One more reason to wonder where the Express Newspapers’ withdrawal from the PCC will lead with this article from Wednesday’s edition, “Muslim vandals daub hate signs on war memorial”? From the paper: “A war memorial has been sprayed with extremist Islamic graffiti less than a year...
The Leicester Mercury reported that a man who smashed the window of a local takeaway during an English Defence League protest in Leicester in October has “admitted causing criminal damage worth £1500.” “Gareth Mooney (29) of Sandown Court, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, broke the shop window...
After extensive efforts from some journalists, MPs and even the co-founder Maajid Nawaz himself, to persuade the government to grant the Quilliam Foundation ‘transitional funds’ following the announcement that their government funding was to be cut, the Home Office has reportedly offered...
Is the FCO’s “See Britain through my eyes” series of short videos a rehash of the “I am the West” Prevent funded project? Reading the Evening Standard article yesterday, “Muslim cricket star’s anti-terror video message (with no spin)” you might certainly think so. The “See...
In a written ministerial statement, the Foreign Secretary yesterday informed the House of Commons that the guidance on reporting torture and mistreatment has been “updated and reissued” to all FCO staff. He said: “I have made this guidance available to the public by publishing it on the...
In her Daily Express column today, Ann Widdecombe takes issue with Islamic finance and the provisions provided therein. She writes: “Because sharia law prohibits the payment of interest Muslims buy a house, then sell it on immediately to an off-shore financial company which leases it back. As...
The European Network Against Racism has published its report on ‘Racism in Europe’, which covers the period between January 2009 and March 2010. Its report deals with the many faces of racism and discrimination in Europe at both legislative and local level, from policy to practice. It has...
Several papers, among them the Guardian, Telegraph and Independent, cover the unearthing of 4000 photographs and videos by German magazine, Der Spiegel, portraying US soldiers posing alongside the dead bodies of Afghan civilians who they had killed. You can view some of the photos via the...
The Crown Prosecution Service has ruled that disgraced former Labour minister, Phil Woolas, will not face a criminal trial over his false allegations during the May 2010 general election campaign that his rival was courting Muslim extremists. From the Guardian: “Prosecuting the former...
An EDL protest in Reading this past Saturday has been condemned for causing “hatred and division”, reports BBC News. “Councillor Andrew Cumpsty, leader of Reading Borough Council, said: ‘Hatred and division have no place in civilised political debate.’” “…the three leaders on...
