Andrew Stunell, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government was yesterday asked what payments the DCLG had made to the Community Development Foundation in relation to the prevention of extremism since its inception, as well as payments made to the Foundation and...
A building in Ipswich which had been set to be transformed in to a Muslim-run community centre was set on fire Monday night in a ‘deliberate’ attack. A local news website reports: “Fire investigators are ‘99 per cent sure’ that a blaze which ripped through a church in Ipswich was...
Further embarrassing details have emerged regarding the relationship between the UK and Libya, in addition to the arming of the Libyan government by the UK and its subsequent suspected use of those arms by the Libyan regime to suppress popular uprisings in the country. Human rights lawyer,...
The fine of £50 handed to Emdadur Choudhury, one of the men who burnt poppies on Remembrance Day last year, has received widespread attention both from national (Daily Mail, Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Star, the Guardian) and local media (Evening Standard, East London Advertiser, Liverpool...
Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has ‘upgraded’ the status of the Palestinian delegation in the UK to that of a full diplomatic mission. From the Guardian: “William Hague said that Britain had upgraded the status of Palestinian diplomats in the UK, in a largely symbolic move aimed at...
On Tuesday 22nd March, ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ is holding a free teacher training event at Charlton Athletic. The event aims to: • Raise awareness of issues of racism and the impact on young people• Examine how race equality can be promoted through the curriculum• Empower delegates...
The Daily Star has a track record of regularly spewing out inaccurate, inflammatory and highly negative stories on Muslims and Islam. Now one of its own reporters, Richard Peppiatt, has had a laudable crisis of conscience and has quit the paper over its “hate-mongering.” In his resignation...
Manchester Evening News reported of the arrests of 34 people following a demonstration by far right extremists, the English Defence League, in Rochdale this past Saturday. From the report: “No serious offences were reported with the arrests made for public order offences, affray and being...
Lawyers representing a “significant number” of students who took part in protests against tuition fees have accused the Metropolitan Police of attempting to criminalise “a generation of political activists.” From the Guardian: “Hodge Jones & Allen, which specialises in protest...
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, yesterday delivered a speech in Luton on the subject of creating an open and confident society; the values which underpin it, and the role of government within it. The approach outlined in his speech toward extremism, multiculturalism and engagement with...
