A confused policy proposal
The Government has announced that police are to be given greater powers to stop protests near places of worship, including mosques and synagogues. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, intends the policy to “prevent intimidating protests outside places of worship to ensure that people can pray in peace.” It is not clear to what extent the […]
New member of Government’s Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition has history of inflammatory online activity
Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir has been appointed as a member of the Government’s new Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition. Lady Gohir is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and the Chief Executive Officer of Muslim Women’s Network UK. In 2022, Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote to the Honours Forfeiture Committee regarding several posts […]