ENGAGE have written to the PCC on the story printed on the Daily Express front page last Saturday and the paper’s ridiculous allegations of a ‘Muslim plot to kill Pope‘. Read the ENGAGE letter here.
Seven years after they allegedly assaulted him while arresting him, four police officers will be charged with assaulting Babar Ahmad. The four, who were all members of the Metropolitan Police’s territorial support group (TSG) at the time, are accused of assault causing actual bodily harm.
A United Nations panel of human rights experts, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has accused Israel of war crimes through unlawful killing, unnecessary brutality and torture in its “clearly unlawful” assault on board the MV Mavi Marmara in May. The MV Mavi Marmara was part...
In yet another attack, gravestones were smashed and uprooted in a predominantly Muslim graveyard in Leeds in what police are treating as a racist hate crime. The Independent reports, “It is the second time this year that vandals have desecrated Muslim graves at the multi-faith Harehills...
The Independent reported yesterday of hundreds of British Muslims facing harassment and intimidation by security forces at airports and seaports when leaving for and returning from holidays abroad. From The Independent, “New figures seen by this newspaper show that the number of innocent...
Six men, accused by the Daily Express on Saturday of being “Islamic terrorists disguised as street cleaners” engaged in a plot to blow up the Pope, were reported the next day to have been released without charge. Originally, the Daily Express’ front page reported the matter in dramatic...
We thought you might enjoy Mark Steel’s take on the Daily Express’ “Muslim Plot to Kill Pope” that never was: “You might think that a plot to blow up the Pope would be news for a while. Popes don’t get blown up all that often, and this one’s enough of a celebrity that if...
The outrage manufactured over the weekend by the Mail on Sunday to the serving of halal meat continues today in The Sun, The Express and the Mail Online with such headlines as, “Outrage over secret halal”; “Millions being served secretly with halal meat” and “Halal Britain.” ...
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has issued a list of racist attacks that have occurred during July and August, stating that racist attacks and far-Right graffiti have increased over the summer months. Takeaway workers, those using public transport and those of a “Muslim” appearance...
According to a new report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, support for radical “Islamist” groups is low among European Muslims and some leading groups with overseas roots are now cooperating with local governments and encouraging Muslims to vote. The report, entitled “Muslim...
