The Daily Record reports on the court appearance of a man who admitted threatening to smash up a newsagents in Paisley on 4 February 2016. Sean Little, 23, pleaded guilty to behaving in a racially aggravated manner likely to cause alarm and distress, uttering threats and threatening to damage the...
Chronicle Live reported yesterday on how the sentencing of a man accused of ripping off a woman’s niqab in a shopping centre had been delayed. 55-year-old Peter Scotter of Sunderland was set to appear at Newcastle Crown Court after he admitted to the charges of racially aggravated assault and...
We are shocked and saddened by the act of mindless violence that took place at Westminster and our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost loved ones and with those that were injured during this incident. This act of violence is utterly deplorable and one that will find no room in any...
The Middle East Eye reported yesterday on comments made by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, noted for being the first British Muslim woman to have held a cabinet post in the UK government. In an interview for the Sunday Times on 19 March ahead of the release of her book The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim...
The Daily Record reported on 20 March that a Conservative election candidate was suspended for allegedly posting anti-Islamic messages on her Twitter account on 28 February. 30-year-old Roxana Iancu was accused of posting a picture of a coin with the caption “This 2000 year old coin says Israel...
The Daily Record reported on 20 March that a Conservative election candidate was suspended for allegedly posting anti-Islamic messages on her Twitter account on 28 February. 30-year-old Roxana Iancu was accused of posting a picture of a coin with the caption “This 2000 year old coin says Israel...
The Guardian is among several news outlets reporting on the ruling from the European Court of Justice stating that companies may be allowed to ban the hijab as part of internal rules prohibiting political, philosophical or religious symbols in the workplace. The ruling follows the cases of Samira...
Local news outlet Exeter Express and Echo reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused a homeless woman outside a cinema in Exeter in December 2016. James Brett, 29, admitted racially aggravated harassment after shouting and swearing at the woman and a man who were sleeping rough on the...
Nike has revealed its plans to make global sports more inclusive for women with the introduction of a performance hijab to better serve Muslim female athletes — the Nike Pro Hijab. Available from next year in both dark and neutral colours, the pull-on hijab is made of a single layer of thin,...
There has been some quite animated fist-thumping at the interview by the Muslim News with the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, in which the opposition leader spoke of the party’s manifesto pledge to get serious about Islamophobia (and anti-Semitism). The Labour manifesto, and BAME manifesto, refers to...
