The BBC reports that 60 EDL supporters were arrested on public order offences on Saturday, the day of the EDL’s Tower Hamlets dem The EDL numbered around 1000 and demonstrated near Aldgate Tube Station under a police escort, whilst a counter-demonstration estimated at around 1500 held a...
The Metro newspaper yesterday reported on another publicity stunt by Muslims Against Crusades, one of the utmost disrespect – to engage in a “noisy protest” as the world marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a minute’s silence. Anjem Choudary, spokesperson for MAC told...
The Guardian reported yesterday on the involvement of American firms in the CIA’s secret rendition programme. Evidence has emerged of collaboration in light of one firm suing another over fees. The matter, as The Guardian describes it illustrates “a world in which the “war on...
The former head of MI5, Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller has attacked several aspects of British foreign policy in the context of the ‘war on terror’, The Guardian reports “Recording her first BBC Reith lecture on the theme, Securing Freedom, she made clear she believed the UK and US...
Last week’s JC revisited a story from the previous week concerning a DfID video in which the Minister for International Development, Alan Duncan MP, describes the illegal wall constructed by Israel in the Occupied West Bank as a “land-grab”. The video, which appeared on the DfID website,...
Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, responds in the Guardian today to the article by Nina Power in Tuesday’s edition, ‘Let the EDL racists march’. Rahman argues that “It is right to ban the English Defence League’s march”.
Monday’s Guardian reported on the implementation of the new Prevent strategy on university campuses claiming lecturers and university staff were being asked to “inform the police about Muslim students who are depressed or isolated.” From the paper: “University staff including lecturers,...
The Guardian today reports that Home Secretary, Theresa May, has acceded to the request lodged by the Metropolitan Police to ban an EDL march through Tower Hamlets and four neighbouring east London boroughs. From the paper: “The home secretary has agreed to a police request to ban the...
Further to the superb report by Spinwatch, ‘The Cold War on British Muslims’ on the financing behind and political orientation of think tanks that encourage counter-subversive policies against British Muslims, the Center for American Progress has published a report uncovering the...
The Irish Examiner publishes a letter from Cork County councillor Pa O’Driscoll countering the motion submitted by fellow councillor, Joe O’Callaghan, on banning the burqa in Ireland. The letter reads: “I fail to see why Cllr Joe O’Callaghan deems it necessary or desirable for the...
