A recent article notes that the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is facing increasing pressure from governmental bodies to comply more actively with the requirements and recommendations of the Prevent duty. SOAS has attracted scorn from right-wing politicians and media for...
The Home Affairs Committee on ‘Hate crime and its violent consequences inquiry’ held an oral evidence session on the 20th of February 2018 with the following witnesses: Baroness Warsi; Professor Chris Frost, Chair of the Ethics Council of the National Union of Journalists; Mr. Nazir Afzal,...
A woman from Maidstone, Frankie Jo Schock, has been found guilty by the Maidstone Magistrates Court of biting a Muslim taxi driver. The court heard that the defendant bit the Muslim driver in a drunken state after asking the driver whether he was a “good or bad Muslim”. It was detailed that Ms....
The weekend witnessed the spectacular return of the nation-wide initiative #VisitMyMosque, facilitated by the Muslim Council of Britain, which saw hundreds of mosques opening their doors and playing host to thousands of Britons. Major figures of the political spectrum sought to make the most of the...
The Telegraph has issued an apology to Nasim Ashraf and his wife Hafisan Zaman acknowledging that their article, published on the 20th of February 2017, made unfounded allegations against the two. The article – no longer available on The Telegraph’s website – was written by Henry...
Royal Mail has been told by ACAS – the impartial public body that acts as an arbitrator on workplace disputes – to pay £10,000 to seven men each, due to the organisation’s inaction over their complaints in regards to a racist KKK note. The note was left at the Royal Mail’s South West...
Numerous organizations have been quick to urge the Home Office to ban entry to Mr. Rafal Ziemkiewicz, a Polish far-right speaker, in response to Mr. Ziemkiewicz’s planned upcoming events in Bristol and Cambridge. Mr. Ziemkiewicz is a Polish author and journalist who has been heavily criticised...
On the 12th of February 2018, Coleraine Magistrates Court sentenced Mr. Ciaran McKeown to 10 months prison for spitting on and verbally abusing a doctor at Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He was accused of calling the doctor a “P*** B******” and spitting on the doctor’s...
It has emerged that Ms. Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Ofsted, is to be questioned by MPs about her vocal support for a ban on hijabs in schools, after heavy criticism from community leaders. The Parliamentary education select committee will question Ms. Spielman’s comments in regards to...
A senior scout leader, Mr. Brian Walker, has been dismissed from his post after writing to Scouting magazine to protest over their feature of a scout leader who was a Muslim and wore the niqab. Mr. Walker, in regards to the niqab, said in his email: “they will most likely drown wearing that Darth...
