The Norwich Advertiser reports that Reverend Alan Clifford, whose church was banned from holding a bookstall in the town centre after complaints were made about ‘hate-motivated’ anti-Islamic leaflets being distributed, has denied having links to the far-right EDL. The EDL are planning their...
There were a number of articles published last week in response to the report published by the Safeguarding Children’s Board in Rochdale, which investigated multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation. The report followed the conviction of nine men for their involvement in the sexual...
BBC News reports that the leader of the BNP in Stoke on Trent and a former councillor, Michael Coleman, has been given a suspended jail sentence after he was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment for using racist language on his website. From the BBC: “A British National Party member and...
BBC News reports on the English Defence League demonstration in Walsall at the weekend in which 28 people were arrested. From BBC News: “Police have made 28 arrests following a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL) in Walsall town centre. “West Midlands Police said up to 1,000...
The Herald Scotland Sunday edition carried a three-page feature article yesterday looking at the various facets of the presence of Islam and Muslims in Scotland. The article follows a demonstration organised by the Muslim Council of Scotland in protest of the Youtube video ‘Innocence of...
The Express and The Sun both report on a BBC documentary to be screened on BBC Three this evening, ‘The Conspiracy Roadtrip’, on some of the conspiracy theories which have circulated around the July 7th London bombings. From the Sunday Express: “A controversial new BBC documentary which...
The Norwich Evening News reports that the English Defence League are planning to hold their first demonstration in Norwich later this year. The demonstration, which is planned for November, has been organised in protest against a violation of ‘freedom of speech’ according to the EDL. It follows...
BBC News reports on the latest in a string of protests that have been held in Leicester against proposals to lease a former Scouts hut building to a Muslim group who want to turn it into a community centre. From the BBC: “A protest attended by about 100 people has been held at Leicester City...
The Guardian has reported on the results of a poll carried out by polling agency YouGov on voter perceptions of conflict and coexistence between ‘the West and the Muslim world’. The survey also questioned respondents about the anti-Islam film made in the US, ‘Innocence of Muslims’....
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a new development in the far right British Freedom Party – it has appointed a English Defence League activist as its South West regional coordinator. From IW: “Earlier this week the English Defence League’s political wing, the British Freedom party,...
