The Times publishes a commentary titled ‘Support Israel: if it goes down, we all go down’ by the ex-premier of Spain, José María Aznar. Aznar, who helped launch the ‘Friends of Israel Initiative’ alongside David Trimble only very recently to ‘counter the attempts...
The Guardian reports that surveillance cameras which targeted Muslims in the Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath area of Birmingham have been de-activated. Reports state that ‘bags are being placed over hundreds of cameras… to reassure the community that their movements are not being...
The government has banned Dr Zakir Naik, an Indian Muslim preacher, from entering the UK where has was due to arrive today to begin a lecture tour that would see him appear at the Sheffield Arena, London’s Wembley Arena and Birmingham’s LG Arena in the NEC. From the Telegraph:...
ENGAGE has written to the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, in response to his comment piece in The Times, ‘The clock is ticking. Iran must come to the table’, (The Times, 11th June 2010) and his defence in that of the UN decision to impose fresh sanctions on Iran. Read the letter here....
A British National Party (BNP) activist allegedly sought to stir up religious hatred by delivering leaflets in Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester and North Yorkshire that blamed Muslims for the heroin trade. Preston Crown Court was told that Anthony Bamber, 54, printed and distributed the leadlets...
Protestors belonging to a fringe group called Muslims Against the Crusades (MAC) carried placards that read ‘British soldiers are cowards’ and ‘What are you dying for? 18k’ as two hundred members of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment marched through Barking...
The extension of airport scanners to airports across the UK interferes with fundamental rights of privacy, non-discrimination and freedom of religion, as set out in this consultation submission. Whatever stipulations are included in the Interim Code of Practice there is a strong body of evidence...
Barcelona has become the first major city in Spain to forbid face veils in municipal buildings, including public markets, schools, hospitals and libraries. The ban will come into effect later this year. Two other municipalities in the north-eastern Catalonia region, Lleida and El Vendrell, have...
Lord Patten of Barnes reflects in the Guardian’s Comment is free section on the need for the EU to show ‘real courage’ in the Middle East, otherwise it risks being complicit in illegal acts. Calling for a new set of initiatives to diffuse tensions in the Middle East, Lord...
Roger Godsiff MP for Birmingham Hall Green has condemned the use of surveillance cameras in Muslim communities in Birmingham as ‘a grave infringement of civil liberties’, and has tabled an Early Day Motion in parliament calling on the government to intervene to ensure that the...
