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.
Vandals last night targeted the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) office in east London pasting stickers across the office steps, doorway and windows accusing Muslims who vote of committing an act of apostasy. It’s not the first time the MCB has been targeted in this way by hooligans who wish...
From today’s Independent: ‘The Electoral Commission disclosed that nearly 400,000 voting registration forms were downloaded from its site ahead of last night’s deadline to register for a vote. ‘It said 40 per cent of visits to its website had been from young adults aged 18 to 24....
For those of you who have not yet registered to vote in the May 6th general and local elections, TODAY is the deadline for registration. Visit the ‘About My Vote’ site to register online now. Remember, if you’re not on the electoral roll, you can’t cast a vote. In an election as hotly...
Professor Wolfgang Benz (pictured), Director of the Center for Research on Anti-Semitism at the Technical University, Berlin, in an interview with Qantara talks about the structural similarities in the stigmatisation of Muslims and Jews in Europe. Qantara: Herr Benz, your article in the...
Three men have been arrested after a pig’s head was thrown into the car park of a mosque in Crawley, west Sussex (pictured). From the BBC: ‘Police were alerted by people attending Langley Green mosque, in Crawley, on Saturday after a white car drove by. ‘A 21-year-old man from Horley was...
David Yelland (pictured), former editor of The Sun, (the paper ‘wot won it’ for the Tories in 1992), writes in the Guardian’s Comment is Free on how the Lib Dem surge in the polls upsets the applecart of media backing for the two main parties in UK general elections and particularly, the...
The Jewish Chronicle reports: ‘An anti-extremism campaigner has attacked the Union of Jewish Students and claimed the organisation bowed to pressure from Islamic students by withdrawing an invitation to him to appear in a panel debate. ‘Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social...
