** 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 Bristol Post reports that Avon and Somerset Police have arrested a second man in connection with an attack on a mosque in Bristol on Sunday 17 January. A 48 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and is currently in police custody. The...
The Courier and the Fife Reporter report on a man who has appeared in court for sentencing over a racist attack on two Muslim men in Cardenden, Fife almost two years ago. Adrian Wilkinson, 45, had previously admitted that on 21 March 2014, he had behaved in a racially aggravating manner shouting...
The Bristol Post reports on the notice from Avon and Somerset Police informing that a 34 year old man has been charged over the attack on the Jamia mosque in Totterdown, Bristol on Sunday 17 January. Kevin Shaun Crehan, 34, has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence and is due...
The news site, Wales Online, reports on the case of an 81 year old pensioner who has received a suspended prison sentence for making racist and abusive phone calls to the owner of a halal butcher’s shop in Roath, Cardiff. Vernon Mitchell made seven phone calls over a five week period between...
The Nottingham Post reports on the sentencing of the second of two men for an attack on a driver employed by the Star Kebabs shop in Ilkeston, Derbyshire on 13 October. James Whitworth, 30 and Connor Sowersby, 19 were charged with racially-aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage respectively...
Manchester Evening News reports on a police appeal for witnesses after two Muslim taxi drivers were assaulted in the city centre on Saturday night by a gang of youths. The assault, which took place on the evening of 16 January, saw one taxi driver beaten and punched and another, Masud Ali, hit over...
The Times front page today announces an op-ed in today’s paper by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, about English language competency among British Muslim women and the problem of radicalisation. Writing in the paper the PM remarks upon a number of things relating to British Muslim women whilst...
The Bristol Post and news site, Bristol 24/7, report on an alleged anti-Muslim incident in the city earlier today where a mosque had bacon sandwiches thrown at it and worshippers racially abused. A Facebook post on the BS3 Connect page relays details about the incident at the Bristol Jamia Mosque...
The local news site, Southport Visitor, reports on a spate of vandalism in a Southport street where walls and pavements have been daubed with racially offensive graffiti. The local site reports that residents, who have previously complained about anti-social behaviour in the area, were faced with...
The Northern Echo reports on actions taken by a group of young Muslim women in Darlington to raise awareness of anti-Muslim hate crime committed in the wake of the Paris attacks last November. The local paper reports that Muslim student, Sharifah Rahman, an A level student at Queen Elizabeth Sixth...
