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  Douglas Murray of the Centre for Social Cohesion, writes in the Sunday Times of the ‘victims of intimidation’ highlighted in the latest report produced by the Centre.

Bruce Kent, in a letter to The Times, calls for the BNP to be prosecuted for claims in its 12 page brochure that incite racial and religious hatred. Kent, who received a copy of the brochure, part of the BNP’s ‘largest direct mailing campaign in nationalist history’, writes that ‘one...

  Another instance of a Sunday Express front page headline that bears little or no relation to the facts. Something the paper does with panache when the story relates to Muslims.

  Following the launch by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, of the British hajj delegation this year, the department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) urges British pilgrims to report any instances of substandard service and to beware of scam artists. The department’s...

  Following the leak of the personal details of the 12,000 strong BNP members list, Merseyside police force have suspended a police officer as it investigates his alleged links to the party. Policemen are prohibited from joining the party.

  Dorothy Byrne, head of Channel 4 news and current affairs, at a session on the representation of Islam in the British media at the News Xchange 2008 conference said that the British media doesn’t represent the breadth of Muslims views in the UK and that its making sweeping generalizations on...

  ENGAGE has written to the Press Complaints Commission concerning the mention of Lord Ahmed of Rotherham’s religion in news stories referring to the possibility of his facing trial for dangerous driving.

  BBC Radio 4’s File on Four on Tuesday (18 Nov) looked at whether the government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) pathfinder fund was contributing to feelings in the British Muslim community of stigmatisation and singling out.

Research produced by academics based at the University of Birmingham has found that approaches to policing based on dialogue, support and trust has a significant and positive effect on engaging Muslims in the prevention of violent extremism. The research shows that increased trust and access to...

  Murad Qureshi, member of the London Assembly, questioned the Mayor of London on the briefing circulated by Policy Exchange prior to the Global Peace and Unity event this year. Murad asked: ‘In view of the warm welcome you sent to this year’s Global Peace & Unity Event at the...