** 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,...
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...
The Coventry Telegraph reports a racist incident at the West Orchards shopping centre in Coventry last Saturday where a witness claimed a Muslim family were repeatedly abused. The witness told the local paper he was on the escalator when he heard the abuse. The witness, who asked to remain...
The Chester Standard reports on the guilty verdict passed on a woman standing trial for assaulting a taxi driver. Patricia Young, 43, was found guilty of racially aggravated assault against KingKabs driver Muhammad Iqbal at Chester Magistrates Court. The court heard Mr Iqbal picked up four...
The London Evening Standard and The Metro report on the jailing of two men for throwing strips of bacon into a mosque in Camden last month. Mateusz Pawlikowski, 22, and Piotr Czak-Zukowski, 28, both Polish nationals, threw the meat inside the Al-Rahman Mosque at around 7pm on 2 October. Each of the...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on the fine imposed on a man who called takeaway staff “f****** Al Qaeda” and “P****” after a drunken night out. Michael Birch, 35, walked into the takeaway shop on Market Street in Milnsbridge on 19 September asking for a lift home. The...
