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 public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, (pictured with his family), an Iraqi civilian who died whilst in detention at 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment Battle Group Main (BG Main) facility in Basra in September 2003, continues with addresses from Core Participants...
Following on from the New Statesman’s publication last week of an exclusive interview with Khalid Mish’al, head of Hamas’ political bureau, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) today announces the release of a publication, ‘Building Bridges, Not Walls’, which argues that a...
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...
ENGAGE has received a reply from the Foreign Secretary David Miliband to our letter about his speech ‘Our Shared Future: Building coalitions and winning consent’ delivered at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies last May. Read the Foreign Secretary’s reply in full here and our original...
Ivan Lewis (pictured), the Minister of State at the Foreign Office with responsibility for the Middle East, has criticized the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, for the interview with Khaled Mish’al, head of Hamas’ political bureau, published in last week’s edition of the New...
Jonathan Freedland in the Jewish Chronicle this week reviews a forthcoming Channel 4 broadcast called ‘The Enemy Within’, and reflects on the parallels between the demonisation of British Jews a century earlier and the present day demonisation of British Muslims. He writes: ‘Jews, once...
The second issue of the ENGAGE newsletter is out now. Click here to read a copy online. If you’d like us to send you copies for distribution in your local Mosque or Islamic Centre, drop us an email, with your name and full address, and we’ll pop some in the post.
The Iraqi journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi, has written a splendid article for the Guardian explaining why he felt the need to throw his shoes at the former US President, George Bush. “I am not a hero. But I have a point of view. I have a stance. It humiliated me to see my country...
