The Home Office today released statistics on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation from 2011-12. The data looks at arrests, outcomes and stop and searches in Great Britain for the 2011/12 period. Some of the key findings are summarised below:...
The Sunday Times (£) over the weekend carried a front page article on ‘Islamic child brides’ (also covered in the Mail on Sunday and the Sun). The story, based on an undercover investigation by reporter Mazher Mahmood, saw Mahmood posing as a father wanting to marry off his twelve year old...
An investigation carried out by Reuters news agency has found that the anti-Islam Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, has received funding from US based organisations, notably the pro-Israel Middle East Forum. Wilders is the founder and leader of the extreme far-right Dutch Freedom Party. The party...
The news site Salon excerpts material from a new book by Nathan Lean and John Esposito on the ‘Islamophobia Industry’ in the US and Europe, uncovering the means and methods used by the conservative right to manufacture fear and loathing of Muslims. From Salon: “As is the case with any...
The Waltham Forest Guardian has reported that just weeks after they marched through the heavily Muslim populated area of Walthamstow in London, the EDL are planning another protest to take place next month. From the local paper: “The English Defence League (EDL) is planning to march through...
Following reports last week on the sentencing of a group of EDL supporters for attacking individuals gathered in a pub which was hosting an anti-racism concert, The Star on Sunday reports that a soldier who was among those involved in the attack, and whose connections to the English Defence League...
There were a number of comment pieces published in the weekend papers on the cases brought by four Christians who have taken cases of alleged religious discrimination in the workplace to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In the Sunday Express, Neil Hamilton writes, “For nearly 2,000...
There was an interesting report on BBC News regarding the sentencing of a man who had a bomb workshop at his home and a number of ‘sophisticated’ explosives. The man who claimed bomb-making was ‘a hobby’ was given with an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) and banned from...
The Northern Echo reports that a man who made threats on Facebook to bomb Asian restaurants ‘Oslo-style’ has been charged with ‘sending offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages or matters’ and will appear in court later this month. From the local paper: “A man has been charged...
Wales Online reports the reaction of politicians to comments made on Facebook by independent Welsh councilor, Mike Harris, in support of classifying all immigrants to the UK as ‘illegal’. Harris declares his support for the BNP’s immigration policies and links to the far right anti-Muslim...
