The Prince’s Trust have released a report today, “Broke, Not Broken: Tackling youth poverty and the aspiration gap”, on the importance of addressing social immobility in the UK and its impact on Britain’s youth. Professor David Blanchflower in his introduction to the report argues that...
The BBC programme “The Big Question” on Sunday asked “Does Britain have a problem with Muslims?” Watch the panel comprising Dame Anne Leslie, Maajid Nawaz, Director of the Quilliam Foundation; Salma Yaqoob, Respect party councilor at Birmingham Council; and Dr Taj Hargey of the Muslim...
The Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC, has reported on “Operation Gird,” the name given to the Metropolitan Police’s action against six Muslim men who were accused of “a plot to kill the Pope.” Mr Anderson in the report released yesterday...
The Evening Gazette reports on public order arrests following a disturbance near the Jamia mosque in Darlington, County Durham involving individuals thought to be members of the English Defence League. From the paper:“Two Teessiders were arrested after a “large scale disorder” near...
The Home Affairs select committee, chaired by Keith Vaz MP, has published a report on Forced Marriages in which they call for sterner action against individuals who “force—or to participate in forcing—an individual to enter into marriage against their will.” The committee recommends the...
The Independent on Sunday this week featured Robert Chalmers’ interview with US blogger, leading architect of the ‘Stop Islamization of America’ movement, and EDL enthusiast Pamela Geller. From IoS: “You may not have encountered the writing of Geller, one of the more controversial...
Amnesty International has published the “State of the World’s Human Rights” report 2011. Surveying progress in the field of human rights protection around the world the report takes into account the vast disclosures from Wikileaks and the role of the internet and social media in...
Paul Richards, former political advisor to Hazel Blears MP, reflects on the exchange between Alan Johnson MP and the Prime Minister in the Commons last week concerning the Conservatives’ stated policy to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir. Richards argues in an article on Progress that the long-awaited...
Martin “the Great Koran Con Trick” Bright graces the front page of the Jewish Chronicle this week with an article drawing on a story published in the Mail on Sunday last week concerning Tafazal Mohammad. Bright criticizes the organisation Forward Thinking for inviting Mohammad to a reception...
There’s a double page spread in the Daily Mail today headlined “Tower Hamlets Taliban”. Tom Rawstorne’s article is a specious addition to the smear-campaign against the Islamic Forum Europe in Tower Hamlets and allegations that the organisation wields unruly power in one of...
