Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech on Monday at an Eid reception in Downing Street in which he praised the contribution of British Muslims to national life and the role that British Muslims have to play in the “Big Society.” He said: “There are really three things I want to...
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...
An All Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia has been established under the Chairmanship of Kris Hopkins MP (pictured, Con, Keighley and Ilkley). Further details available here. The ENGAGE briefing on Islamophobia can be found here.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday and in an interview to the Sunday Telegraph, Shadow Home Secretary, Ed Balls, offered his contribution to the ongoing debate around counter-terrorism measures. His comments come amid a current Home Office review of counter terrorism and security powers...
Tonight at 8:30pm, a BBC Panorama programme entitled “British Schools, Islamic Rules” will be broadcast which claims to have uncovered “disturbing evidence that some Muslim children are being exposed to extremist preachers and fundamentalist Islamic groups.” “We also expose the...
Several newspapers, including the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Daily Star, the Metro and The Sun, yesterday reported of schoolboy Darius Gill having been the victim of bullying by six fellow pupils at his school reportedly for penning an online Remembrance Day tribute to fallen British...
Demonstrations by the far right extremist group, the English Defence League (EDL), “fuels Islamic extremism”, according to the police. In an interview with the BBC West Midlands Counter-Terrorism Unit officers said that demonstrations by the EDL in predominantly Muslim areas had given some...
The Guardian is running a series of articles looking at the politics of immigration in Europe. The two articles published so far offer some important points to ponder on the lessons Britain can learn from the European experience. In the first article of the series, Ian Traynor explored the...
“Islam is being ‘demonised’ as a result of atrocities carried out in the name of a ‘distorted’ version of the faith”, according to former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Lord Ian Blair. From the Press Association: “The ex-commissioner, who led the Met during the 2005 suicide...
Portsmouth Today reports that, following recent protests outside of Jami Mosque by far right extremists from the EDL, groups across Portsmouth have vowed to “stand united against hatred.” From the article: “Jatin Patel, of Portsmouth’s Racial Harassment Forum, said: ‘It’s...
