** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Plymouth Herald reports on the court appearance of two Royal Navy sailors who are accused of racially abusing two men as they left an Islamic centre in Plymouth in the early hours on 12 June. The incident, outside the Plymouth Islamic Education Trust (Piety) in Greenbank Avenue occurred during...
BBC News reports on anti-Muslim leaflets found on car windscreens outside a mall in Lisburn, County Antrim. The leaflets, which state “No jihad here! Northern Ireland under threat” were spotted on Saturday afternoon outside the Bow Street Mall in the city of Lisburn. The leaflet,...
The Glasgow Evening Times reports on the fine imposed on a man who accused an off duty bus driver of having a “bomb on him” and branded passengers “f****** Muslims” when they failed to join him in singing Christmas carols. Hugh Stewart, 49, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff...
The Guardian, Metro and BBC News all report on the sentencing of the deputy leader of far right group Britain First, Jayda Fransen, after being found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment following an outburst against a Muslim woman, in front of her four young children, at the...
BBC News and The Guardian report on a teacher of Religious Education who has been struck off by a professional conduct panel for posting anti-Islam messages on Facebook and attending a protest organised by the far right group, Britain First. Nicholas Hall, 53, who taught at the Soar Valley...
The Daily Mail and Daily Express reproduce a report from Stoke-based local paper, The Sentinel, about the arrest of a man in his 30s by police following the appearance of Facebook threats about burning mosques on Bonfire Night. The local paper was alerted to the social media posts by a woman...
The Guardian and Metro report on the award granted to PC Nadeem Saddique in his tribunal case against Cleveland Police over allegations of racism. PC Saddique, who trained as a firearms officer and worked as a VIP Close Protection Officer, guarding members of the Royal Family and former PM Tony...
The Express and Star reports on a case heard at Dudley magistrates court last week involving an elderly white male man who stood trial for a racially aggravated public order offence after taking exception to an elderly “brown man” being offered a seat on a bus over him. Prosecutor...
The Western Telegraph reports on a jailing of a man who abused his former landlord after an alleged dispute over his eviction process. Daryl Matthew Stephens, 25, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to using racially aggravated threatening behaviour towards Ali Toyeb Rahman on 18 June when he...
The victim of an alleged assault has spoken of his “disgust” at having to wait six weeks for police to take a witness statement after the suspected hate crime, according to the Wiltshire Times. The victim says the delayed police response to his assault may now mean the perpetrators...
