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FCO Launches 'See Britain Through My Eyes' Project

  Is the FCO’s “See Britain through my eyes” series of short videos a rehash of the “I am the West” Prevent funded project?  Reading the Evening Standard article yesterday, “Muslim cricket star’s anti-terror video message (with no spin)” you might certainly think so. The “See...

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FCO Issues New Guidance to All Employees on Torture

  In a written ministerial statement, the Foreign Secretary yesterday informed the House of Commons that the guidance on reporting torture and mistreatment has been “updated and reissued” to all FCO staff. He said: “I have made this guidance available to the public by publishing it on the...

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Ann Widdecombe Claims Muslims Treated Favourably Over Mortgages

  In her Daily Express column today, Ann Widdecombe takes issue with Islamic finance and the provisions provided therein. She writes: “Because sharia law prohibits the payment of interest Muslims buy a house, then sell it on immediately to an off-shore financial company which leases it back. As...

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European Network Against Racism Publish New Report

  The European Network Against Racism has published its report on ‘Racism in Europe’, which covers the period between January 2009 and March 2010. Its report deals with the many faces of racism and discrimination in Europe at both legislative and local level, from policy to practice. It has...

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US Army 'Kill Team' Posed for Photographs with Dead Afghans

  Several papers, among them the Guardian, Telegraph and Independent, cover the unearthing of 4000 photographs and videos by German magazine, Der Spiegel, portraying US soldiers posing alongside the dead bodies of Afghan civilians who they had killed.  You can view some of the photos via the...

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CPS Decide Not to Prosecute Former Minister Phil Woolas

    The Crown Prosecution Service has ruled that disgraced former Labour minister, Phil Woolas, will not face a criminal trial over his false allegations during the May 2010 general election campaign that his rival was courting Muslim extremists. From the Guardian: “Prosecuting the former...

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Home Office Launches Anti-Terrorist Reporting Website

    An article in the New Scotsman today highlights a campaign by the Home Office to “tackle the growing threat of lone terrorists”: “The Home Office has launched a website where members of the public can report material on the internet which could be used to incite terrorism. “British...

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Edinburgh Man Fined for Racist Abuse

    Edinburgh Evening News reports that a man in Edinburgh has been fined for “scream[ing] racist abuse at staff in his local takeaway after they refused to give him a free meal.” From their report: “William McNeill also shouted ‘Al-Qaida’ at workers in the kebab shop. “McNeill, 42,...

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EDL Reading Protest Branded 'Hateful'

  An EDL protest in Reading this past Saturday has been condemned for causing “hatred and division”, reports BBC News. “Councillor Andrew Cumpsty, leader of Reading Borough Council, said: ‘Hatred and division have no place in civilised political debate.’” “…the three leaders on...

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Spectator Editor Defends Mel P's Anti-Arab Outburst

  The Guardian and the Independent have picked up on ENGAGE’s referral of Melanie Phillips’ Spectator blog, “Armchair barbarism” to the Press Complaints Commission, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Metropolitan Police. Both papers report on the comments made by Phillips,...

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