The Independent reports on the outcome of the trial of Liam Ferrars, 24, who pleaded guilty last month to religiously aggravated harassment after he left a pig’s head outside the doors of the Thurnby Lodge centre in Leicester on Boxing Day last year. The former Scouts Hut was being used for...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to the apology issued by Pink News to Islam Channel after it erroneously implicated the Channel in a story concerning OfCom rulings against specialist broadcasters found to have breached the regulator’s code. It would appear Pink News was nothing short of careless in...
The Berwick Advertiser reports on steps being taken by Northumbria Police ahead of the Scottish Defence League’s demonstration in Berwick tomorrow, Saturday 16th. The local paper notes that “Posts on a Facebook group under the [SDL] branch’s name contain a series of anti-Islamic references...
BBC News reports that the people behind a proposed mosque in Chipping Norton, which won council approval last week, are seeking a new venue following an alleged arson threat received by the building’s current tenant. “Georg Wissinger said he had since received a threat that it would be...
The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertiser follows its report last week, on the planning approval granted by the local council to the Oswestry Muslim Society for converting a 19th century Presbyterian church into an Islamic centre with news of the BNP’s criticism of local churches for supporting...
Daniel Trilling in an opinion piece for the Mirror newspaper covers the launch at the weekend of the British Democratic Party (BDP). Trilling, author of the book ‘Bloody Nasty People’, writes of the BDP’s roots:“On Saturday, veteran neo-Nazis – all disgruntled ex-members of the BNP –...
Local paper, the Yellow Advertiser, reports on internet trolls targeting Essex Police Force’s social media sites with racist posts after the police force issued an appeal on Friday for witnesses to an attack on a mosque in Southend, Essex. The paper reports that the act of vandalism occurred on...
‘Mosque to be built on Cameron’s doorstep‘ is the headline of an article in yesterday’s Mail on Sunday reporting on the approval by Chipping Norton town council of a mosque planning application. The Mail on Sunday helpfully provides demographics for the town stating,...
The Mail on Sunday yesterday reported on the growing popularity of the ‘burkini’ among non-Muslim women in the article, ‘The great British burkini boom’. The report claims “burkinis – swimwear originally designed for Islamic women to protect their modesty – are soaring in popularity...
The Wolverhampton Express and Star reports on the suspended prison sentence handed to an English Defence League protestor charged with a public order offence committed during an EDL demo in Walsall. The local paper reports: “Peter Jelley was caught on CCTV gesturing and shouting at a line of...
