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...
Lord Bingham, a former Lord Chief Justice, has criticised the advice of the former Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, justifying the invasion of Iraq on legal grounds.
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...
BNP supporters demonstrated outside a police station in Burnley after four members were arrested for stirring up racial hatred in the town on Wednesday (19 Nov).
Muslims in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, sold off a huge cake to raise over £500 for BBC Children in Need. The cake, billed as the biggest in Manchester, was baked by Sanam Restaurant in collaboration with the Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) and Cheadle Muslim Association.
