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Heard the one about the three Muslims intent on taking over the world?

Unfortunately for the English Defence League and other preachers of hate, this trio has no interest in causing trouble or engaging in street battles. Rather three American comedians - Preacher Moss, Usman Azhar and Mohammed Aamer - are part of the Allah Made Me Funny - an official Muslim comedy tour who are on a mission to break down social barriers and remove religious prejudices by using the power of comedy as a vehicle of peace.

Senior Liberal Democrats including the Leader Nick Clegg, former Leader Paddy Ashdown, and Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone, engaged in what has become an annual orgy of, ‘We must have better representation within our party’.

Not for the first time, Leader Nick Clegg told a packed audience the trouble with our party is that  there are too many ‘men like me’, - white and middle class - and not enough women and Black and minority ethnic MP’s or members.

There was some respite for the travellers based at Dale Farm in Essex after they won a court injunction delaying their planned eviction.

Residents won the injunction preventing Basildon Council from clearing the site pending a further hearing at the High Court on Friday.

Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart granted the injunction at London's High Court on the basis that there was a realistic apprehension that the measures to be taken - while genuinely believed in by the council - "may go further" than the terms of the enforcement notices.

He said,

Ahmed Sule of CFA examines society’s attitude towards two different individuals with similar backgrounds, but different fates.

Around 28 years ago in Mogadishu, Somalia, a woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The child was given the name Mohammed. Three years earlier in 1980 in Ghana, another woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Kweku.

Aged eight, Mohammed left Djibouti (where he was based after his birth) for England to join his father in the UK. Likewise Kweku also came to England at the age of eleven in 1991.

When the Libyan uprising first occurred in February, everyone backed the rebel fighters looking to topple Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his torturous regime. From President Barack Obama to Prime Minister David Cameron and even NATO gave their support to the fighters.

But with reports and allegations emerging of suspected "ethnic cleansing" against Black people living in Libya, all the leaders seem to have lost their voice.

Here's a quiz question: Which football manager has coached England in the most internationals? Sir Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson, Terry Venables even? 

It is one of questions which could pop up in a pub quiz and many would probably struggle to answer it let alone think that the record is held by a woman.

There are many novels which have stood the test of time, where the issues and themes explored in the book remain relevant today.

One which sticks out is Anthony Burgess' cult classic A Clockwork Orange, published in 1962 and brought to life on the big screen by director Stanley Kubrick in 1980.

The story centres on a dystopian society, where lawless gangs carry out acts of violence without reason, other than to alleviate their boredom.

The Coalition Government’s already tarnished reputation for not effectively addressing race inequality took another turn for the worse yesterday. Government officials announced it would be boycotting the UN General Assembly conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on 22 September in New York.

Proposed government changes to the voting system could remove as many as 10 million voters, predominantly poor, young or Black.

The Electoral Commission, along with electoral administrators and other campaigners warned introducing Individual Voter Registration (IVR) could have a serious impact on future elections.

Britain will boycott a United Nations event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism on September 22 due to the anti-Semitic atmosphere in which the conference was held.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said the event was not one to be celebrated as it was an unpleasant and divisive chapter in the UN's history.

Hague said,