** 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 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...
BBC News reports on a possible injunction violation by Britain First after the far right group allegedly posted a video of a ‘mosque invasion’ in Cardiff. The far right group are said to have posted a video on YouTube which shows members ‘invading’ the Al Manar Islamic Centre in Cathays...
The Scunthorpe Telegraph reports on a man losing his appeal against his sentence for a racially aggravated public order offence which he committed while serving a suspended sentence for a prior conviction for racist assault and abuse. William Campbell, 35, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated...
The Hereford Times and BBC News report on an alleged incident of racist abuse at the Red Indigo Indian restaurant in Hay-on-Wye on Thursday 1 September. The newspaper states 31 year old James John Jones, is to appear before Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court later this week charged with four...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the sentencing of a man for racially abusing a housing officer during a routine visit to a property owned and managed by Twin Valley Homes in Blackburn. Amjed Ali Sadagar, an anti-social behaviour officer for Twin Valley, was paying a routine visit to a...
The Daily Mail today reports on the court appearance of a man who was arrested in June 2016 for allegedly posting what were described as “extreme” Islamophobic, right wing and anti-Semitic posts on social media. Sean Creighton, 44, was arrested in a joint operation by Scotland Yard’s...
The news site, Southport Visitor, reports that a primary school worker who appeared to joke about a woman wearing a burqa concealing suicide bomber vests has been suspended pending an investigation. Liz Leadbetter, a welfare assistant at Westhead Lathom St James’ C of E allegedly posted an...
