Profile: UK residents in Guantanamo

    Four of the five UK residents who are being held at Guantanamo Bay are to be released following a request by the British government. They are not British citizens but all lived in the UK before being held. Who are they and how did they come to be in US detention?

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      Citizenship Classes in UK mosques

      A pilot program funded by the British gov’t is introducing citizenship classes at mosques in the town of Bradford. CAIRO – A pilot program funded by the British government is introducing citizenship classes at mosques in the racially and religiously tense town of Bradford to educate Muslim teens about basic duties and shield them against…

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        No evidence imams radicalize British Muslims, says research

        There is no evidence that imams preaching at mosques are doing anything to radicalise young British Muslims, according to a research conducted by the University of Chester. The findings published on Friday contradict the British government’s controversial claim of blaming mosques as part of its strategy to defeat the threat of terrorism. But the research…

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          Ramadan: “Blair can no longer deny a link exists between terrorism and foreign policy”

          By Tariq Ramadan {Rather than insisting on Muslims’ own duty to integrate, British society must reconcile itself with its self-professed values} Let us look closely at recent developments in government policy toward Muslims. The British Muslim reaction to the July 7 attacks was exemplary, as Ken Livingstone pointed out, and this was a proof that…

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            Winning Hearts and Minds: Working Together to Defeat Extremism

            In a speech by Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly MP at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Center in London, she said: “Britain is a country that draws strength from its diversity. Britain’s proud record of respect compares favorably with any country. Far right extremism has never really got a serious foothold here. This is because, at crucial…

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