** 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 Liverpool Echo and The Mirror report on another “P*** bashing” incident with news of an incident at a takeaway in Liverpool where three drunk schoolgirls racially abused and beat up staff. Hassan Ghazi, 61, had his nose broken in the assault when one of the girls struck him in the face with...
The Exeter Express and Echo reports that a man charged with offences of racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour against a Turkish kebab shop worker was cleared after two witnesses failed to show up in court. Craig Longstaff, 44, was charged in connection with the incident...
The Times and the Lancashire Telegraph report on the trial of a businessman and his two sons who were sentenced over an altercation at a bar in Whalley, Lancashire during which an Asian doorman was verbally abused. Vernon Charles Yerkess, 43, and his sons, Harrison Yerkess (18) and Benjamin Charles...
The Daily Record reports on another racist assault on an Asian schoolboy after footage from an incident in Edinburgh was uploaded on Twitter with the words “Smash a P*ki.” The paper reports the incident involving a “feral gang” of 13 year olds took place on 13 September in the...
The London Evening Standard reports on a suspected assault on an elderly man outside a mosque in north London. The paper reports a man in his 70s was found injured in the street outside the UK Albanian Muslim Community and Cultural Centre on Rupert Road, in south Kilburn, at around 3.40am on...
The Chingford Guardian reports on a bomb scare sparked at the St Peter and St Paul’s Church, in Chingford after a suspect package marked “only open if you are expert in the Quran” was left in the church last night. Police were called to the north London parish after the package was found...
Manchester Evening News reports on an alleged racist assault on a young Muslim boy in Chorlton, Greater Manchester last week (22 September). Rosina Sheraz posted a message on Facebook following the incident in which her 13 year old son was repeatedly called a “P***” before being punched in the...
The Daily Mail reports on the conviction of former UKIP prospective parliamentary candidate, Sam Naz, 33, for racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress after she subjected a Tesco employee to a barrage of verbal abuse in a supermarket car park last year. Ms Naz, who contested...
The Milton Keynes Citizen reports on an anti-racism rally to be held in Milton Keynes and organised by Stand Up to Racism, after an expectant mother lost her baby in a racist attack. The incident involving a headscarf wearing Muslim female who was attacked in a supermarket car park by a man...
The Shields Gazette reported yesterday on anti-Muslim stickers which have appeared in South Shields in Tyne and Wear bearing slogans like “Rapefugees not welcome”. The papers (see The Times (£) and Mirror) report on stickers which have been sighted on lamp-posts and bus stop shelter windows...
