** 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 London Evening Standard reports on the ongoing investigation into a hate crime incident at Finsbury Park mosquewith the release of video footage of a man wanted in connection with the attack. Police were called to the north London mosque at 4.15am on Thursday 26 May after a bag contained...
The Express and Star relates the temporary suspension of a cab driver’s license pending an investigation into an alleged hate crime offence in Wolverhampton. The local paper notes the observations of one of the alleged victims who contacted the paper to describe events that happened outside the...
The London Evening Standard and the Independent report on the courage of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a man who allegedly made Nazi salutes on a tube carriage while shouting “this is our country, go back!” Arifah Farooq was travelling home on Friday 2 July on the eastbound...
The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged racist incident at the Royal College of Art yesterday where Muslim artist, Yasmeen Sabri, was exhibiting her ‘Walk a Mile in her Veil’ exhibition. Sabri, whose art exhibition includes a display showing a mannequin in a burqa, said the woman...
The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged post-Brexit hate crime incident in the capital relating the experience of a young Muslim male who was attacked by a man brandishing a crowbar. Adil Jamil, 23, was driving a friend home after leaving a Clapton mosque just after midnight on...
The Waltham Forest Guardian reports on a police appeal for information in connection with an incident of Islamophobic abuse at a Morrison’s store in Walthamstow on Saturday 4 June. Zubair Munsif uploaded video footage of an elderly man launching an Islamophobic tirade as he shopped in the...
BBC News, the Evening Telegraph and The Courier report on the court appearance of a man accused of racially aggravated abuse towards Muslim staff at the Curry Junction takeaway shop in Dundee. Joel Justice, 25, was in the shop ordering food past 11 o’clock on 29 April when he verbally...
The Northern Echo reports on a number of hate crime incidents in the north east of England since last Friday’s Brexit vote. The paper notes the reaction of local community groups and public officials, Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird, and County Durham and Darlington’s...
BBC News and the Daily Echo report on the cancellation of an Eid festival in Southampton after reports about two far right groups planning a protest in the city this weekend surfaced. The British Bangladeshi Cultural Academy had organised an event to mark Eid ul-Fitr in the city’s East Park...
The Birmingham Mail reports on “vile” Islamophobic leaflets which have been delivered to properties in Aston in Birmingham this week. The MP for Ladywood, Shabana Mahmood, described the leaflets as “vile and a disgusting piece of literature designed to frighten the people in my constituency...
