Andrew Gilligan peddles what appears to have become something of a hobby horse for him, the claim that anti-Muslim hate crime is diminishing. Gilligan uses the Independent on Sunday article on the MCB annual general meeting this year and excerpts from the speech given by the secretary general of...
The Sunday Express front page yesterday covered news of “experts in Islamic extremism” to be recruited to the Department of Education to “identify dangerous radicals in schools” as part of the new Prevent strategy. From the paper: “Experts in Islamic extremism have been drafted in by...
The EU Observer reports on a letter sent by a group of prominent former political leaders to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and EU High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton, urging them to engage with the Hamas-Fatah unity government and to reject the “false choice” presented...
Martin Bright on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog remarks on the Prevent strategy that was unveiled this week. Bright writes: “It is now nearly five years since I wrote When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries for the think tank Policy Exchange. “It was a plea for sanity in the...
There’s a very interesting story picked up by the Daily Express today on a French Muslim couple who are to challenge the French government’s ban on the burqa as restricting their right to free movement within the EU. The Daily Express indignantly headlines the piece “French Muslims use our...
The Prevent strategy is now out and can be read here. The review is best summarized in this passage from Lord Carlile’s report: “…at the root of this Prevent strategy is the basic assertion that extremism breeds terrorism; and that extremism is the vocal or active opposition to fundamental...
The Guardian today reports on a bill to be introduced in the Lords by Crossbencher, Baroness Caroline Cox under which “Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law”. From the paper: “The bill, proposed by Lady Cox and backed by women’s rights groups and...
Bucks Free Press cover the story of another case of vandalism at the Hampden Road cemetery, where 20 Muslim gravestones were desecrated in an attack two months ago. From the paper: “Mr Chandler said: “We’re absolutely gutted, fuming in fact. We came up here on Monday and we’ve been...
The Prevent review was finally announced by the Home Secretary in Parliament yesterday and can be read here. A report by Lord Carlile which accompanies the review, can be read here, and responses to consultations submitted as part of the review process can be found here. The print and broadcast...
The Leicester Mercury reports on the sustained verbal and criminal abuse experienced by a Muslim family residing in a council house in Leicester. From the paper: “A Muslim family have been targeted by yobs again – even as they prepared to flee from their council house. The family were...
