BBC News, Wales Online and ITV News report on the demonstration by far-right protestors and counter demonstrators in the town of Llangefni, Wales at the weekend. Members of the far-right group “Infidels of North Wales” gathered on Saturday 21 November to protest against the “Islamification of...
The Rhyl Journal reports that a 38 year old man has been charged with racially/religiously aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage after a firework was set off at the Rhyl Islamic Centre on Wednesday 11 November. No one was injured in the attack which happened at around 8.50pm in the...
The Daily Record reports that a man suspected of sending Scottish Government Minister, Humza Yousaf, a racist message on Twitter has admitted doing so. Johnathan McAuley, 20, sent a tweet to Mr Yousaf in March 2015, in response to an exchange about former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson....
The Daily Record and Herald Scotland report on an announcement by Police Scotland’s Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone that 64 racial and religious hate crimes have been reported to the police a week since the Paris massacre last Friday. Senior officers from Police Scotland said the number...
Online blog Common Space, the Daily Express, Daily Record and Asian Image all cover the reported torrent of racist abuse directed at Scottish minister Humza Yousaf on social media in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris. The messages sent via Facebook and twitter and described as an...
According to data released by the Pew Research Center from an international survey of ten countries with significant Muslim populations and Israel, overwhelmingly negative opinions of ISIS prevail. In the wake of the atrocities committed in Paris and Beirut, the Pew Research Center conducted a...
The Glasgow Evening Times reports that a cultural centre in the city that is used by Muslims has been the target of an arson attack. The Bishopbriggs Cultural Centre, also known as Al Sarouk, was set alight in the early hours on 17 November. Fire crews were called to the location at around...
BBC News reports on an petrol bomb attack on the home of a Muslim family in Ballymena, County Antrim in a suspected religious hate crime incident. Four people who were in the house escaped injury when a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of the house at around 1am on 17 November. Margaret...
The Herald Scotland reports on news from Police Scotland of a sharp increase in religious hate crimes in the wake of the Paris massacre last week. Police Scotland have investigated a number of religiously motivated hate crimes since last Friday, with Deputy Chief Constable, Iain Livingstone,...
The Metro and the International Business Times report on a UKIP candidate who has been condemned for suggesting that mosques should to be closed in the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris last week. Adrian Howard, who won more than 6,000 votes when he stood to be MP for Macclesfield...
