The Entente Cordiale which sent my father to France is now trash beneath the high heels of Theresa May, yet this wretched woman dares to wear a poppy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Every Man Remembered sculpture in London, commemorating First World War soldiers Rex Yes, the […]
Source: The Guardian It’s been sad and moving, the outpouring of anguish that has greeted an apology from the Catholic church for its adoption policy during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It’s reckoned that half a million babies were prised from their young mothers’ arms in the days after birth, […]
Source:BBC Brexit Secretary David Davis said he presumed the court ruling meant an act of Parliament would be required to trigger Article 50 – so would be subject to approval by both MPs and peers. But the government was going to contest that view in an appeal, and said the […]
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
Why Palestinians want to sue Britain RAMZY BAROUD | Published — Tuesday 1 November 2016 Ramzy Baroud Last July, the Palestinian Authority took the unexpected, although belated step of seeking Arab backing in suing Britain over the Balfour Declaration. That “declaration’ was the first-ever explicit commitment made by Britain, and […]
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NATASHA BERTRAND POLITICS OCT. 22, 2016, Mahmoud Alkhuder Mahmoud Alkhuder, who is originally from Aleppo, stands in front of the German flag in Dusseldorf earlier this year. Obtaining a visa to enter Europe legally is becoming more difficult every day as Syria’s brutal civil war — and the refugee crisis it […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe Lauren Markoe has been a national reporter for RNS since 2011. Previously she covered government and politics as a daily reporter at the Charlotte Observer and The State (Columbia, S.C.) (RNS) The event hosted by Baroness Jenny Tonge in the British Parliament, live-streamed on Facebook, […]
Source:BBC Joanna lost her job in a food processing factory four months ago and is now considering moving abroad.”I don’t see any future for me here, especially after what happened after Brexit,” Joanna says. According to the latest figures, published in August, there are 2.23 million EU nationals working in the […]
Source:RT The Ahmadis have been long the subject of extreme animosity and defamation by other sects of Islam within Britain and for years have dealt with physical as well as a verbal abuse from Muslims who consider them heretics. The Ahmadis migrated to Britain to escape the persecution in countries […]
Mosque-centred strategy to start next year in challenge to Home Office’s unpopular Prevent programme The Makkah Masjid Mosque in Leeds. Under the new programme mosques will be the key point of contact for the counter-radicalisation scheme. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Wednesday […]
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi There is no doubt that the threat from international terrorism is real and that it requires proportionate and evidence-based strategies to confront it. Muslims in […]
Growing anger after some children are placed in foster care – and even a detention centre – because background checks on family members have not been carried out Rob Merrick Dep @Rob_Merrick The refugee camp in Calais, which is due to be demolished tomorrow Getty The arrival of child refugees […]
MCB have still not unequivocally rejected the discrimination preached by Khatme Nubuwwat against Ahmadi Muslims. Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/muslim-council-britain-anti-terror-campaign-criticised-after-unwillingness-blacklist-kill-1587548# Critics accused the organisation of dragging its feet over expelling a charity which called for apostates to be killed. By Tom Porter October 21, 2016 16:33 BST The minaret of the East London Mosque in […]
Source: Ibtimes.co.uk Critics have questioned a prominent Muslim organisation’s commitment to fighting extremism, and accused it of failing to expel a charity which has called for Ahmadi Muslims to be killed.The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which represents 500 Islamic mosques, schools and institutions in the UK, announced its intention […]
Apparent racist attack on London Underground @BTP: hope perpetrator is found & faces justice for this despicable unprovoke assault pic.twitter.com/2lbiQffLmf — Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 18, 2016 Source: Twitter […]
Source: The Guardian By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent British Muslims are planning to set up their own programme to stop people becoming terrorists in a direct challenge to the […]
Source: CNN A leading French presidential candidate says he will move his country’s border with Britain to the UK, amid concerns about the backlog of British-bound illegal migrants on French soil.Alain Juppé, a center-right former prime minister who is considered a frontrunner in next year’s elections, told journalists that he […]
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/10/19/louis-smith-visits-mosques-apologises-mocking-islam/ Louis Smith Visits Mosques, Apologises (Again) for Mocking ‘Religion of Peace’ Following Death Threats Louis Smith / Facebook by DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS19 Oct 2016153 Olympic gymnast Louis Smith has missed out on celebrations being held in central London to honour Britain’s Olympic team – to visit two London mosques […]
Across 18 countries, at least 2,800 Britons applied for citizenship in first eight months of 2016, with Denmark seeing biggest rise British expats in Berlin hold up signs calling for the UK to remain in the EU after the Brexit vote. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Sophia Schirmer Wednesday 19 October […]