A report into the FCO’s visit to Pendle earlier this month as part of the CONTEST 2 objective ‘Bringing Foreign Policy Back Home’, has been produced by Building Bridges Pendle (there will be more about BBP and a truly bizarre decision they have made tomorrow on ENGAGE). The report...
Ed Husain of the government-funded Quilliam Foundation writes in the Guardian’s Comment is Free website about the Taxpayers Alliance report on the allocation of Prevent funds by Local Authorities. He writes: ‘…the report also reveals that many groups that have received...
ENGAGE has learned that the London Borough of Hounslow has very naively invited the Quilliam Foundation to provide ‘Radicalisation Awareness Training’ this week as part of its Preventing Violent Extremism programme. The event is due to be held on Wednesday 9th...
Luton is once again in the news as Bedfordshire Police denounced the actions of a 200-strong mob of Asians – who are thought to have been predominantly Muslim – who threw fireworks and attacked police officers who were there at the community’s behest to prevent any trouble...
A Muslim in Loughton, Noor Ramjanally (pictured), who has been at the forefront of organizing Jum’uah prayers at a local community centre for Muslims living in Loughton was kidnapped at knife point and threatened by two men who demanded he stop organizing the weekly prayer session according to...
Harry’s Place carries an announcement on the creation of a new website, CiF Watch, to monitor alleged antisemitism on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website. The announcement states the purpose of the new CiF monitoring website as: ‘Created to address the endemic problem of antisemitic...
There’s some coverage (Guardian, Daily Mail) in the papers today about the riots that erupted in Birmingham city centre on Saturday afternoon when far right extremists clashed with anti fascist campaigners. Casuals United, a medley of far right extremist groups, including the English and Welsh...
John Denham, the new Communities and Local Government Minister (pictured) has announced what appears to be a pivotal shift in the relationship between Government and British Muslims. Recognising that CLG’s ‘preventing violent extremism’ programme has had the unintended...
The Daily Express and the Telegraph yesterday both featured articles on the report, ‘What Makes a Good City’, which has been presented to the Church of England General Synod this week. The report argues that ‘since the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, ministers have become preoccupied with...
Following the remarks by French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, on establishing a commission to look into the banning of the burqa and niqab in France, AFP reports that the French government has now set up a special panel of 32 lawmakers to look into such a ban. At the first hearing of the...
