The papers on Tuesday widely covered (The Times, Telegraph, Independent and Evening Standard) the fatwa issued in London by the Pakistani cleric Dr Tahir ul-Qadri (pictured) of Minhaj ul-Quran condemning suicide bombers. The BBC reported: ‘In his religious ruling, Dr Qadri says that Islam...
Following the response to Baroness Warsi’s (pictured) question last week to Lord MacKenzie, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Department for Work and Pensions, organisations that have been funded under the Faith Communities...
If you thought documentaries couldn’t sink lower than the hatchet job by John Ware for BBC Panorama, ‘Who speaks for British Muslims?’, in 2005, the Dispatches programme aired last night is proof to the contrary. Using spurious evidence, half-truths and a ragbag of ‘community...
The Department for Communities and Local Government today publishes a report, ‘Attitudes, values and perceptions – Muslims and the general population in 2007-08’, based on data taken from the Citizenship survey 2007-08. The report analyses Muslim and general population attitudes...
The Jewish Chronicle front page today revisits the pro-Israel lobby’s persistence in securing a change to the law on universal jurisdiction, before the end of this parliamentary term, to allow Israeli and other foreign politicians accused of war crimes to travel freely to the UK immune from...
Home Office figures released today show 200 hundred terror arrests were made last year and 200,444 people stopped and searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act. From today’s Independent: ‘There have been 1,759 terrorism arrests since September 11 2001, the figures show. ‘For the year...
The select committee on Culture, Media and Sport issued its report into ‘Press Standards, Privacy and Libel’ yesterday. The committee is chaired by John Whittingdale MP (pictured). The committee has been gathering evidence from a variety of sources over the last year looking into the manner...
Seumas Milne (pictured) in his Guardian column today reflects on the heavy sentencing handed down to the Muslim protestors arrested following demonstrations held last year during Israel’s savage attack on the Gaza strip. Milne looks at the climate fomented by populist politicians, a willing...
Simon Jenkins in his Guardian column today reflects on the car bomb that exploded in front of Newry courthouse in Northern Ireland on Monday, the major NATO push against the Taliban in Marjah and the attempt by politicians to conflate the war in Afghanistan with strengthening domestic security....
The Guardian reports on an unprecedented legal challenge launched by the charity, Reprieve (Director, Clive Stafford-Smith pictured), against the government concerning guidance issued to MI5 and MI6 on torture and the treatment of detainees held abroad. Reprieve has taken the matter to the High...
