Conservative Party chairman, Sayeeda Warsi, says burqa’s do not prevent Muslim women from ‘engaging in everyday life’ in Britain. From the Mail on Sunday: ‘Backbench Tory MPs have launched a bid to ban the wearing of the burka in public. Critics claim the burka is a...
Lord Patten of Barnes has said that Israel’s policy of blockading Gaza has been a ‘terrible failure – immoral, illegal and ineffective’ and has ‘deliberately triggered an economic and social crisis which has many humanitarian consequences.’ In an interview...
Former Guantanamo Bay detainees can proceed with lawsuits in which they accuse Britain of complicity in torture overseas, according to a High Court ruling yesterday. The government had attempted to ask the judge to direct the six men to halt their lawsuits and instead enter into talks to reach...
Schools in Stoke-on-Trent have been issued with guidance on Ramadan with the overriding consideration that ‘children do not feel disadvantaged in school activities because of their religious activities.’ The guidance, produced by Stoke-on-Trent City’s Standing Advisory Council...
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Douglas Murray, director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, argues that Britain has ‘not learnt the lesson of the July 7 suicide bombing.’ To coincide with the fifth anniversary of the July 7 London bombings, the Centre for Social Cohesion has released...
The Jewish Chronicle reports that ‘communal organisations‘ are lobbying the government to ‘change‘ the law on universal jurisdiction to ‘prevent the arrest of visiting Israelis.’ From the JC: ‘Jeremy Newmark, Jewish Leadership Council chief executive...
The Yorkshire Post reports that ‘millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to prevent the spread of violent extremism’ has been been ‘wasted‘ because it has ‘ended up in the hands of councils and community groups ill-equipped to tackle terrorism.’ From...
The Guardian reports that Rangzieb Ahmed, a man from Manchester whose fingernails were ripped out during detention in Pakistan allegedly with the knowledge of UK security service personnel, is to appeal against his conviction for terrorism offences. The MI5 has previously been accused of...
The Guardian reports that surveillance cameras which targeted Muslims in the Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath area of Birmingham have been de-activated. Reports state that ‘bags are being placed over hundreds of cameras… to reassure the community that their movements are not being...
Protestors belonging to a fringe group called Muslims Against the Crusades (MAC) carried placards that read ‘British soldiers are cowards’ and ‘What are you dying for? 18k’ as two hundred members of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment marched through Barking...
