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Arab Media Watch (AMW) has issued a report on its analysis of news and headlines in the British press that erroneously refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. From a 3 month study (1 June - 31 August 2008) of British national dailies, the AMW team...
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The Sunday Express leads with the speech given by Dame Pauline Neville Jones, the Shadow Security Minister at the Tory party conference in Birmingham with a front page that proclaims: 'Cameron: I'll curb Muslim fanatics'.Dame Neville Jones, referring t...
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Bill Carmichael, columnist for the Yorkshire Post writes in response to a High Court decision to deny five former Gurkhas the right to settle in the UK, ('Loyalty Bonus', 19 Sept). Questioning the logic of the decision handed down by the court, Carmichael...
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Stephen Pollard writes in The Times (22 Sept), 'Last week, a variation on the “cry wolf” story emerged which, in its long-term impact, threatens to be far more dangerous to Western civilisation than any banking collapse'. The story he alludes to? New...
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BNP Councillor for Marsden ward in Nelson, Brian Norton Parker, writes in Pendle Today that his objection to the postponement of a council meeting that was scheduled during Ramadan was not wrong, as implied, but perfectly reasonable given that ‘it reall...
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A leaflet claiming that Muslims are 'almost exclusively responsible' for the heroin trade, has been distributed to hundreds of households in Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire.The leaflet calls for a process of 'naming and shaming' Muslims for 'positive ef...
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The Pew Research Centre publishes a report on the rise of ethnocentrism entitled 'Unfavourable views of Muslims and Jews on the increase in Europe'.The Washington-based Centre's global attitudes survey found that favourable opinion of Muslims...
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Zia Sardar in the New Statesman, lays bare the current obsession and courting of 'ex Islamists' by the media and Government. 'To stand up and declare that you are an ex-fanatic or an ex-Muslim is now the shortest route to fame and fortune', he writes.Why?...
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The Sun reports on Sadiq Khan MP's 'Fairness not Favours' pamphlet published by the Fabian Society, in typical lopsided style under the heading 'Muslims think they are victims'.While listing extensively issues the Labour assistant whip thinks Muslims m...
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The Telegraph and Argus (14 Sept) carries a story on an Open Day being organised by Madni Jamia Masjid in Bradford on October 20th and 21st.The open day will inlcude an exhibition of the history of faith communities in Bradford and how they have evolved...
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The Sunday Times (14 Sept) reports that 'Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases'.The paper claims that the courts' prior status, working on the basis of voluntary compliance, has b...
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Campaigners in Scotland will petition MSPs to ban the animal slaughter methods used by Muslims and Jews the Scotland on Sunday newspaper reports (7 Sept). Backed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) and the Advocates fo...
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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) comments on the findings of the report produced by the Cardiff School of Journalism on 'Images of Islam in the UK' (the report can be found under 'useful links') stating that the report reinforces a study done by the...
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Following the furore surrounding the publication of the 'Islam on Campus', report by the Centre for Social Cohesion (CfSC) in July 2008, Inayat Bunglawala, ENGAGE Advisor on Policy and Research, writes, 'I have written previously about my misgivings conce...
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Commenting on the proposal before the UN General Assembly, and sponsored by the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) member states, to adopt a reolution on “Combating Defamation of Religion”, Clifford D. May writes in Europe News that 'the ost...
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Max Hastings also takes issue with the outcome of the terror trial of the seven Muslims. Writing in the Daily Mail (10 Sept) he argues that 'more than a few British Muslims believe the police to be prejudiced against them. Polls show that hu...
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A video game that challenges players to “ensure that no Muslim man or woman is left alive”, has been condemned for glamorising violence against Muslims.'Muslim Massacre', which can be freely downloaded on the internet urges players to 'take contro...
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Employers that allow employees time out to take smoking breaks should have no problem with Muslim employees taking short breaks to perform their daily prayers reports People Management.In an article by Adrian Hoggarth and Sarah Fuller of Norton Rose, the ...
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The Lancashire Telegraph (11 Sept) comment page reports on a two day festival to be organised in Blackburn to mark Eid ul Fitr and the contribution of the event to increasing understanding of Islam.'It’s true to say that while most Muslims know all abou...
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Writing in the Daily Mail (11 Sept) on the outcome of the trial of Abdullah Ahmed Ali and seven other Muslims who were accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners, and the expected retrial following the jury's returned verdicts, Richard Litt...
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