It was reported yesterday that the government will announce plans to pay compensation to former Guantanamo detainees as a settlement between government lawyers and lawyers representing the men. From the Guardian: “Ministers appear to have decided on the advice of the security services that...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, delivered a speech to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet on Monday, which he began by highlighting the “interconnectedness” of a world which represents “huge new opportunities” as well as “creating new and more diverse threats to our society” (re-iterating...
Police have launched an investigation in to reported offences committed during a protest outside Jami Mosque in Portsmouth on Saturday. An article Portsmouth Today states: “Scores of demonstrators gathered outside Portsmouth’s Jami Mosque. They were protesting after a small group of...
The Guardian reported on Friday that Colonel Dudley Giles, a key witness in a Royal Military Police (RMP) investigation in to claims that British soldiers mutilated and murdered civilians in Iraq, has retained his post in the RMP despite being described by high court judges as an “unreliable...
Danny Penman, writing in the Daily Mail yesterday, reports on his visit to an abattoir where halal meat is prepared and offers his contribution to the ongoing debate that has been manufactured over the issue. Penman reports that organisations such as the British Veterinary Association say...
The Wall Street Journal printed a comment piece by former British PM, Tony Blair, on Tuesday titled ‘Making Muslim integration work’. Blair reviews the rise of far right parties in Europe and the centre-stage debates on immigration have taken in recent years arguing, “This is a big and...
The Telegraph reported yesterday of an individual having been arrested on suspicion of encouraging an act of terrorism. The article states: “The individual is thought to be involved with a website that praised the stabbing of the MP Stephen Timms and published a list of other MPs who voted for...
Newspapers were brimming today with reports of Armistice Day being marred by extreme factions. 35 protesters from a group calling themselves “Muslims Against Crusades” burnt a poppy to coincide with the two minute silence to commemorate the war dead. One report, from the Telegraph, states:...
Amir Ali, the London Underground tube driver who was accused of intending to fly out to Pakistan and engage in acts of terrorism, was on Tuesday found not guilty of terrorism charges. During his trial, Mr. Ali claimed that MI5 had framed him after he had refused to act as their spy. Laurence...
“… what Tauheedul shows is that Muslim faith schools do not necessarily have a separatist mentality. It is not a foregone conclusion that these schools will divide communities.” This is the conclusion reached in an Independent editorial today on how Tauheedul Islam Girls’ School in...
