** 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 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...
The Labour Party today published the report by the Shami Chakrabarti Inquiry into anti-semitism, racism and Islamophobia. The Inquiry, which was launched last month, set out to consult with Muslim, Jewish and other minority communities and Labour party members in order to establish a statement of...
The Croydon Advertiser reports on advice issued by the Muslim Association of Croydon telling Muslims to report hate crime after incidents of racist abuse directed at Muslim women in the south London borough. Ashfaq Arain, general secretary of the Muslim Association of Croydon said there has...
The Burnley Express reports on the court appearance of a man who repeatedly abused a police officer and engaged in a drunken rant about Ramadan while being led away by police, offending local Pakistani residents in Burnley. Ryan Gordon, 25, admitted racially aggravated harassment/ alarm/ distress...
The Liverpool Echo and The Mirror report on the jailing of two brothers who racially abused a man and threatened him with a knife in front of his seven year old daughter. Liverpool Crown Court heard the incident happened on 6 May 2016 outside Netherton Park Neighbourhood Centre in Bootle,...
