Government White Paper on The 2001 Census The Religion Question & What Needs to be Done 23rd March 1999 The MCB welcomes the proposal in the White Paper ‘The 2001 Census of Population’ (Cm 4253) to include a question on religion in the next decennial census planned for 29th April 2001. U... Census Press Releases Mar 23, 1999 MCB News
NOT SREBRENICA AGAIN !! 20th January 1999 Anguish, horror, outrage. Mere words are inadequate to describe the latest Serbian massacre in the Kosovan village of Recak. The massacre was premeditated and the Serbs had made no s... Press Releases Jan 20, 1999 MCB News
MUSLIMS UNDER SEIGE ? 12th January 1999 Commenting on “The Siege”, a Hollywood film widely seen as stoking up Islamophobia, and just released in the UK, the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, Mr Iqbal Sacr... Press Releases Jan 12, 1999 MCB News
MUSLIM OUTRAGE CONVEYED TO MINISTER 23rd December 1998 As repercussions over the US/UK bombing in Iraq continue, a delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) expressed the grave concerns of their community at a special meeting ... Press Releases Dec 23, 1998 MCB News
BRITISH MUSLIMS EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN OVER BOMBING OF IRAQ 17th December 1998 The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has expressed its grave concern over the unilateral US/British bombardment of Iraq. The MCB is appalled by the cynical way President Clinton has ... Press Releases Dec 17, 1998 MCB News
MCB Hosts Luncheon Meeting with Jack Straw 2nd December 1998 The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) hosted a luncheon meeting with the Home Secretary, Rt Hon Jack Straw, MP on Wednesday 2nd December 1998 at the Banqueting Centre of the Lords Cric... Press Releases Dec 2, 1998 MCB News
IN DEFENCE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS 8th October 1998 A special meeting of the Muslim Council of Britain, an umbrella body of Muslim organisations, deliberated on the issue of the forced imposition of secular dress code on Turkish female... Press Releases Oct 8, 1998 MCB News
MCB Welcomes Apology 29th September 1998 “There is a danger that whole communities, sometimes whole races, are deemed at worst guilty, at best suspicious, because of the (alleged) actions of a few of their members. It is ... Press Releases Sep 29, 1998 MCB News
Fight terrorism, but not through Draconian laws 25th August 1998 Commenting on the measures announced yesterday to strengthen Britain’s existing anti-terrorist law, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said the British Muslim community has no sympat... Press Releases Aug 25, 1998 MCB News
American Airstrikes against Afghanistan and Sudan 21st August 1998 The Muslim Council of Britain condemns unequivacally all acts of terrorism, including the ones recently carried out in Kenya, Tanzania and Northern Ireland by individuals, groups or n... Press Releases Aug 21, 1998 MCB News
Jack Straw Table’s Amendment to Crime and Disorder Bill 20 June 1998 The Home Secretary’s decision to table an amendment to the Crime and Disorder Bill came in a letter addressed to Mr Iqbal Sacranie, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB... Press Releases Jun 20, 1998 MCB News
CRIME AND DISORDER BILL- Support from Liberal Democrats for amendment 12th June 1998 A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) met the Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and spokesman for Home Affairs in the House of Commons, Alan Beith MP, and Richard Allen MP,... Press Releases Jun 12, 1998 MCB News