UK: Police ask to ban EDL demo ( UK: EDL to target Muslim centers ) Via Daily Mail : A chief constable is seeking emergency powers to ban the far-Right English Defence League from marching through a city’s Muslim neighbourhood, amid fears it could provoke widespread violence. Up to 10,000 EDL supporters are expected to descend on Bradford over the bank holiday weekend in what is claimed will be a rally against Islamic extremism
UK: Domino’s Pizza drops halal menu ( photo ) Via Telegraph : Domino’s Pizza, which was among the first fast food outlets in Britain to serve halal-only takeaways, has ditched the menu after poor sales.
UK: Burka a ‘full bin-liner thing’ Via Daily Mail : The outspoken atheist Professor Richard Dawkins has re-ignited the furore over the burka, describing it as a ‘full bin-liner thing’. (…) Professor Dawkins made the comments in an interview with Radio Times discussing his forthcoming documentary about the dangers of faith schools
Scotland: Integration easier for Muslims than in England Via BBC : Integration is easier for Muslims in Scotland than in England, new research has suggested. The poll, for the British Council Scotland, also found six out of 10 Scots believed Muslims were integrated into everyday Scottish life. However, it also found that Scots have a less favourable opinion of Muslims than other religious groups.
UK: Muslim group holds ‘anti-terrorism’ summer camp Via the Guardian : After a modest breakfast came the first choice of the day: to take part in sporting activities ranging from five-a-side football to archery, or to join the Sunday morning nature stroll around the campus.
UK: Police attend Friday prayers Via Halesowen News : POLICE officers took off their size nines and observed Friday prayers at a Cradley Heath mosque to build better community relations. Sergeant Colin Gallier and PC Brian Steatham, from the Cradley Heath and Old Hill Neighbourhood team, joined worshippers at the Baitul Mahdi mosque on School Street. Dr Masood Majoka, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Cradley Heath Branch, said: “We were delighted when officers from the local neighbourhood accepted our invitation as part of an ongoing commitment to learn more about each other and to discuss ways in which we could work together in creating a harmonious society.” He added: “Indeed that is the very purpose of Islam which means ‘peace’ and is a duty for every Ahmadiyya Muslim Man or Woman where ever they live.” Sgt Gallier explained that the visit was part of a longer process of familisation with local muslims
UK: Protester throws shoes at Pakistani president Via Daily Mail : A protester who threw his shoes at the Pakistan president as he gave a speech in Birmingham last night said he was proud of his actions. Sardar Mohammed Shamim Khan, 57, said Asif Ali Zardari’s speech had incensed him so much that he spontaneously decided to unlace his size 10 leather shoes and hurl them at the bewildered Pakistani leader
UK: Quilliam Foundation accuses peaceful Muslim groups of terrorist ideology Why would the Quilliam Foundation accuse such moderate bodies of being dominated by extremist ideology? It might be because British police believe that you can’t fight Muslim terrorism without working with extremists. And so it is not surprising that they use Muslim extremists as advisers in their counter-terrorism forces.
UK: The Talibanisation of British childhood by hardline parents Via Daily Mail h/t Veritas Universalis Last November, on the steps of Tate Britain, I witnessed a scene that troubles me still. A furious Asian father was shaking his young son and tearing up the picture his child had drawn. The boy kicked and cried
UK: Nine jailed for forcing 14 year old into prostitution Via the Press Association : Nine men have been jailed after a 14-year-old girl was preyed upon and forced into prostitution. The vulnerable teenager was targeted with vodka and cigarettes after she was spotted wandering the streets before she was made to have sex with a string of Asian men, Greater Manchester Police said. The child went missing from home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on two occasions in February 2008 before she told officers she had been sexually exploited.