David Cohen in the Evening Standard on Monday wrote the election race to win the constituency seat of Poplar and Limehouse where incumbent Labour MP, Jim Fitzpatrick (pictured), is facing the strong prospect of being unseated. Fitzpatrick was lambasted by Muslim residents in the Borough when he...
The BBC reports on a 26 year old man being convicted and sentenced for the arson attack on Islamic Relief’s Glasgow HQ in July last year. The man, who caused £26,000 worth of damage by setting light to bags deposited in the doorway of the charity shop, has been sentenced to 15 months...
Young British Muslims who have been at the receiving end of harsh justice and severe sentencing for their role in the Gaza protests of last year have scored a small victory as the Metropolitan Police sanction the throwing of shoes treating it as an act of protest and not of criminal violence....
Think tank Demos have published a new report, Anatomy of Youth, exploring the experiences of youth in 2010, the social, economic and political challenges that are likely to play a huge role in their futures, and the ‘transfer of political capital’ that is necessary now to engage and equip...
The Independent on Saturday carried a feature on ‘The Battle for Barking’ – exploring the challenges facing parties working to avert a BNP victory in the local and general elections in the Borough on May 6th. Securing control of Barking and Dagenham council is among BNP priorities with...
ePolitix carries news of Conservative MP, Edward Garnier (pictured), attending the Conservative Muslim Forum’s (CMF) Eid Milad-un-Nabi function at the House of Commons at the end of March. From ePolitix: ‘Edward Garnier said later: “I was honoured to have been invited to address this...
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the Dispatches programme ‘Britain’s Islamic Republic’, after the show attracted more than 1000 complaints. The programme, presented by Andrew Gilligan (pictured), ‘attracted 817 direct complaints to C4, topping its list of criticised shows in...
The BBC reports on the British army’s building of ‘replica mosques’ (image left) on a firing range at an army training facility in Catterick, west Yorkshire. The ‘replica mosques’ are being used in the training of British soldiers prior to deployment to Afghanistan. ‘Saleem Khan, the...
With the date of the general election having been announced and Muslim organizations working hard to get British Muslims registered ahead of polling day, as well as taking an active interest in party policies and election manifestoes that are being offered to them as recipes for change, there...
Proving his opportunistic streak knows no bounds Dr Taj Hargey (pictured) of the Muslim Educational Centre in Oxford pens a column for the Daily Mail in which he defends the right of Christians to wear the crucifix in the name of tolerance and harmony, but denounces Muslim women who wear the...
