A report published today from 21 international organisations, entitled “Dashed Hopes: Continuation of the Gaza Blockade”, has called for international action to ensure an “immediate, sustained and unconditional” lifting of the illegal blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel. The...
14 people were arrested for reported drunken and disorderly behaviour offences following demonstrations by extremist group, the English Defence League (EDL) in Preston on Saturday. The Preston Citizen reports that the EDL demonstration was called to protest against the extension of a mosque....
Research from the University of Southampton has found that poverty and gross inequality are six times more likely than ethnic diversity to cause British people to be suspicious of their neighbours, “repudiating the argument that multicultural societies make people uneasy and less trusting...
It was only a matter of time before ENGAGE caught the attention of Andrew ‘Islamists under the bed’ Gilligan and lo and behold, the prodigious blogger on all things ‘Islamist’ related had blogged about the all party parliamentary group on Islamophobia to which we are the secretariat. We...
A Muslim academy in Portsmouth has been the target of two hate crimes in the past fortnight, police have said. BBC News reports: “In the first incident, a brick with a racist message on it was thrown into the Portsmouth Muslim Academy, on Old Commercial Road, on 13 November.” “A beer...
A Muslim Conservative North-West MEP has been under threats from far-right extremists who have bombarded him with offensive emails over his reported opposition to EU legislation proposals that would require all ritually slaughtered meat to be labelled. From the Lancashire Telegraph: “Sajjad...
Nut for hire, Anjem Choudary, is allegedly urging a “Muslim uprising” against the upcoming royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. According to the Daily Star: “The hardliner is demanding a boycott of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s big day.” “He said it would be...
Amid the Queen’s five-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Daily Telegraph reports that William Hague’s decision to “reach out” to Gulf states in an effort to “secure better diplomatic and trade ties meant Britain had to ‘take on board’ Arab foreign policy goals.”...
The Spectator and Melanie Phillips have been forced to issue an apology and pay “substantial damages” to Mohammad Sawalha, a British Palestinian, after an article by Mad Mel in 2008 falsely stated that Mr. Sawalha had referred to Jews in Britain as “evil/noxious.” The apology reads:...
Police are to step up patrols around mosques in Preston ahead of planned protests this Saturday by far-right extremist group, the English Defence League (EDL). The Lancashire Evening Post reports: “Police officers’ days off have been cancelled and specially trained public order officers...
