More grotesque generalizations and anti-Muslim prejudice from Leo McKinstry in his Daily Express column on Islam, the burqa and the French ban which came into effect today. McKinstry writes: “Our British political elite constantly boasts of its tolerance and enthusiasm for cultural diversity....
Six men have appeared at Kingston Magistrates Court on charges pertaining to the attack on Kingston mosque in November last year. Two of the six have entered not guilty pleas on charges of affray and one count of religiously aggravated criminal damage. Kingston mosque was attacked during a...
The public inquiry into the proposed mosque in Camberley, Surrey has heard that the 100 foot minarets at the centre of the dispute pose “little risk” to the security of the military training academy, RMA Sandhurst. Controversy has surrounded the application by the Bengali Welfare Association...
New research by academics at Oxford University, Dr Michael Biggs and graduate student Steve Knauss, reveals that BNP support is greater in towns and cities where the level of ethnic diversity is low and communities segregated. The research uses the BNP database leaked to WikiLeaks that contained...
An article by Andy Newman appearing on Socialist Unity concerning Terry Fitzpatrick and the Zionist blog site Harry’s Place sheds considerable light on the sort of company they like to keep at their place. HP is notorious for its witch-hunt tactics against “Islamists” and anyone espousing...
More in the press today on Judge Richard Goldstone’s op-ed in the Washington Post retracting aspects of the UN report he co-authored into war crimes committed during Israel’s brutal 28 day siege on Gaza in Dec 2008 – Jan 2009. Goldstone’s admission that the report would look rather...
STV reports that Neil MacGregor (pictured), the “proud racist” who threatened to blow up Glasgow Central mosque and “behead a Muslim a day” until all mosques in Scotland were closed down, has been jailed for 12 months. MacGregor was initially placed on probation for three years for the...
BBC Radio 5 Live’s “Your Call” programme with Nicky Campbell this morning asked “Is Islam getting a raw deal in the UK?” Questions raised included: Who’s responsible for the bad image of Islam? Are Muslims cosseted in our society and given an easy ride in public debates? Is Islam...
The BBC and Daily Mail report that the Planning Inspectorate is to hold a public inquiry into the Camberley mosque after the Bengali Welfare Association appealed the decision of Surrey council to refuse their planning application (image left). The Inspectorate will hold a six day public inquiry...
Following on from her debate with Salma Yaqoob in Saturday’s Guardian, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s column in today’s Independent dwells on the burqa ban that comes into force in France on April 11th. Alibhai-Brown runs through a preliminary list of sixteen objections (the rest is available on...
