Employers that allow employees time out to take smoking breaks should have no problem with Muslim employees taking short breaks to perform their daily prayers reports People Management. In an article by Adrian Hoggarth and Sarah Fuller of Norton Rose, the pair explain how employers can successfully...
The Lancashire Telegraph (11 Sept) comment page reports on a two day festival to be organised in Blackburn to mark Eid ul Fitr and the contribution of the event to increasing understanding of Islam. ‘It’s true to say that while most Muslims know all about Christmas and Easter and their...
A video game that challenges players to “ensure that no Muslim man or woman is left alive”, has been condemned for glamorising violence against Muslims. ‘Muslim Massacre’, which can be freely downloaded on the internet urges players to ‘take control of the American Hero...
Max Hastings also takes issue with the outcome of the terror trial of the seven Muslims. Writing in the Daily Mail (10 Sept) he argues that ‘more than a few British Muslims believe the police to be prejudiced against them. Polls show that hundreds of thousands publicly or...
Following the furore surrounding the publication of the ‘Islam on Campus’, report by the Centre for Social Cohesion (CfSC) in July 2008, Inayat Bunglawala, ENGAGE Advisor on Policy and Research, writes, ‘I have written previously about my misgivings concerning the “findings”...
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) comments on the findings of the report produced by the Cardiff School of Journalism on ‘Images of Islam in the UK’ (the report can be found under ‘useful links’) stating that the report reinforces a study done by the IIR in May 2008 on...
Campaigners in Scotland will petition MSPs to ban the animal slaughter methods used by Muslims and Jews the Scotland on Sunday newspaper reports (7 Sept). Backed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) and the Advocates for Animals group, the petition will ask MSPs...
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (Reasoned amendment on second reading) 21 Jun 2005 Division 14 The Government’s proposed legislation on Incitement to Relgious Hatred faced a number of challenges by MPs
In 2005 the Government attempted to extend the period of detention during which a person can be held without being formally charged with a crime from 14 to 90 days (see below). On losing the vote on that motion, the Government proposed a revision and put a ’28 day’ proposal before the House...
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