The Metro yesterday reported on the alleged violent physical assault of a 23 year-old Muslim male by the police in Birmingham. From the paper: “Khurum Ali Khan, 23, claims he was held hostage for 90 minutes after he was pulled over in his car and given an £80 fine for possessing one...
The Daily Mail yesterday published an article looking at the issue of forced marriages in the UK. The article by Sue Reid highlights concerns over the rise of the practice of forced marriages in the UK citing Government figures from the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU). The Unit received over 1,700...
The Scottish Government Social Research unit has published a report on Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland 2010-11. The report states that it cannot provide a comprehensive picture on the prevalence of religiously offensive conduct in Scotland due largely to under-reporting of such...
The Guardian reports on a Scotland Yard inquiry prompted by Sami al-Saadi, one of the leaders of the Libyan revolution and member of the Transitional National Council, to investigate the alleged involvement of British security services in his mistreatment and torture. In 2004, the entire...
Islamophobia Watch draws attention to an attack of vandalism on the Masjid-E-Umar in Darlaston, West Midlands as reported on the website Suite 101. The mosque doors were spray painted with a giant poppy with the words ‘Burn this one’ brandished across it. “The Masjid-E-Umar in...
Babar Ahmad is a British citizen who has been detained without charge under Terrorism legislation for over 7 years and is facing extradition to the US. To the dismay of those campaigning for him to be put on trial in the UK, a debate on a e- petition calling for his trial to […]
The Ilford Recorder reports on an incident of racially aggravated verbal abuse directed at a burqa-wearing Muslim woman in east London. From the local paper: “India McConnell, of Netley Road, Newbury Park, stood in front of a woman wearing a burka before shouting a racist slur and telling her...
Academics at Lancaster University have completed an ESRC financed research project on ‘The representation of Muslims in the British press 1998-2009‘. The researchers analysed over 200,000 media articles written on Islam and Muslim over the eleven year period. The research is the most...
The Guardian last Friday reported on the proceedings of an information tribunal case concerning disclosure of intelligence documents relating to British security services’ alleged involvement in the secret rendition of UK residents to prisons where they were abused and tortured. Andrew Tyrie...
On Friday the BBC reported the arrest of over 170 EDL supporters outside a pub on Parliament Street on Friday. The EDL had gathered to observe the Armistice Day ceremony though in previous years their presence has been in counter-protest to the group Muslims Against Crusades which was banned by...
