** 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 Evening Standard reports on a woman who chased her husband’s attacker along the platform at Upton Park tube station after an alleged racist assault on the train on Monday 17 October. Kilian Ahmed, 35, shouted out at the man and chased him along the platform after her husband, Jubair Ahmed,...
The Evening Standard reports on yet another case of a Muslim woman being targeted in an alleged hate crime with news of a 25 year old victim who wears a headscarf being subjected to racist abuse abroad the Overground service from Stratford station. The regional paper reports the incident happened...
The Scottish Daily Record front page story today covers video footage of Jim Dowson, the founder of Britain First, soliciting donations for far rights groups Shipka Bulgarian National Movement and Knights Templar International to help support their work keeping out refugee “invaders” and...
The Press and Journal reports on the sentencing of a woman who racially abused a customer at a bank on 7 June. Michelle Horrell, 47, appeared before Elgin Sherriff Court in connection with an incident at the Elgin High Street branch of the Bank of Scotland. The court heard Ms Horrell was on the...
BBC News reports on the arrest of a 41 year old male in connection with a suspected arson attack on a cultural centre in Bishopbriggs, in Glasgow, days after the Paris attacks last November. The centre, also known as Al Sarouk, is used as a mosque by locals and was set alight in the early […]
The Wigan Observer reports on the jailing of a man who tried to force a cyclist off the road before physically assaulting him. Liam Mountford, 30, admitted racially aggravated assault and driving without insurance or licence when he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court in connection with the attack...
The Ilford Recorder carries an interview with the Muslim victim who was accosted on Oxford Street by a man who “repeatedly” told her to remove her headscarf before attempting to forcibly remove it himself. Sophia Darr, 47, who lives in Barkingside in East London, told the local paper...
The Daily Mail reports on an alleged early morning attack on a Muslim woman as she walked along Oxford Street, in central London, earlier this month. The paper notes details from the incident which happened at around 8.15am on 4 October. The victim, a Muslim woman in her 40s, was walking along the...
News site Somerset Live reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused a Turkish national in Yeovil before pinning him down and biting his nose. Dale Ashford, 32, was out of prison on license when the incident happened on 6 June. He was refused entry at a JD Wetherspoon in Yeovil town...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on the sentencing of a man who verbally abused a Muslim teenager before driving his car toward the youngster forcing him to take refuge behind a wall. Lee Blenkin, 49, appeared before Kirklees magistrates’ court last week in connection with the incident on...
