In my last blog, I wrote about the decision to ban an
al-Qaeda supporter from a London local council. The government's
Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) have now released a
statement about this move.
August 2009 Archives
A Muslim community leader in Loughton, Essex was abducted at knifepoint on Monday in an attack the Police have confirmed they are treating as an incident of hate crime.
Continue reading Muslim man attacked by white supremacists.
The narrowly avoided appearance of an al-Qaeda sympathiser on Kensington and Chelsea council premises illustrates the failures of the government's Prevent agenda.
The BNP is turning to religion to justify its extreme policies.
Continue reading The BNP's Newest Recruit.
The Centre for Social Cohesion is featured on today's front page of the Jewish Chronicle.
Continue reading CSC on the front page of the Jewish Chronicle.
The Scottish
Islamic Foundation (SIF), Scotland's primary Islamist pressure group, was forced
this week to return £128,000 of public money.
Continue reading Scottish Islamic Foundation Forced to Return Tax Payer Money.
This is a blog which first appeared on my Standpoint Focus on Islamism blog.
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Labour MP for Poplar and Canning town was offended this week when he was asked to sit separately from his wife at a private Muslim wedding. He has taken the wrong fight to the right people.
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Labour MP for Poplar and Canning town was offended this week when he was asked to sit separately from his wife at a private Muslim wedding. He has taken the wrong fight to the right people.
This is a guest post by CSC Research Intern Tom Bumstead. His writes in a personal capacity, and his views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Centre for Social Cohesion.
Although I attended a Church of England primary school I have no axe to grind. It was a pleasant place staffed by well meaning and compassionate teachers- there were daily prayers but no real indoctrination and I enjoyed my time there. I also recognize that the argument over faith schools must take into account the results achieved for children rather than simply being an exercise in secular doctrine. These things being said there are fewer risks to our social cohesion- to the very existence of our civil society than this wicked abuse of the young. Like so many malaises that effect our society this one also infects our discourse.
Although I attended a Church of England primary school I have no axe to grind. It was a pleasant place staffed by well meaning and compassionate teachers- there were daily prayers but no real indoctrination and I enjoyed my time there. I also recognize that the argument over faith schools must take into account the results achieved for children rather than simply being an exercise in secular doctrine. These things being said there are fewer risks to our social cohesion- to the very existence of our civil society than this wicked abuse of the young. Like so many malaises that effect our society this one also infects our discourse.
Continue reading Schools or Seminaries?.
This is a guest post by CSC Research Intern Thomas Bumstead
Polls like prophecies tend to be
self-fulfilling. They also share a dangerous sense of certainty about the
claims that they make- of all people priests and pollsters are perhaps the only
ones who believe their analysis to be infallible. Unlike other mediums there is
no mechanism for the sceptic to challenge the diktats which they bring forth;
he or she is forced to merely regard them somewhat suspiciously and see how
things turn out. This impoverishing effect upon the discussion can be seen
acutely in an Observer article by Jason Burke and Ian Traynor entitled 'Fears
of an Islamic revolt in Europe begin to fade' which uses as its springboard the
recent Gallup Coexist Index 2009- a
poll which aims to explore 'attitudes and perceptions
among Muslims and the general public ... about issues of coexistence, integration,
values, identity, and radicalization' (p. 10) with a special section on France,
Germany and the UK.
