Tag: Racism

A Muslim MP has opened up divisions within the Islamic community by saying it is reasonable for Muslims to be singled out for extra airport security measures following the Detroit bomb attempt. Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said it has become necessary to ‘profile’ passengers from certain racial and religious groups in order to weed out possible terror suspects.

The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould exposes the shameful history of research into race and IQ.

A church in Belfast, Ireland, which gave sanctuary to more than a hundred Romanians when they fled from racist violence, has been attacked by vandals. The Romanians had sheltered in the church after being driven from their homes in south Belfast by “disturbances” earlier in the month. Now, all but 14 of them have asked to return to Romania, and the government of Northern Ireland is paying to send the back.

Clergy will be banned from joining the British National Party after the Archbishop of Canterbury called on the Church of England to name names in the fight against racism.