The Hull Daily Mail reports on an assault on a 10 year old Muslim boy who was “set upon” by a “gang of youths” who punched and kicked him as he played with friends in a local park. The incident, which happened around 7pm on Friday 22 April has left the victim “too...
The Asian Image newspaper relates a number of incidents of Islamophobia with Muslim women recounting their experiences at home, in the workplace and on public transport. The paper features interviews with a Muslim doctor, a mum with young children, a PhD student and an A level student all of...
The Sunderland Echo reports on the sentencing of two women who subjected an Iranian doorman to a 20 minute tirade of racist abuse outside Illusions nightclub in Sunderland city centre. Sunderland Magistrates’ Court heard that Kimberley McLeod, 27 and Jodie Connolly, 19 had been out drinking at...
The Courier reports on an initiative being developed by the Kirkcaldy Islamic Centre in Fife to host open days at the mosque in a bid to build friendly relations between Muslims and the local community. At a meeting held earlier this month with the SNP MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Roger...
The Daily Express and Daily Star report on a suspected hate crime incident at Totteridge mosque in High Wycombe on Wednesday 20 April. Thames Valley police are investigating a possible hate crime motive after a male youth was seen throwing bottles of alcohol at the mosque while Muslims were...
The Guardian publishes an opinion piece by columnist Richard Norton-Taylor in which he revisits the subject of the effects of the Iraq invasion on the radicalisation of young British Muslims and what, if anything, the long-awaited Chilcot inquiry report will make of it. The Inquiry report, which is...
Local east London newspaper, The Wharf, reports on the arrest of two men in connection with provocations outside the East London mosque organised by far right group, Britain First. The group have staged several protests outside the mosque on Whitechapel Road over the past few weeks posting footage...
The Guardian reports on warning by Maina Kiai, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, who has said the Government’s Prevent programme risks “promoting extremism, rather than countering it.” Kiai who has been on a three day...
The Evening Telegraph reports on the sentencing of a teenager for a string of offences including racially aggravated harassment causing fear, alarm or distress. Ryan Simpson, 19, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court on a range of charges. He was accused of stealing a tractor owned by Dundee City...
The Times (£) today returns to the topic of ‘prison radicalisation’, weeks after an article which claimed “Most jail imams teach anti-western values” (published on 7 February). The paper seems quite taken with a pending Ministry of Justice report written by former Home Office...
