** 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 Daily Express and Mirror report on the sentencing of a 60 year old man in connection with an air rage incident in which he racially abused airline staff while “ranting” about “Gaza, Al Jazeera, war criminals and US b*******.” Gordon Gardner, 60, appeared at Manchester Crown...
Bradford’s local paper, The Telegraph and Argus, reports on the suspended sentence handed to a man who racially abused and assaulted a Muslim taxi driver over a dispute about taxi fare. Jason Calligan, 31, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday in connection with a charge of racially...
The Daily Mail and BBC News report that one of the men on trial for the murder of 81 year old Muhsin Ahmed, who was killed after sustaining serious head injuries following a brutal assault, has been found guilty. Dale Jones, 30, was convicted of murdering Mr Ahmed during a drink and drug...
The Daily Mail reports that a woman who racially abused staff at a kebab shop and bit a customer who intervened when she tried to climb over the shop counter has been spared jail. Taryn Phillips, 25, was described as “rabid” when she sank her teeth into the arm of another customer, scarring...
The Immigrant Council of Ireland has published findings from a new study last week titled “Islamophobia in Dublin: Experiences and how to respond,” detailing Muslim victim experiences of hostility and discrimination in Ireland. The aim of the report is to help develop an “understanding of...
The local paper, Lurgan Mail, reports on the sentencing of a young man charged with a racially aggravated offence after he shouted racist slurs at the owner of a takeaway shop in northern Ireland and caused damage to the shop. On Friday 19 February, Craigavon Magistrates Court heard the Patrick...
The freesheet Champion reports on the court appearance of a woman charged with a racially aggravated public order offence for verbally abusing a Turkish family. Tina Johnston, 25, appeared at Sefton Magistrates Court on February 17 where she pleaded guilty to racially aggravated intentional...
The Nottingham Post reports on the trial of a man on charges of racially aggravated assault by beating after he headbutted a Muslim doctor in the street. Nottingham Magistrates Court heard that Dr Syeda Jafri, was assaulted and told to “Go back to your country” by Aiden Fletcher, 23, on the...
The Motherwell Times reports on the jailing of two men for a “vicious attack” on a Muslim taxi driver. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that David Baird, 26, and Anthony Dearie, 21, got into Sirajuddin Siddique’s taxi for a journey from Glasgow to Baird’s flat in Bellshill, north Lanarkshire on...
In yet another demonstration of The Times’ penchant for incendiary headlines about Islam and Muslims, The Guardian reports that the paper has been criticised by the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police after it published a headline in yesterday’s paper about the murder of Imam Jalal...
