(Middle East Eye) Launched in December 2023, The Muslim Vote (TMV) is a campaign in the UK supporting parliamentary candidates for the upcoming election in constituencies with a significant Muslim electorate. Much of its driving force has been the early support from the […]
(BBC) A report criticising the handling of protests at a school “makes for deeply disturbing reading,” an MP has said. A religious studies teacher at Batley Grammar School was forced into hiding in 2021 after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad […]
(Sky News) The government has unveiled its new definition of extremism despite warnings it could have a “chilling effect” on free speech. Michael Gove, the communities secretary, has updated the definition as part of a drive to clamp down on the Islamist […]
(BBC) A claim by the home secretary that UK child grooming gangs were “almost all British-Pakistani men” was misleading, the press regulator has ruled. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) instructed the Mail on Sunday to publish a correction to an opinion […]
(BBC) Tory peer Baroness Warsi has warned that what she describes as Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric” is putting British Asian families at risk. The peer, the UK’s first South Asian cabinet minister, claimed the home secretary’s comments on small boats and grooming […]
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(Schools Week) A fundraising campaign for the teacher at the centre of the Muhammad cartoon row is being led by an activist accused of stirring up local ethnic tensions. It comes as a petition demanding the teacher’s reinstatement reached almost 70,000 signatures. […]
(BBC) Sharing the identity of a teacher who showed pupils an “offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad could result in police action, a watchdog has warned. Protests were held outside Batley Grammar School, where the staff member was suspended after complaints. Baroness […]
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(BBC) Protests outside a school where pupils were shown a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad are “deeply unsettling,” a government minister has said. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said teachers should be able to “appropriately show images of the prophet” in class. Protests […]
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(BBC) A Tory MP has defended his claim that some Muslims in West Yorkshire are not taking the pandemic seriously. Craig Whittaker said the “vast majority” of those breaking the rules in his constituency were from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. […]
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(BBC) Baroness Warsi has criticised her party’s inquiry into Islamophobia and other forms of prejudice, arguing it does not address past problems. The former Conservative chairwoman said it needed to cover previous cases rather than just complaint handling. And she said the […]
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(Politics Home) A top Muslim group has hit out at Boris Johnson for breaking his promise to investigate “institutional” Islamophobia in his party. The Muslim Council of Britain accused the Conservative leadership of “denial, deflection and discounting” after the party announced it […]
(Politics Home) Sajid Javid has confirmed that a long-promised Conservative inquiry into Islamophobia will now be broadened out to include “all types of prejudice.” The chancellor — who made headlines in the Conservative leadership campaign by getting all fellow contenders to sign […]
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(BBC) A number of Conservative Party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing Islamophobic material online. The BBC highlighted over 20 new cases to the party, who said all those found to be members who shared or supported anti-Muslim posts on […]
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(BBC) More than half of Conservative members questioned for a new poll believe Islam is a threat to British life. YouGov was commissioned by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme to carry out a survey among the members who will decide whether Jeremy Hunt […]
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(BBC) The government has rejected a definition of Islamophobia created by a cross-party group of MPs. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims wanted to define it to tackle what it called a “social evil.” But a government spokesman said the wording […]
(BBC) Two Tory councillors have quit after being accused of sharing Islamophobic posts on social media. Len Milner and Chris Smith, who sit on East Staffordshire council, “liked” a cartoon posted on Facebook depicting a mock beheading of Labour’s Sadiq Khan. Mr […]
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(Breitbart) Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has said the UK must not “become a country that polices thought” and speech, and Muslims who say potentially “extreme” things should be forgiven. The Tory peer — who has called for a crackdown on “Islamophobia” and last […]
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(National-UAE) Campaigners against Islamophobia distanced themselves from Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the former chairman of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, as she reignited her feud with its leadership over Islamophobia. Weeks after the Conservative chairman Brandon Lewis announced it would work with campaigners to […]
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