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Islam on Campus: A survey of UK student opinions
John Thorne and Hannah Stuart
 Islam on Campus is the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of Muslim student opinion in the UK, based on a specially commissioned YouGov poll of 1400 students, fieldwork and interviews. The report examines students' attitudes on key issues including killing in the name of religion, establishing a worldwide Caliphate, introducing Sharia law to the UK, setting up an Islamic political party in the UK, gender equality, the treatment of apostates and homosexuals and the compatibility of Islam with secularism and democracy.
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Virtual Caliphate: Islamic extremists and their websites
James Brandon
 Virtual Caliphate, published 11 June 2008, shows how Islamic extremists in the United Kingdom have established dedicated websites in order to circumvent British anti-terrorism measures introduced after July 2005. It is the first report to catalogue the content of these websites and to analyse how British extremists use these sites to spread jihadist ideologies, co-ordinate their activities and win new recruits.
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Crimes of the Community: Honour-based violence in the UK
James Brandon and Salam Hafez
 Crimes of the Community, published 04 February 2008, examines how ideas of honour can lead to violence. Examining forced marriages, honour killings, female genital mutilation (FGM) and honour-based domestic violence, the report explains why such violence is carried out and why it continues. Based on over 80 interviews with women's groups, community activists and the victims of honour-based violence, Crimes of the Community is the most comprehensive study of honour-based violence ever conducted in the UK.
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Debate: Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs Ed Husain
'The West and the future of Islam'
 On 20th November, the Centre for Social Cohesion hosted an evening debate in Westminster between Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch MP and self-declared Muslim apostate, and Ed Husain, the author of the best-selling book The Islamist.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that Islam 'as a body of ideas' is opposed to
'Enlightenment' values. Ed Husain advocates an Islamic
'renaissance' arguing that Islam can be re-interpreted to meet the
challenges of the modern world.
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Hate on the State: How British libraries encourage Islamic extremism
James Brandon and Douglas Murray
The first report by the Centre for Social Cohesion, published 05 September 2007, examines how public libraries may be fuelling Islamic radicalism. The study finds that the libraries of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Birmingham in particular have stocked a disproportionate number of pro-jihadist texts at the expense of more moderate authors.
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A new study has found that 'institutional racism' by teachers towards black Caribbean students in secondary schools can significantly undermine their chances of academic success.
There is evidence to suggest teachers routinely under-estimate the abilities of some black pupils based on assumptions of behavioural problems, such as confrontational attitudes, which overshadows the student’s real academic talent, leaving teachers to expect students to under-achieve.
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Britain’s economic downturn could lead to an increase in violent crime, burglaries and far-right extremism, according to a leaked Home Office document.
The draft letter from the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, entitled "Responding to Economic Challenges", warns the Prime Minister of the potential social effects of recession. Based on models from the 1991-92 recession, the document also predicts rises in alcohol and tobacco smuggling, increased intolerance towards migrants and increased support for radical Islamist groups.
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Guest blog by Tom Parkinson, CSC research intern:
The Daily Mail today reported that following the CSC’s press release on Monday documenting a meeting between Abu Qatada and convicted Egyptian extremist Yasser al-Sirri, the Home Office is to review the former's bail conditions. Al-Sirri - who was identified by the Centre - is currently not included on a list of more than 20 extremists with Qatada is banned from associating.
Tory MP Patrick Mercer, a security adviser to the Prime Minister, said: "Yasser Al-Sirri is a dangerous individual. The fact he is allowed to associate with Abu Qatada makes a mockery of Qatada's bail conditions. 'The Home Office has got to stop its tinkering and ensure that proper checks and measures are in place to protect the public from extremists. That includes adding Al-Sirri to the list of those Qatada cannot associate with."
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The Centre today issued a press release on a meeting between Abu Qatada, the Jordanian radical preacher recently released on bail, and Yasser al-Sirri, an Egyptian extremist who has been convicted of terrorism in Egypt and sentenced to death in absentia.
The press release describes al-Sirri's links to a wide variety of militant groups and individuals - both in the UK and abroad - and concludes that his meeting with Abu Qatada shows that the latter's bail conditions were seriously flawed. The press-release is available online here.
An email sent by Town Hall leaders urged all Muslim and non-Muslim councillors to meet new arrangements during committee meetings marking the month of Ramadan, Muslim fasting period, reports the East London Advertiser.
Tower Hamlets council’s Lib Dem group leader, Stephanie Eaton, has condemned the move as ‘divisive’ as it favours and ‘imposes’ rules of one religious group over others.
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