** 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 Independent prints tweets that have been posted abusing Humza Yousaf, the SNP’s former Minister for International Development, who re-took his oath this week following the Holyrood elections on 5 May. Yousaf took his oath in English and Urdu while wearing a kilt. Posting a photo of...
The Shetland News reports on another case of malicious communications sent to SNP MP, Tasmina Ahmed-Shaikh. David Crozier, 68, admitted sending messages containing offensive and abusive comments aggravated by religious prejudice between 23 May and 26 May 2015. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard this week...
The Derbyshire Times reports on the sentence and fine imposed on a woman accused of racially abusing a Muslim taxi driver and damaging his cab over a dispute about the fare. Kirsty Burton, 22, appeared before Chesterfield magistrates’ court this week charged with racially aggravated criminal...
Local paper, the Abergavenny Chronicle draws attention to the contribution of Conservative MP, David Davies, to aparliamentary debate on Violence against Women and Girls and the Sustainable Development Goals on 27 April 2016 in which he refers to the veil as “a symbol of violence against...
South Yorkshire local paper, The Star, reports on court fines imposed on three members of the far right group South Yorkshire Casuals for “chanting religiously offensive songs” as they travelled on a train between Leeds and Barnsley en route to a Britain First protest. Dale Kelk, 33,...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the anger of a hate crime victim whose assailants, three young men who threatened him with a knife at the convenience store he owns, have been spared a jail sentence. Hussein Ali was threatened with a knife and a plank of wood by Joshua Sainsbury, 22, Jack Hansom,...
The Ledbury Reporter covers an investigation launched by Gloucestershire police after a shop’s sign bearing the Turkish flag was vandalised in a suspected “racially aggravated” incident. Police believe the incident occured sometime between 9am and 6pm on Friday May 6 in The...
A story that you may have missed this weekend but which is certainly noteworthy. The Telegraph Media Group have published an apology to Mr Mujibul Islam for articles published by Sunday Telegraph journalist, Andrew Gilligan last year, accusing Mr Islam of being “a willing beneficiary of...
The Northern Echo reports on the trial of a man and a woman accused of violent assault and racial abuse of a pizza shop owner in Ferryhill, County Durham. The trial at Teesside Crown Court this week relates to an incident involving victim Muhammad Saeed Ahkter on 16 October 2015. David Lowes and...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the trial of three young men who threatened a Muslim shop owner with a knife and a plank of wood after he confronted them at his store in Spring Bank, west Hull. Hussein Ali, the owner of Bekhal, a 24-hour grocery store was threatened with a knife and racially...
