Birmingham City Councillor Salma Yaqoob said during an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme that money being distributed by local councils as part of the Government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) scheme was “being used as a gravy train for those willing to toe the...
An article in The Epoch Times on rising far right violent extremism in the UK. The article quotes anti facist campaigner Gerry Gable who says that: “The public deserve a response from the police and intelligence agencies that takes far-right terrorism as seriously as the Islamist variety and...
ENGAGE will launch its FREE full colour ‘Pocket Guide to Media & Politics‘ at the Global Peace and Unity exhibition this weekend. Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up your copy! After too many years on the sidelines of political and public debate on Islam in Britain,...
The Jewish Chronicle published an apology to George Galloway for attributing to him comments he did not make when speaking in support of Hassan Nasrallah at an anti-war rally recently.
Welcome news that John Mann MP submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM 2303) on Oct 21st on racial and religious hatred in football drawing parliamentary attention to the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) campaign on kicking all forms of xenophobia out of British football. The EDM was signed...
Johann Hari in today’s Independent argues in support of women’s rights in Muslim societies and an end to the reliance on Middle Eastern oil which has often clouded the judgment of European governments in their engagement with societies where gender and other human rights abuses are rife.
The Metro carries a story on the comments made by Admiral Lord West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Security and Counter Terrorism, to the Commons Defence Committee meeting yesterday on ‘UK national security and resilience’ where he said that ending radicalization among...
London Islamic Cultural Society, Haringey The Haringey Independent mentions the open day organised by the Haringey Muslim Network & Safety Forum in partnership with the London Islamic Cultural Society to shake off negative impressions and misconceptions of Islam by inviting the local...
The Morecambe Visitor carries an interesting Q&A with Pat Magee, a former IRA activist, and Jo Berry, following the staging of a play on the IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984. The play entitled ‘The Bomb’, tells part of the story of Pat Magee and Jo Berry, whose...
A couple of stories today in The Sun, Daily Mail and Metro on the harangues of Omar Bakri Mohammed that have been posted on an internet site run by supporters of Al Muhajiroun. Mohammed riles against an X Factor single that is intended to raise funds for the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity, a...
