This evening, Abdullah Hakim Quick will be speaking at Kings College University London- after having reportedly denounced the ‘filth’ of Jews and espousing “death” as the Islamic position on homosexuality.
Kings College University have stated that should the content of the meeting offend, the event would be halted, however further to the implications of the Christmas [...]
LSE Students’ Union recently passed a controversial referendum to change the LSESU constitution. Due to the referendum’s slim margin—475 students for and 472 against—it became the focal point of debate on LSE’s campus in the last weeks. The so-called Reforms Referendum passed new rules regarding UGMs and gave the LSESU a new constitution which emphasized, [...]
Last Friday, Westminster University were due to play host to Jamal Harwood, a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s Executive Committee speaking alongside Dr. Jean Francois Mayer a Swiss academic and founder of the Religioscope Institute. Further to pressure from the National Union of Students, alongside various meetings held within the university, the event was [...]
Last night, Student Rights was denied entry from an event advertised on Facebook, which was due to take place on UCL campus. The meeting was hosted by ISOC at the university, and welcomed Yvonne Ridley, as well as a minister from the current Iranian regime (via videolink) discussing the Iranian Revolution of 31 years ago.
The [...]
Israel’s Deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon visited the Oxford Union on Monday night, with the occasion turning sour when a student and member of the Union shouted Itbach Al-Yahud (slaughter the jews) at him. Ayalon is said to be considering legal action against the protestor.
Mr. Ayalon described the heckle as, “tantamount to a call for [...]
Controversial speaker Azzam Tamimi is due to speak on a university campus again tonight, after the recent furore over his appearance at Birmingham University just a few weeks ago.
Recently, the Israel Society at Cambridge University cancelled speaker Benny Morris due to pressure from various sources who claimed Mr. Morris held views that were contrary to [...]
Yesterday (04/02/09) National Director Raheem Kassam spoke to Eddie Nestor on the Drivetime Show for BBC Radio London 94.9FM. Speaking alongside Paul Cottrell, National Head of Public Policy for the University and College Union, Raheem spoke about extremism on university campuses and how students, academics and families need to take a more active role [...]
This morning, the BBC posted this article regarding extremism on university campuses, citing how Special Branch officers are being deployed to universities to monitor the rise of extremism and radicalisation.
While David Lammy, the government’s Higher Education minister appreciates the concerns of the authorities, it has also been stated that universities are autonomous and therefore no [...]
The world’s greatest educational establishments are set to be overtaken by Chinese institutions, if you believe Professor Richard Levin, the President of Yale University.
But the competition is more than welcome, so say all of us! More universities striving for a place in the world top ten (currently dominated by the United Kingdom) will certainly [...]
Raheem Kassam, national director of anti-racism campaigners Student Rights, said, “Tamimi has supported martyrdom, boasted about his links to Hamas and glorified terrorism publicly. If we cannot stop things like this going forward on campuses, we are sure to see a terrifying increase in incidents such as the Detroit bombing attempt. Why are we still [...]
