Monday, May 27, 2013
LE POINT: L'épouse du prince Charles effectue sa première visite officielle en solo. Elle doit rendre visite à des communautés Emmaüs, dont elle est la marraine.
L'épouse du prince Charles, Camilla, est arrivée lundi après-midi à Paris pour un séjour de deux jours, son premier voyage officiel à l'étranger en solo, qui a débuté par la visite d'un centre de l'association Emmaüs, a annoncé l'ambassade de Grande-Bretagne à Paris. En tant que marraine royale d'Emmaüs UK, elle doit rendre visite à deux communautés de ce mouvement de solidarité envers les plus pauvres créé par l'abbé Pierre en 1949 à Paris, afin d'en apprendre davantage sur les origines de cette association.
Elle a commencé par visiter le site de Bougival, près de Paris, où chaque année plus de trois millions d'euros sont obtenus de la vente d'objets récupérés, avant de se rendre ensuite sur le site voisin de Chatou, des ateliers où des appareils électriques sont réparés avant d'être revendus. » | Le Point.fr (avec AFP) | lundi 27 mai 2013
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Duchess of Cornwall gives first French speech: The Duchess of Cornwall made a valiant stab at speaking French today as she gave a speech in Paris during her first solo overseas engagement which she joked had taken years off her life. » | Victoria Ward | Monday, May 27, 2013
For a movement that was on the verge of implosion less than a month ago, the English Defence League has staged a major show of force in central London, signalling that the death of Drummer Lee Rigby has breathed new life into the far-right protest group.
More than 500 supporters – including football hooligans, veteran fascists and others – assembled under tight police security at the entrance to Downing Street, where they listened to their leaders blame Islam for the killing in Woolwich last week.
A counter-demonstration of several hundred people, organised by anti-fascist groups, was kept apart from the EDL protest, which chanted "scum, scum, scum" as their leader, Tommy Robinson, railed against the left and Muslims. Flags of St George fluttered and placards with messages such as "wool which 2013: no turning back" were held aloft.
Amongst those at the EDL gathering was Ben Roberts, a former soldier waving a flag of St George and wearing service medals from Iraq and Afganistan.
"I am here to show that we stand together against the killers of Lee Rigby. It seems that there is one law today for Muslims and one for everyone else," he said, adding that other ex-service personnel were also present. "I've had it with parties like Labour and the Conservatives," said Roberts, who identified himself as a Ukip voter.
While many protesters were young men with close-cropped hair wearing casual sports gear or England shirts, there were a small number of women and children and a handful of Sikhs, whose presence at other EDL gatherings has been condemned by leaders of their community. » | Ben Quinn | Monday, May 27, 2013
Justin Welby referred to various religious communities in the UK, saying that they are in a good position of co-operation and mutual support.
"We have all been appalled by the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich," he said during a joint appearance in Leicester with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, the assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain.
The archbishop praised the way in which religious groups had reacted to the incident.
"I want to recognise the response of churches, mosques and other faith and civil society groups, as well as those of brave individuals who have done so much to bring our communities together at this time," he said.
"The strong response of the Muslim Council of Britain and many other organisations has rightly emphasised that these acts have no place in Islam." » | MOL/HE | Monday, May 27, 2013
WALES ONLINE: A charity says it is looking at claims from a woman she was spat at in the Cardiff area as young Muslims speak of their fears of a backlash after the death of soldier Lee Rigby.
Young Muslims in Wales say they fear a backlash after the barbaric killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in London.
Charity Faith Matters said it is looking at claims a young woman was spat at in an incident in the Cardiff area and said it was dealing with a significant rise in the number of anti-Muslim incidents in Britain as a result of the attack in Woolwich.
Meanwhile, hateful messages have been posted on social media websites. The Welsh Defence League’s Facebook page boasted a picture of the aftermath of the shocking murder with the message: “Still believe Islam is the religion of peace? How many more have to die to disprove the lie?”
It comes after bacon was left outside a Cardiff mosque the day after Drummer Rigby was hacked to death.
