Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind a podium that Barrack Obama was making a speech on in Detroit on Monday. Dressed in their traditional headscarves, volunteers working for the Democratic campaign were concerned that having them appear behind Obama in photographs or on television would have a negative… read more…

Conservative peer - and one half of the teddy teacher defence duo - Baroness Warsi spoke at the Guardian race equality conference today, on the difference between being of the Muslim faith and being a Muslim who buys into a culture of extremism. Full text here.  The media are loving… read more…