Taj Hargey, of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford (MECO) wades into the burqa debate with a letter published in The Times today. He writes: ‘Sir, While I oppose Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-wing and pro-American agenda, I commend the French leader for questioning the validity of full-face...
Michael Gove, the (neo)-Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, reviews Bruce Bawer’s ‘Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom’, in this month’s Standpoint magazine. Standpoint is edited by the former Daily Telegraph leader writer and unabashed...
The niqab and burqa debate sparked off by Nicolas Sarkozy’s comments on Monday continues apace in today’s papers. The Daily Express informs us that both Muslims and non – Muslims want Britain to ban the burqa. Their sources of authoritative commentary? Among others, the rabid neo-con...
There’s a lot in the papers today, (Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail) regarding the speech of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday in which he pledged his support for a parliamentary commission to debate a possible ban on the wearing of the burqa/niqab in France. Sarkozy said that...
The Telegraph and the Daily Mail today both carry stories on alleged bias towards Islam in BBC programming. The Daily Telegraph reports on a document to be presented to the Church of England’s General Synod next month which criticises the marginalisation of Christian programming on the...
This paper, ‘Explaining Al-Qaida’s Continued Appeal’, by Dr Brynjar Lia (pictured), Research Professor at the Norwegian Defense Research Institute, analyses factors that have contributed to Al Qa’ida’s continued appeal among some Muslims across the globe. Dr Lia argues Al Qaida’s...
Many papers yesterday covered Lord Carlile’s comments that white Britons are unnecessarily being stopped and searched in order to give ‘racial balance’ to stop and search statistics. Lord Carlile, the government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism legislation wrote in...
Affirming its commitment yesterday to publish an uncensored account of MPs’ expenses, the Telegraph today has published the expenses of members of the Cabinet. A full list of all MPs’ expenses will be published in the paper tomorrow (20th June).
Following on from the arson attack on the Islamic Centre in Luton, comes news that Greenwich Islamic Centre (pictured) in Plumstead was firebombed twice this past week. The cause of the fire at the GIS on Wednesday (17th June) is currently under investigation although the caretaker suggests that...
In the wake of scandals and resignations prompted by the publication of MPs’ expenses in the Daily Telegraph, the Parliament website today makes public MPs expenses dating from 2004-05. Constitutents can now access allowances and expense claims made by their local MP online. The published...
