Several NGOs, including the human rights group, Liberty, Amnesty International and Reprieve, have expressed “concern” regarding the credibility of the upcoming inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture and illegal rendition since 11th September 2001. Their concerns have led them to...
The Mail on Sunday once again picked up the issue of halal meat this weekend with the headline “Don’t force pupils to eat halal, C of E tells schools.” From the paper: “The Church of England has told its schools to ensure they are serving non-halal food after concerns that a number...
Many will have watched Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary last night, “Lessons in hate and violence”, presented by Tazeen Ahmad. Last night’s documentary raised a number of disturbing issues uncovered by the Dispatches team in two schools – the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in...
Prime Minister David Cameron used his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday to “set out his views on radicalisation and Islamic extremism.” The PM has already come under fire for making the speech on the day the EDL hosted a ‘homecoming march’ in Luton. More...
Police are reported to be mounting their largest operation yet in order to try to prevent violence at tomorrow’s march in Luton by far right extremists, the English Defence League (EDL). Previous EDL marches have been accompanied by violence and rabid Islamophobia. The Guardian reports today...
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, the Conservative security minister, on Monday delivered a speech at the Wilton Park Conference on ‘Tackling online jihad: understanding the issues and how to respond’. Baroness Neville-Jones spoke of the nature of the terrorist threat and the role played by...
This week’s Spectator magazine hosts an article by Peter Oborne on an internal struggle within the Conservative party between neoconservatives and their ‘rival factions’ – both of whom have differing ideas on the definitions of ‘moderate’ and ‘extremist’ Muslims. Oborne argues...
Local paper, the ‘Shields Gazette’ today reports of a series of racist attacks targeting Muslim homes and a mosque in South Tyneside. From the paper: “Bacon and pork have been thrown at several houses in South Shields over the past month. “The meat is banned in Muslim households, as...
Douglas ‘conditions for Muslims must be made harder across the board’ Murray, Director of the notorious “Centre for Social Cohesion”, argues in The Spectator magazine this week against Britain’s continued involvement in the European Convention on Human Rights, the better to resolve...
Prime Minister David Cameron, after talks with French prime minister, Francois Fillon, is reported to have said that he is “becoming increasingly convinced [that] it is not enough just to target violent extremism – we have to target extremism itself.” From the Daily Express: “Prime...
