** 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 Glasgow Evening Times reports on a trial date set for a taxi driver who allegedly made anti-Muslim comments towards his neighbour while drunk. Glasgow City Council heard that the 60 year old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly approached his neighbour’s house at around...
News North Wales reports on the trial of a man charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after he abused a taxi driver in Wrexham calling him a “p***”. Zac Jeffries, 25, appeared before Flintshire Magistrates Court in connection with the incident. The court heard that the...
BBC News Scotland and Shetland News report on the fine imposed on a pensioner who sent Scottish Muslim MP, Tasmina Ahmed-Shaikh, a series of “vile and gratuitously offensive” letters last year. David Crozier, 68, admitted sending messages containing offensive and abusive comments...
The Chronicle reports on a £45 fine imposed on a man who verbally abused and physically assaulted a Muslim woman in an Asda supermarket store in Gosport. Joseph Tudor admitted racially/religiously aggravated common assault at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court last month. The court heard Tudor...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the arrest of a 15 year old boy in connection with racist abuse directed at shopkeepers, including at the Aladdin takeaway, in The Quadrant, Hull. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before Hull Youth Court on 28 June for a racially...
The Daily Record and Herald report on the disciplinary hearing facing a former care worker in Glasgow after anti Muslim Facebook posts were discovered on her social media page. Yvonne Maclean, 58, is to appear before the Scottish Social Services Council next week over allegations about racist...
The Bristol Post reports on another incident of Muslim-bashing in a public space with news of a video posted on Facebook by a young Muslim male who was told to “go back to where you came from” in a London supermarket. Zubair Munsif posted footage from the encounter on his Facebook page....
The Daily Record reports on Police Scotland’s efforts to increase BME recruitment to Scotland’s police force by adopting a ‘uniform hijab’. The paper notes the force has identified 650 candidates which would need to be recruited to bring BME officer numbers on par with the...
ITV News reports on an appeal launched by British Transport Police after a teenager was subjected to racist abuse and headbutted aboard a train to Manchester. The incident happened on Wednesday 4 May, shortly before 5pm, when the schoolboy, who has not been named, got on a Manchester Piccadilly...
The Lancashire Evening Post reports on the trial of a man arrested on a charge of sending malicious communications after a member of the public alerted Greater Manchester Police about his racist Facebook posts. Garry Farrimond, 45, was arrested in connection with posts found on his Facebook...
