Joseph Harker, writing for the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’, offers a humorous twist to the reaction that British Muslims have encountered post 2001. Time and again, British Muslims have been told that they must “do more” to root out ‘terrorists’ within their communities;...
The Daily Mail Online today carries an alarming headline which states that, “1 in 3 British Muslim students back killing for Islam and 40% want Sharia law.” From the Mail Online: “Around a third of young British Muslims favour killing in the name of Islam, according to a survey revealed by...
The Guardian reports that, according to counter-terror laws watchdog Lord Carlile, Nick Clegg is “refusing to back a compromise” on the issue of control orders. Before May’s general election, the Liberal Democrats pledged to scrap the control order regime. The Conservatives, meanwhile,...
Unwilling to accept that he may well have put his foot in it (and that of the Telegraph Group) with his scurrilous article on Muslim Aid, Andrew Gilligan retorted last week with a critique of the Charity Commission for rejecting his claims that MA was ‘linked to Islamic...
Several newspapers (among them the Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and the Guardian) today report on the arrest of 12 men under the Terrorism Act 2000 on suspicion of the commission, cooperation and instigation of acts of terrorism. All of the men are British and some come from a...
Nick Ferrari in his column in last week’s Sunday Express wrote of “England’s Terror Shame.” Ferrari remarks on the £100million spent by Government “on programmes designed to counter the radicalisation of Muslims in Britain.” He argues that extremism continues to exist – the latest...
Could this be the most sensible thing so far to come out of the current review of the Prevent programme? Paul Goodman at Conservative Home claims that the Home Office have decided to stop funding the Quilliam Foundation. Goodman writes, “Sources close to Quilliam focus on the role of Charles...
The Charities Commission has today published the results of its investigation into claims that the British Muslim charity, Muslim Aid, made payments to the Al-Ihsan Charitable Society, a ‘designated entity’ in the UK (making any funds transfer a criminal offence under the Terrorism Order...
The Jewish Chronicle publishes extracts and analysis of the speech delivered by PM David Cameron at the Conservative Friends of Israel business lunch earlier this week. Cameron spoke of the “unbreakable” ties between the Conservative Party and Israel and of friendship with Israel as meaning...
Twenty four Muslim graves in Harehills cemetery in Leeds have been defaced. It is the third time so far this year that Muslim gravestones in the cemetery have been desecrated. From Manchester Evening News: “Overnight between Sunday and Monday name plaques were ripped off graves and one...
