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Passion Islam I December 2008 LOCAL & NATIONAL NEWS I 7
UK seeking more spy recruits
from ethnic minorities
Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence
agency has launched a new drive
to recruit more spies from the
country’s 10 percent ethnic minority
communities.
Head of recruitment at the Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS) said that the
agency needed more black and Asian
spies to cope with changing threats to
British security.
After the Cold War, MI6 needed to
be ‘more flexible, more adaptable’ in
facing different threats, requiring more
people from diverse backgrounds, the
head of recruitment, identified only as
‘John’, told the Guardian newspaper.
The foreign intelligence agency
started to recruit spies, including from
minority communities, openly for the
first time through its website two years
ago.
The Guardian quoted its source But the aim was to get more, he network at certain universities’ -
saying that 10 percent of its latest said, quoting that the proportion of - a euphemism used primarily in
intake of high flyers -- people who will women in top jobs in the domestic reference to Oxford and Cambridge.
be trained to gather secret intelligence Security Service, MI5, has been But more recently, it has been
and recruit and run agents abroad - running at about 50 percent.
placing advertisements in the media,
- were from ethnic minorities, and Previously the agency used to including newspapers that were aimed
about 35 percent female.
recruit by putting a ‘talent spotter at an ethnic minority readership.
Islamic Societies raise £330,000 for Charity
The Federation of Student Islamic
Societies (FOSIS) in the UK and
Eire today announced that Islamic
Societies raised £330,000 for Charity
Week 2008.
Qasim Rafiq, spokesman for
FOSIS, said, “We are delighted to
announce that Islamic Societies
across the UK and Ireland have
raised a phenomenal £330,000
for Charity Week 2008, proceeds
of which will go towards orphans
worldwide. This student-led initiative
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, unique in its format, was setup in
2004 in conjunction with Islamic
Relief, bringing together students from
across university campuses to raise
awareness and money for a charitable
cause. Since then, Charity Week
has proved to be a huge success,
uniting students from different races,
backgrounds and religions and has
continually surpassed the previous
year’s total.”
He further added, “This clearly
demonstrates that despite the pressure
and undue criticism experienced
following the tragedies of 9/11 and
7/7, Islamic Societies continue to
provide excellent opportunities,
skills and experiences and are an
integral component of student life in
university. We would therefore like to
take this opportunity to congratulate
all the students and Islamic Societies
that took part in this initiative and we
hope that Charity Week 2009 will see
a further increase in the total amount
raised”
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