Join the protest called by the Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Muslim Association of Britain, to ‘End The Blockade of Gaza, Stop Arms Sales To Israel, Bring War Criminals To Justice and Free Palestine’ on Saturday 24 January. Demonstrators will gather at...
A superbly candid comment piece today by Independent columnist Mark Steel in which he excoriates arms sales to Israel and the portrayal of Israelis as ‘victims’. He writes: ‘The worrying part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the...
The Steering group of the Mosque and Imams National Advisory Body (MINAB) has condemned the destruction of mosques in Gaza by the Israeli Army and the desecration of places of worship in Britain. The wilful destruction of places of worship is a reprehensible act and those responsible should be...
The Times today investigates the funding behind the disgraced Quilliam Foundation outfit. The Times uncovers facts which serve to confirm that the QF is little more than a Home Office-Foreign Office stooge created to do the government’s bidding.
Muslims in Ilford have complained to the editor of the Ilford Recorder for the publication of a story in the local paper headlined ‘Islamic ‘terror’ scare at Jewish school’, and which refers to ‘two Muslim boys with knives’ causing havoc at a Jewish school in the borough.
Bolton Council of Mosques will be running a seminar on funding advice for Muslim voluntary and community groups in Bolton on Wednesday 21st January. The Council will be offering helpful advice on ‘how to register as a charity’, ‘writing successful bids’ and useful information on sources...
In response to a letter sent by ENGAGE to the BBC’s Head of News, Peter Horrocks, we have received this by way of reply (see below). ENGAGE’s response to Horrocks’ letter can be read here.
A marvellously critical piece on the BBC’s handling of the crisis in Gaza in The Guardian by John Kampfner, Chief Executive of Index on Censorship and former editor of New Statesman magazine. Kampfner lambasts the kid glove treatment that Israeli spokespeople have faced in BBC interviews when...
Geoffery Alderman in the Jewish Chronicle this week comments on the attitudes that have been displayed by politicians and others on Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza.
The following joint open letter by a huge group of academics was published earlier today in the Guardian. Compare how clearly it is worded in contrast to the craven letter written to the government by Ed Husain and co last week. The massacres in Gaza are the latest phase of a war that...
