The Littlehampton Gazette reports on the motion to be submitted to Adur District Council by a Muslim councillor after he was subjected to racial abuse in the weeks leading up to the EU referendum. Cllr Sami Zeglam, 24, said that he received abuse on Twitter and in direct exchanges with instances...
The Yorkshire Post reports on an alleged incident of racist abuse against Muslim councillor Nadeem Ahmed, leader of the Conservative group on Wakefield Council. The local paper reports Cllr Ahmed claims he was recently abused on two separate occasions, when he “was out running in his Wakefield...
The Northern Echo reports on a number of hate crime incidents in the north east of England since last Friday’s Brexit vote. The paper notes the reaction of local community groups and public officials, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird, and County Durham and Darlington’s...
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports on a police appeal for information in connection with an incident of Islamophobic abuse at a Morrison’s store in Walthamstow on Saturday 4 June. Zubair Munsif uploaded video footage of an elderly man launching an Islamophobic tirade as he shopped in the...
BBC News, the Evening Telegraph and The Courier report on the court appearance of a man accused of racially aggravated abuse towards Muslim staff at the Curry Junction takeaway shop in Dundee. Joel Justice, 25, was in the shop ordering food past 11 o’clock on 29 April when he verbally...
The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged post-Brexit hate crime incident in the capital relating the experience of a young Muslim male who was attacked by a man brandishing a crowbar. Adil Jamil, 23, was driving a friend home after leaving a Clapton mosque just after midnight on...
The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged racist incident at the Royal College of Art yesterday where Muslim artist, Yasmeen Sabri, was exhibiting her ‘Walk a Mile in her Veil’ exhibition. Sabri, whose art exhibition includes a display showing a mannequin in a burqa, said the woman...
The Liverpool Echo and The Mirror report on the jailing of two brothers who racially abused a man and threatened him with a knife in front of his seven year old daughter. Liverpool Crown Court heard the incident happened on 6 May 2016 outside Netherton Park Neighbourhood Centre in Bootle,...
The Labour Party today published the report by the Shami Chakrabarti Inquiry into anti-semitism, racism and Islamophobia. The Inquiry, which was launched last month, set out to consult with Muslim, Jewish and other minority communities and Labour party members in order to establish a statement of...
The Croydon Advertiser reports on advice issued by the Muslim Association of Croydon telling Muslims to report hate crime after incidents of racist abuse directed at Muslim women in the south London borough. Ashfaq Arain, general secretary of the Muslim Association of Croydon said there has...
