Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a report in a local paper, The Sentinel, on the trial of the former councillor and current leader of the British National Party (BNP) in Stoke-on-Trent, Michael Coleman. Coleman is charged with racially aggravated harassment relating to racist articles he posted on...
The London Evening Standard yesterday reported on the planned re-launch of a bid by the Tablighi Jamaat Muslim group to build a 12.000 capacity mosque in West Ham. Not surprisingly, given the ES’s coverage of the mosque planning application in the past, the article is headlined ‘fears over...
There has been media coverage on BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph of a landmark case regarding religious discrimination against four Christians which is being heard at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). All four claim that they were...
Following reports last week on the disturbing comments of support for terrorist Anders Breivik by alleged English Defence League supporter, Philip Horn, the Daily Mail, Kent Online and the Sun have all reported on his subsequent arrest by Kent Police. From the Daily Mail: “A British dad has been...
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports on the sentencing of nine EDL supporters, aged between fifteen and thirty-one, for attacking a pub in Leeds which was hosting an anti-racism rock concert. From the YEP: “A gang of English Defence League supporters caused terror when they attacked a pub as an...
Local paper, the Skegness Standard, reports on the National Front’s latest target in its slew of anti-Muslim activities, the proposal for a halal abattoir in Skegness. The far right, racist organisation is planning a demonstration in Skegness on Saturday September 15th and distributing flyers...
There’s still more in the press today about the new BBC sitcom Citizen Khan which aired on Monday night. The Daily Mail prints comments made by the show’s creator and star, Adil Ray, addressing viewer reactions to certain scenes, Ray tells the paper: “‘Citizen Khan is not a Muslim comedy,...
There is widespread coverage (Guardian, BBC, Sky, ITV and the Gloucestershire Echo) in the media on the sentencing of Simon Parkes to four months for committing an act of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage. Parkes tied a severed pig’s head to the gates of the Masjidul Falah mosque...
There is considerable coverage in the press today of reactions to the BBC’s new comedy show, Citizen Khan. The Guardian reports that the BBC may be investigated by Ofcom after 20 complaints were received by the broadcast regulator protesting of the show’s breach of the regulatory code covering...
The Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph all report on a case of discrimination and unfair dismissal brought by an British – Arab immigration officer against the Home Office after he was sacked from his post at Gatwick Airport over alleged claims of ‘links to Islamic terrorism’....
