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Demos release report on the power of conspiracy theories
Think tank Demos has released a new publication on the ‘radicalising multiplier’ effect of conspiracy theories and the use made of them by extremist groups. The report ‘The power of ...
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DCLG releases survey results on attitudes towards violent extremism
The Department of Communities and Local Government has today released experimental statistics from the first three quarters of the Citizenship Survey 2009-10 (covering months April-Dec 2009) ...
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Opposition to 'Ground Zero Mosque' Plays Into the Hands of Bin Ladin
“It's striking that many American Republicans share with al-Qaeda the view that the West and the Islamic world are caught inevitably in a ‘clash of civilisations’”.This is what Nicholas ...
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Newsnight Looks At Why UK Muslim Women Adopt the Niqab
Why are more British Muslim women, without coercion from their fathers or husbands, choosing to wear the face veil (niqab)? On Monday 23rd August, Newsnight aired an interview with four women to ...
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Mark Steel Looks at the 'Ground Zero Mosque' Row
We thought you might enjoy Mark Steel’s comic take on the hypocrisy and confused thought processes of those opposing the proposed Islamic centre in New York.Writing in The Independent he ...
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Gilligan Continues His Anti-IFE Crusade in Tower Hamlets
Writing on his Telegraph blog today, Andrew Gilligan has attempted a throw back to his documentary, “Britain’s Islamic Republic”, by “exposing” the name of a person he had kept hidden at the ...
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"Ground Zero Mosque" and How Obama Killed the Smurfs
In an excellent piece in The Guardian, Charlie Brooker comments on the hysteria being whipped up by right-wing media elements in the US on the proposed plans for the so-called “Ground Zero ...
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Home Secretary bans EDL march in Bradford
Following West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison's letter to Bradford Council exhorting a ban on the EDL's proposed march in Bradford over the August bank holiday weekend, Home ...
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Richard Littlejohn on NY mosque at Ground Zero
Richard Littlejohn in his Daily Mail column last week added his own thoughts to the controversy sparked in the US, and fuelled by right wingers, on the proposed plans to build an Islamic ...
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Home Secretary asked to ban EDL march in Bradford
The Home Secretary has been asked to consider a ban on the planned march in Bradford by the English Defence League over the August bank holiday weekend.Static demonstrations in the UK cannot ...
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British Council issues report on attitudes towards Scottish Muslims
The British Council has published a report on Muslim integration in Scotland. The report sheds empirical light on the presumption that Scottish Muslims are better integrated into Scottish ...
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Police Officers Charged With Assault on Babar Ahmad
Four police officers accused of a “serious, gratuitous and prolonged” attack and racist abuse of Babar Ahmed are to be charged with assault.From the Press Association:“The officers, all members ...
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UK Police Officers to Learn Fate Over Babar Ahmad Beating
Five police officers are to learn today if they will be charged over a racist attack on British Muslim, Babar Ahmad.One report states,“Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer is expected to ...
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Richard Dawkins Describes Burqa as "Bin Liner"
The Daily Mail reports that outspoken atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins, described the burqa as a “full bin-liner thing” and told of his “visceral revulsion at the burka”.The Daily Mail ...
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Disguising Oppression as Liberation: “Rescuing” the Muslim Woman
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UK papers incite anti-Muslim prejudice over halal school meals option in London
Primary schools in the north London borough of Harrow are being offered the 'chance to serve only halal meat' on their menus, reports the BBC. According to the BBC, nine secondary schools in ...
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Alibhai-Brown scaremongers for the Daily Mail once again
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown writes about the 'Talibanisation of British childhood by hardline parents' in the Daily Mail. Relying solely on anecdotal evidence, Alibhai-Brown writes: 'Teachers, ...
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Alex Massie on UK Muslims and the Moment of Truth
Alex Massie on Spectator blogs writes an excellent piece titled 'Ground Zero Mosque: Another moment of truth for open society' in which he untangles frenzied arguments and much of the ...
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Mark Steel's humorous look at Israel's acceptance of a UN inquiry
Mark Steel in today's Independent delivers a humorous take on Israel's belated acceptance of a UN-led inquiry into the Mavi Marmara episode which saw Israeli commandos kill nine Turkish aid ...
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Baroness Warsi defends right to wear Burqa
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 ...
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