Jonathan Githens-Mazer and Robert Lambert, joint Directors of the European Muslim Research Centre, follow the latter’s article last week, ‘UK counter-terrorism aids far right’, with an article for Guardian Comment is Free on ‘Reshaping Prevent’, which critically appraises the IRR...
The BBC has revamped its Parliament website with the launch of Democracy Live. The new site is an attempt to both open up the workings of parliament to voters, and to educate the public about the work of British political institutions. The site will provide visitors the ability to track...
The News of the World publishes an article on comments made by UK Independence Party peer, Lord Malcolm Pearson, in which he makes Eurabia style comments such as, Muslims are “breeding ten times faster than us.” “I don’t know at what point they reach such a number we are no...
It’s almost par for the course that come this time of year Muslims will suffer the indignity of certain newspapers publishing the rants of extremists thus blackening the image of British Muslims as we approach Remembrance Day. True to form, the Sunday Express gives up a page to...
The UK Youth Parliament is to hold its annual debate in the chamber of the House of Commons today for the first time. Debating scenes in the House will depart from the customary as 300 Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs) take to the green benches to discuss: Lowering the voting age to 16...
Liz Fekete, Executive Director of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) and author of ‘A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe’, delivered the eighth Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture on ‘Who’s terrorising who? The media and the war on terror‘,...
If you missed the first episode of Andrew Marr’s ‘The Making of Modern Britain’ on BBC2 yesterday, you can catch it on BBC iPlayer here. The six part series looks at the events that shaped Britain from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War. The first episode, ‘A...
Seumas Milne in his Guardian column today critiques the Government’s ‘domestic extremism’ surveillance strategy arguing that it ‘criminalises political dissent’ and assaults the fundamental principles of a democratic society; the right to protest and engage in non-violent politics. He...
As we approach Sat 31st October and British Muslim groups (Muslims4UK, ISB) prepare to counter the ridiculous ‘March for Shari’ah’ demonstration called by the Islam4UK fringe group, what groups do you suppose the Daily Express is busy promoting? No prizes for guessing of course, the...
Another instance of a mosque playing its role as a hub of community life and activity is displayed in the example of Darul Amaan Trust Mosque in Colliers Wood, which hosted a meeting with Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond (pictured left) and London MEP Syed Kamall (pictured right) to discuss local...
