Roy Greenslade in MediaGuardian comments on the discrimination tribunal case brought against Al Jazeera English by a former executive, Jo Burgin, on grounds of sex, race and religion. Commenting on the British media’s coverage of the tribunal Greenslade remarks that while the opening of the case...
Anshuman Mondal’s Young British Muslim Voices will be published at the end of October. Mondal, known for his work on identity politics and the ideological battles fought by neoconservatives over the emergence and development of a Muslim identity and agency, says that ‘young British Muslims...
A ridiculous front page and story in the Daily Star today on the speech by Mark Thompson, BBC Director General, at THEOS on Tues 14 Oct. The paper claims the ‘BBC put Muslims before YOU!‘ The paper continues with ‘He [Thompson] would not allow jokes about Muslims’, and that he ...
Continuing the quest to eradicate any and all attempts by Muslim bodies to celebrate Islam and Islamic teachings in full and glorious multicolour, Harry’s Place has a feature on the Global Peace and Unity event (GPU) that is to be held at the ExCel Centre in London on 25 – 26th October 2008.
BBC Director General, Mark Thompson The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both contain news items on comments made by the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, after a speech delivered at THEOS (Tuesday 14 October) entitled ‘Faith, Morality and the Media’. Mr Thompson answering a question...
Ashram Housing Association, an intercultural agency based in the West Midlands, has produced a report from its survey of over 400 young British Muslims, male and female, on football and from its findings has urged the Football Association, the England team, league clubs and the Government to do...
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) has named and shamed Islamophobes in the US by publishing a report entitled ‘Smearcasting: How Islamophobes spread fear, bigotry and misinformation’. FAIR documents statements, writings and media contributions by notorious Islamophobes in the...
Jennifer Crook, head of diversity at Brent council, writes in Comment is Free on the strategy employed by Brent Council for building ‘strong communities, confident in themselves, open to others, and resilient to violent extremism’, part of the Government’s Preventing Violent...
Zehra Zaidi posts a comment in the Guardian’s Comment is Free site on the news last week of the Government’s creation of a ‘Young Muslim Advisory Group’ (YMAG) to inform on matters of concern to young Muslims. Zaidi takes issue with what she considers to be the Labour...
Unlock Democracy unveil a letter signed by 57 of the UK’s leading voluntary sector organisations, including the Muslim Council of Britain, and sent to local authority leaders and chief executives across the country urging them to ‘opt in’ to the Sustainable Communities Act at a Local...