Other incidents across the UK have seen a mosque in Kent attacked, while in Essex a man walked into a temple brandishing a knife and a burning bottle was hurled at an Islamic centre in Bletchley.
Young Muslims in Wales have now told how they fear a rising tide of hostility will engulf them following 25-year-old Drumer [sic] Rigby’s murder. » | Darren Devine, James McCarthy | Sunday, May 26, 2013
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THE INDEPENDENT: Administration’s efforts to trace leaks called ‘heavy-handed’ after private emails seized
The Obama administration has been accused of criminalising the press, as US lawmakers called for an independent investigator to look into the way the Justice Department conducts cases involving reporters.
President Barack Obama is facing widespread criticism for the aggressive way in which his government investigates leaks, after it emerged that officials had secretly seized phone records from the Associated Press and monitored personal emails of the Fox News reporter James Rosen.
Mr Obama last week directed his Attorney General, Eric Holder, to review the Justice Department’s procedures. Mr Holder is due to report back in July – but his position as the head of the department at the centre of the controversy has led lawmakers to question whether he is the right person to lead the review.
“This would be a good time for a special counsel or independent counsel… This is clearly an overreach,” the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News. Referring to a case in which the Justice Department obtained the Fox reporter’s private emails, he added: “We’re beginning to criminalise journalism, and I think that should worry us all.” » | Nikhil Kumar | New York | Sunday, May 26, 2013
THE INDEPENDENT: Coalition clashes over Home Secretary's plans to revive controversial ‘snooper’s charter’
Radical Islamist groups which whip up hatred but do not advocate violence could be outlawed in the UK for the first time, under an attempt to curb the spread of hardline ideology being considered by the Government following the Woolwich murder.
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, warned that there were thousands of people judged to be at risk of being radicalised as she set out moves to deprive hardliners of platforms for their views. They include plans to ban more organisations accused of fomenting division and to tighten the rules on their access to the internet, as well as the revival of plans for a "snooper's charter".
But the moves threaten to provoke a freedom-of-speech row as organisations which stop short of advocating terrorism could be banned under the proposals, which will be considered by a Whitehall task force headed by David Cameron.
At the moment, the Home Secretary has the legal power to proscribe an organisation linked to terrorism, such as al-Muhajiroun, which was outlawed in Britain in 2010.
But she has no authority to act against organisations suspected of "inciting hatred and division" and ministers will consider introducing a lower threshold enabling her to act, Whitehall sources said. » | Nigel Morris | Monday, May 27, 2013
THE GUARDIAN: Police say two arrested after fire at Grimsby Islamic centre, while mosque chairman reports being attacked by petrol bombs
A mosque chairman has described how he was inside an Islamic cultural centre with a young family when it was hit by a suspected arson attack.
The Grimsby Islamic Cultural Centre was allegedly targeted by petrol bombs on Sunday night, despite an increased police presence in the area following another attack on the complex three days ago.
Humberside police said a fire was started at the centre on Weelsby Road shortly before 10pm. No one was injured. Two people were arrested by officers patrolling in the area.
The chairman of the mosque, Diler Gharib, told the Grimsby Telegraph: "We had just finished our prayers and were discussing how to thank our neighbours for the support they have shown us over the past few days when we heard a bang and saw fire coming under the door. » | Press Association | Monday, May 27, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Calls were growing last night for Anjem Choudary, the radical Islamist accused of brainwashing one of the Woolwich murder suspects, to be placed under a new terror control order.
It is estimated that one in five terrorists convicted in Britain over the past decade were either members of or linked to al-Muhajiroun, the extremist group founded by Choudary and the exiled preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed.
Choudary, 46, and a lawyer by training, has never been convicted of any offence, much to the frustration of British authorities.
But the revelation last week that al-Muhajiroun had played a large part in radicalising Michael Adebolajo, 28, who is accused of murdering a soldier outside Woolwich Barracks, has renewed pressure on the Home Office to find a way of dealing with Choudary. » | Robert Mendick, and Robert Watts | Sunday, May 26, 2013
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