A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything elseI start this column already resigned to the tune out, to the glaze over, the...
Read MoreA report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything elseI start this column already resigned to the tune out, to the glaze over, the...
Read MoreFive years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessonsBefore he leaves for Kabul...
Read MoreAmid rising antisemitism and anti-muslim bigotry, community and faith leaders are stressing the need for unityMaurice Ostro, founder patron of the Faiths Forum for London, has been engaged in interfaith work for decades. For...
Read MoreShadow justice secretary had called Trafalgar Square event an ‘act of domination’James Cleverly has said he disagrees with his Conservative frontbench colleague Nick Timothy that public Muslim prayers are an act of domination,...
Read MoreExclusive: Tariq Ahmad says he has raised concerns with party leadership after shadow justice secretary’s remarksThe shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, has been accused by a Conservative peer and former counter-extremism...
Read MoreStuart Niven suspended after revelations he was struck off as company director, while other candidates have been accused of extremist statements including describing Humza Yousaf as ‘not British’Severin Carrell is the Guardian’s...
Read MoreSome Holyrood candidates have been accused of spreading false rumours about asylum hotels, describing Humza Yousaf as ‘not British’, and backing Tommy RobinsonSeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.Malcolm Offord,...
Read MoreAt a time when Britain has never felt more divided, we should draw on Christian values to reject hate and focus on what unites usWhen you think about the unedifying political furore about the open iftar held in Trafalgar Square,...
Read MoreExclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’Richard Hermer, the attorney general, has challenged Kemi Badenoch to say whether she would object to...
Read MoreReform party leader criticised for making comments after event held in London’s Trafalgar Square this weekMuslim leaders have condemned Nigel Farage’s call to ban public prayer by Muslims in the UK as bigoted and warned of a...
Read MoreAt the launch of the Conservative local elections campaign on Thursday, Peter Walker asked Kemi Badenoch about her shadow justice secretary’s claim that Muslims praying in Trafalgar square was an ‘act of domination’. Her answer...
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