A counter documentary to John Ware’s Panorama programme on targeting Tower Hamlets. See also “BBC Panorama whistle-blower reveals racist and Islamophobic programme”, Mayor Lutfur Rahman statement, 30 March 2014 And “IFE reply to BBC Panorama”, Islamic Forum of Europe media release, … Continue reading
An Islamic group fighting to keep its east London mosque, near to the Olympics site, has been described by opponents as a “supremacist movement” that encourages isolationism from wider British society. Tablighi Jamaat, a global proselytising movement with tens of … Continue reading
Does Labour measure up? By Bob Pitt Labour Briefing, February 2011 “The Islamophobia Myth” – that was the title of an influential article by Kenan Malik published in the February 2005 issue of Prospect magazine. It argued that violence, hatred … Continue reading
REVIEW Nigel Copsey, The English Defence League: Challenging Our Country and Our Values of Social Inclusion, Fairness and Equality, Faith Matters 2010 Crossposted from Socialist Unity I downloaded this pamphlet with high expectations. I’m not exactly a fan of Faith Matters … Continue reading
Over at Rolled Up Trousers Osama Saeed offers a balanced assessment of John Ware’s Panorama programme “British Schools, Islamic Rules”. See also Yusuf Smith’s analysis at Indigo Jo Blogs.
Five Chinese Crackers takes up John Ware’s Panorama documentary “British Schools, Islamic Rules”, pointing out that the programme relied on insinuation and general accusations that were not backed up by any precise facts or figures. It fed into an anti-Muslim … Continue reading
“If you thought documentaries couldn’t sink lower than the hatchet job by John Ware for BBC Panorama, ‘Who speaks for British Muslims?’, in 2005, the Dispatches programme aired last night is proof to the contrary. “Using spurious evidence, half-truths and … Continue reading
Ken’s Islam study By Julian Petley Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, 24 January 2008 ON 13 November, London mayor Ken Livingstone launched The Search for Common Ground, a study commissioned by him that looks at the portrayal of Muslims … Continue reading
Nick Cohen is upset at the suggestion in the Mayor of London’s recently-published report on media coverage of Muslims that “journalists – including me – conveyed ‘negative associations’ when we wrote that Jack Straw was standing up for the rights of women when … Continue reading
On Radio 4’s “The Message” last Friday there was yet another example of the media’s incapacity to provide a balanced discussion of their own unbalanced depiction of Islam. More4 News editor David Mapstone and media commentator Stephen Glover were brought in as media experts. … Continue reading