Emdad Rahman reviews ‘Eid in the Square’, which took place in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday 26th Sept, for Islam Online. ‘Trafalgar Square was transformed into a performance tent with the landmark Square playing host to storytellers, exhibitions, singers,...
The planned attendance of Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence Minister and deputy Prime Minister, at a Labour Friends of Israel fringe meeting on Tuesday has attracted criticism from Labour MPs. Barak, as Defence Minister, oversaw Israel’s savagery in Gaza in Dec 2008-Jan 2009 which killed over 1400...
Martin ‘The Great Koran Con Trick’ Bright interviews John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, reviews the IPPR’s ‘Building Bridges, Not Walls, report, and comments on the government’s policy on engaging with Muslim groups, in this week’s Jewish...
There’s a further article in the Jewish Chronicle this week which is disconcerting. The paper reports that the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) has, in its joint submission with the Community Security Trust to the Communities and Local Government Inquiry into ‘Prevent’, said that:...
In his letter to ENGAGE, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, wrote of the ‘foreign policy specific events’ that have been held across the UK in which he, foreign office ministers and senior officials have taken part in ‘frank and open discussions with young British Muslims’ on foreign...
Professor Roy Greenslade (pictured) in his blog on MediaGuardian writes of the continuing demise of local newspapers across the UK and the vacuum that is being created in local ‘public service reporting’. The problem of local and regional newspaper titles shutting down due to reasons of...
The Sun today publishes an apology to Ummah.com, the website that was at the centre of the fabricated story devised by ‘anti-terror expert’ Glen Jenvey. The Sun states: ‘Our story on January 7 about a ‘hit list’ of top British Jews on the website Ummah.com was based on...
For the fourth year running, the office of the Mayor of London, with the assistance of the Muslim Council of Britain, brings us ‘Eid in the Square’! A fun day out for all Londoners to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr in one of London’s best loved attractions, Trafalgar Square. Eid in...
As the party conferences get underway, ENGAGE will post the speeches by the leaders of the main political parties for readers’ information. You can read the speech delivered today by the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP, here. Write to Nick Clegg with your thoughts...
The Daily Mirror carries a news story about the trial into the death of Mohammed al-Majed (pictured) at the hands of drunken racist thugs in Hastings, Sussex. Mohammed al-Majed, a student who was just days from returning to his native Qatar, was chatting with his friends outside a Kebab shop...
