MCB Welcomes British Council Decision, Calls On Telegraph Group To Follow Suit 01 Sep 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain welcomes today’s decision by the British Council to terminate the employment of Mr Harry Cummins, following the results of their internal investigation which ... Press Releases Sep 1, 2004
MCB Condemns Murder of Nepalese in Iraq, Appeals For Release of French Journalists 31 Aug 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain condemns utterly today’s news of the brutal murder of twelve Nepalese workers in Iraq and calls upon the captors of the two French journalists in Iraq, Christ... Press Releases Aug 31, 2004
MCB Demands End To Carnage And Sacrilege in Najaf al-Sharif 13 Aug 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain is utterly appalled by the reckless, insensitive and unjustified American air bombardment of the holy Iraqi city of Najaf. The MCB believes there is no milita... Press Releases Aug 13, 2004
MCB Rejects Michael Howard’s Call To Scrap Key MacPherson Recommendation 10 Aug 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain has criticised Michael Howard and the Conservative Party for the speech he delivered in Middlesbrough today in which he vowed not to implement a key recommend... Press Releases Aug 10, 2004
BNP Documentary Underlines Urgent Need For Incitement Legislation 15 Jul 2004 Tonight’s BBC1 documentary, Secret Agent, in which undercover reporters expose the extremely violent behaviour and menacingly anti-Muslim prejudice of the British National Party underlines... Press Releases Jul 15, 2004
MCB Decries Character Assassination of Dr Al-Qaradawi 07 Jul 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain is greatly concerned at the very inflammatory reports in today’s newspapers about the current visit to the UK by the distinguished Muslim Scholar Dr Yusuf Al-... General News Jul 7, 2004
Law To Outlaw Incitement to Religious Hatred Welcomed 07 Jul 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain welcomes today’s announcement from the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, about plans to outlaw incitement to religious hatred in the UK. “This is a long overdue... Press Releases Jul 7, 2004
Police Using Stop & Search Practice Indiscriminately Against British Muslims 02 Jul 2004 Today’s Home Office figures revealing a huge 302% increase in the number of Asians who were stopped and searched by the police in 2002/2003 serve to confirm the impression that since 9/11 ... Press Releases Jul 2, 2004
Crown Prosecution Service Fails To Protect Arabs and British Muslims Yet Again 01 Jul 2004 Responding to today’s decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute the former television presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk for making racist anti-Arab remarks in his Sunday Expres... Press Releases Jul 1, 2004
European Court’s Anti-Hijab Ruling Discriminates Against Muslim Citizens 01 Jul 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain disagrees strongly with Tuesday’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, in the case of Leyla Sahin v Turkey. The international court, whos... Press Releases Jul 1, 2004
Minister to Review DEFRA’s Response on Halal Slaughter and Stunning 30 Jun 2004 A five member Muslim delegation led by MCB Secretary-General Iqbal Sacranie, met Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister of State for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), on Mon... Press Releases Jun 30, 2004
The Right To Wear Jilbab Should Be Respected 15 Jun 2004 The Muslim Council of Britain views today’s landmark decision in the High Court to deny a fifteen year old Muslim schoolgirl in Luton her right to wear the jilbab to school as very worryin... Press Releases Jun 15, 2004