** 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 Guardian reports a suspected hate crime in Edinburgh after the city’s central mosque suffered minor fire damage caused by an object thrown in the early hours of Sunday 18 September. Edinburgh central mosque in the Potterrow area of the city was targeted in what police are calling a hate...
A woman who racially abused a Muslim female and assaulted her father over a parking dispute has been convicted on four counts including one count of assault by beating, racially-aggravated assault by beating, racially-aggravated threatening words with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful...
The Times reports that the woman who lost her baby in a racially aggravated attack outside a Co-op store in Milton Keynes is Muslim. Thames Valley Police yesterday reported the incident took place on 6 August in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. A 34 year old pregnant woman was racially abused and...
The Ilford Recorder reports on the proceedings of a trial at Romford magistrates court involving alleged incidents of racial assault arising from a dispute over parking. Adeola Adebayo, 24, is charged with 10 offences including five of racially/religiously aggravated common assault, two counts of...
The Derby Telegraph reports on a trial at Derby Crown Court involving a man who is alleged to have called two female neighbours “Isis slags” and “Isis bitches”. Christopher Blurton was charged with racially aggravated harassment in connection with the alleged offences which...
The Nottingham Post reports on a fine imposed on a man who abused a Muslim asking him “Have you got your suicide belt?” Modou Ceesay, 40, appeared before Nottingham magistrates on Friday 9 September in connection with the incident. The court heard that the victim was visiting a sick...
The Times and Star reports on a “road rage” incident in which a woman racially abused and spat at a Muslim man. Laura Morgan, 31, appeared at West Cumbria Magistrates Court today and admitted racially aggravated common assault on Ekren Yusuf. The court heard Morgan was driving in her car and...
The Blackpool Gazette reports on a fine imposed on a teenage soldier who, after a drunken bout of racially and religiously aggravated behaviour on a trip to Blackpool, found himself in court. Tyler Pollitt, 18, a logistics gunner with the Royal Artillery, was described to the court as having “a...
The Courier and Dunfermline Press report on the sentencing of a ‘delusional’ soldier who went to his local takeaway armed with a machete and making threats to kill Muslims after he became convinced that the Taliban were operating out of the shop. Scott Mackay, 32, was sentenced at...
The Guardian and The Mirror report on the release of images by the family of the 10 year old boy who was savagely beaten by racists on Monday evening, 5 September, in the Fishponds area in Bristol. Awais Ali was called a “P***” by his attackers who demanded money from him before dragging...
