The BBC reports that two British soldiers have been arrested over claims that they sexually abused two Afghan children. From the BBC: “Two servicemen from the Mercian Battle Group have been arrested over claims that they abused two Afghan children aged about 10.
The BBC Asian Network has reported on the ‘Growing use of Sharia by UK Muslims’. The article on the BBC explores the increase in voluntary use of Sharia courts and arbitration tribunals alongside or as an alternative to common British Law to resolve civil disputes by Muslims but also...
An article in The Guardian has stated that a leading barrister has called for Britain to be more educated about sharia law, stating that Islamic law can be compatible with the with the “toughest human rights legislation.” Speaking to the Guardian, Sadakat Kadri, who studied at Harvard Law...
There were several developments over the weekend regarding the English Defence League. Islamophobia Watch reported that the EDL staged a protest in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham (a borough which from 2006-2010 had 12 BNP councillors) on Saturday the 14th January, however only around...
Fresh allegations of British complicity in the torture of a British prisoner in Guantanamo Bay emerged over the weekend. The allegations come from Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. Held for ten years without charge, Aamer claims that an MI5 officer was present...
The Evening Standard front page yesterday lead with news of the Metropolitan Police Service’s decision to “dramatically reduce” the number of random stop and searches in a bid to improve relations with ethnic minorities and to address the problem of alienation. The news follows the...
The BBC reports on the launching of an inquiry by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of UK complicity in the rendition and torture of two Libyan men, Abdel Hakim Belhadj and Sami al-Saadi. In a joint statement the DPP and MPS also refer to their...
The editor of the Daily Star, Dawn Neesom yesterday faced a ‘grilling’ for her ‘anti-Islam coverage’ whilst in a hearing at the Leveson Inquiry, Islamophobia Watch has reported. Neesom was questioned on the overall stance of the paper towards Islam and Muslims, and was also confronted with...
The Middlesbrough Evening Gazette reports on the six month sentence passed on a teenager who repeatedly punched a Muslim taxi driver in the face before absconding without paying his fare. From the Gazette: “A teenager has been locked up for a “bizarre and outlandish” race hate attack on an...
The Guardian and Daily Telegraph today report on the video footage which shows four US marines in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans. The incident has sparked condemnation from all parties involved in the conflict in Afghanistan, including NATO, with the US Secretary of State for...
