A proposed mosque planning application in Barton Hill, Bristol is the latest target of an anti-mosque Facebook campaign. Members of the far right racist group, the English Defence League, are among around 700 people that have joined the anti-mosque campaign group. Comments posted by individuals...
An interesting clip from an election hustings in marginal seat Ilford North where the incumbent, Lee Scott (pictured), is asked about his membership of the Conservative Friends of Israel and his pro-Israeli stance. Scott replies to a question from the audience: “Israel is the finest democracy...
The former Justice Minister, Jack Straw, made a public apology last night over comments he made in October 2006 that have since sparked controversy on the wearing of niqab in the UK and across Europe. Participating in an election hustings event organized by the local ENGAGE unit in Blackburn Mr...
The BNP launched its manifesto today in which the party spells out the depth of its anti-Muslim prejudice. In his introduction BNP leader Nick Griffin sets out the manifesto priorities as: “…the conflict in Afghanistan, the immigration invasion of our country, the threat to our security...
The Daily Star reports on divisive tactics being employed by the BNP in East London to drive a wedge between Muslim and Jewish communities in the area (BNP candidate for Chingford and Wood Green, Julian Leppert, pictured). ‘A storm erupted last night after BNP activists sent Jewish voters a...
The Daily Express rounds on Nick Clegg (pictured) for his supporting the muezzin’s call to prayer in the UK. The paper criticizes the Lib Dem leader for drawing an analogy between the adhan and the ringing of church bells summoning the faithful. The DE leader comment today reads, ‘For him...
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has urged the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) to reverse their decision on the banning of posters used by the Israeli Government Tourist Office (IGTO) depicting the Occupied Palestinian Territories as part of Israel in recent tourism promotion posters....
Another preposterous claim from Lord Pearson. The UKIP leader, speaking to BBC Campaign Show host Jon Sopel, said, “quite a lot” of Muslim women support UKIP’s call for a ban on the burqa. Lord Pearson followed one nonsensical claim with another saying Muslim women...
There is much in the press today about French President, Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured), announcing yesterday that the Government will submit a bill to the French Assembly next month that will ban the wearing of the niqab and burqa in “all public places” in France (Daily Telegraph, Independent,...
Read about the election hustings organized by ENGAGE in Pendle last Sunday (image left), hosted by Jonathan Steele from The Guardian, and remarked upon by incumbent MP Gordon Prentice, in the Asian Image newspaper this week, here.
