority fall short on expected standards. The Guardian today reports on the report which will be launched tomorrow. The report reflects the findings of IPPR’s survey of...
