** 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 Evening Telegraph publishes an interview with a Bangladeshi taxi driver who was the victim of a hate crime in Stobswell, Dundee. Mohammed Rahman, 40, recounted the experience following the court appearance of his aggressor, Connell McCormick, 19 at Dundee Sheriff Court last week for sentencing...
The Gazette Live reports on the sentencing of twins, Josh and Ryan Vincent, aged 21 for the racially aggravated assault of an Algerian national on a bus in Guisborough. The victim, Sofean Kezzal, boarded the bus travelling on the A173 near Guisborough on the morning of 17 August last year. Josh and...
ITV News and Chronicle Live report on a man who allegedly abused a Muslim woman at an Asda supermarket in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. The local paper reports that police have released images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident which happened at around 9.40pm on...
The truth about a liar “To an observer with even the slightest knowledge of psychology, Gilligan appears obsessed to the point of the ridiculous.” (Guy Debord’s cat) Andrew Gilligan – his Character, based on facts. Andrew Gilligan has made a profession out of willful...
The Guardian reports on another incident involving a pig’s head left at a Muslim school. The paper reports that a pig’s head was found tied to the gates of the Madani Academy in Portsmouth this morning at around 8.30am. Police suspect that the object may have been placed there on Wednesday...
Local newspaper, East London News reports on a police appeal for witnesses in connection with an alleged Islamophobic assault on a tube train on Saturday 16 January. The local paper notes the witness statement of the victim providing details about an alleged altercation which took place on an...
A Dundee City councillor suspected of sending anti-Muslim text messages to an SNP colleague of Muslim background has been referred to the Standards Commission and the police according to the Daily Record and STV News. The local paper reports that Craig Melville was referred to Scotland’s...
The Bristol Post reports that a further three people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Jamia mosque in Totterdown on Sunday 17 January. Police have charged one man, Kevin Shaun Crehan, 34, with a racially aggravated public order offence. Yesterday, the local newspaper reported...
The Daily Mail reports on the trial of a woman accused of racial and religiously aggravated harassment for calling another woman a “stupid black b***h” and telling her that her dog set upon her because it “doesn’t like Muslims”. Fiona Connolly was found guilty of racially aggravated...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports that an arrest has been made in connection with the pig’s head incident at the Muslim Girls School, Markazul Uloom, in Blackburn last December. The paper notes that Lancashire police have arrested a 28 year old man from Darwen. He has been charged on...
