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		<title>Copying French ban on burqa would be un-British, says minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A government minister has signalled that a French-style ban on women wearing burqas is unlikely to be replicated in the UK, because, he said, the idea was &#8220;unBritish&#8221; and &#8220;undesirable&#8221;. The immigration minister, Damian Green, said banning Muslim women from covering their faces in public would be at odds with the UK&#8217;s &#8220;tolerant and mutually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikh Community concern over airport searches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport has delayed plans to bring in hand searches at UK airport security because of concerns from a Sikh group. Sikhs are concerned it could mean hand checks of turbans or demands for the religious headwear to be removed. The changes have already been implemented across the EU. But a DfT spokesman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/07/sikh-community-concern-over-airport-searches/</link>
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		<title>Leaked Foreign Office emails show anti-Catholic prejudice is alive and well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[news release for immediate release 30 April 2010 The leaked emails from the Foreign Office, mocking the Pope&#8217;s visit to the UK, show a dangerous trend of intolerance and bigotry towards others&#8217; faith and beliefs. While there has been legitimate concern from within the Catholic Church itself, about the covering up of child abuse, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/04/leaked-foreign-office-emails-show-anti-catholic-prejudice-is-alive-and-well/</link>
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		<title>Student leaders raise concerns about Islamophobic attack on Muslim student representative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) in the UK and Eire today raised serious concerns following Islamophobic abuse suffered by Abida Malik and her husband as they travelled by train between Leicester and Nottingham. Faisal Hanjra, President of FOSIS, said today, &#8220;This incident has shocked many in the Muslim community. This was a young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/04/student-leaders-raise-concerns-about-islamophobic-attack-on-muslim-student-representative/</link>
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		<title>Rod Liddle censured by Press Complaints Commission for comments on black men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian  reports: The former BBC Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has been censured by the press watchdog for a blog on the Spectator website in which he incorrectly claimed that the &#8220;overwhelming majority&#8221; of violent crime in London was carried out by young African-Caribbean men. It is the first time the Press Complaints [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/03/rod-liddle-censured-by-press-complaints-commission-for-comments-on-black-men/</link>
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		<title>SIKH VOTE 2010 &#8211; Televised debates on the Sikh Channel &#8211; Saturday, 27th March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We would welcome participation of non-Sikhs in Sikh Vote 2010: The next three events are in Bristol (10/4), Leeds (17/4)and Leicester (24/4). The details for the event in London on Saturday 27 March are as follows: University of Westminster Cayley Lecture Theatre 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS From &#8211; 2-5pm Please register by emailing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/03/sikh-vote-2010-televised-debates-sikh-channel/</link>
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		<title>Sikhs launch legal challenge against Office for National Statistics (ONS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sikh Federation (UK) has today lodged a judicial review claim against the ONS for not including a ‘Sikh’ ethnic question tick-box in the 2011 Census. The 17-page pre-action letter issued to the ONS by Bindmans, a top law firm specialising in human rights and discrimination with nationally recognised leading experts, asserts the decision not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/03/sikhs-launch-legal-challenge-against-office-for-national-statistics/</link>
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		<title>Islamophobia is a threat to democracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Press Release: For immediate release One Society Many Cultures welcomes the letter published in today’s Guardian which is signed by over 30 prominent people from different sections of society. Letter and signatories in full: “We are concerned by the rise of Islamophobia, the negative coverage of Muslims in the media, the violent street mobilisations of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/03/islamophobia-is-a-threat-to-democracy/</link>
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		<title>Take Action! Ask your MP to sign EDM 1079</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EDM 1079 &#8211; Muslims in Britain : &#8220;That this House opposes the increased demonisation of Muslims in sections of the media; expresses its deep concern at the recent visit to the House of Lords by the far right politician Geert Wilders; condemns the English Defence League demonstration outside Parliament in support of Geert Wilders and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/03/take-action-ask-your-mp-to-sign-edm-1079/</link>
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		<title>Unsubstantiated media reports on Islamic societies at University campuses inciting extremism are whipping up Islamophobia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News release For immediate release 2nd January 2010 Following the failed terrorist attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on 25th December 2009, many media reports have used the fact that the perpetrator was a student in London who was active in a student Islamic Society to imply that this appalling act was incited by the perfectly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onesocietymanycultures.org/2010/01/unsubstantiated-reports-islamic-societies-university-inciting-extremism-whipping-up-islamophobia/</link>
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