** 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 Express and Star reports that a Muslim teenager who alleged she had been punched in the face while walking along New Street in Birmingham has been fined after making up the assault. The 18 year old female alleged that she had been targeted by an assailant on 23 November last year because...
The North West Evening Mail reports on a fine and restraining order imposed on a man who racially abused the owner and staff of a pizzeria in Ulverston, Cumbria last September. Furness Magistrates’ Court heard that Lee Alty, 44, had drunk two pints of beer before entering the pizzeria on the...
The Belfast Telegraph and Belfast Live report on a police investigation following two incidents of suspected racially aggravated criminal damage after windows at the home of a Somalian resident in South Belfast were smashed. The local papers report that police received a report of a stone being...
The Guardian reports of the clearing of Pastor McConnell, the northern Irish clergyman who denounced Islam as “heathen”, “satanic” and a “doctrine spawned in hell.” Pastor McConnell stood trial on charges of the improper use of a public electronic communications network and causing a...
The Daily Mail reports on a trial at Southwark Crown Court involving a woman charged with one count of religiously aggravated abuse after she allegedly told a hijab-clad Muslim female to “f*** off back to your own country” and threw a wine bottle at her. Virginia Agraviador, 53, is standing...
The Bristol Post reports on the sentencing of a children’s author who threatened to kill his Muslim neighbour during Ramadan last year over a dispute about noise. George Vernon, 67, was found guilty of a threat to kill and causing racially aggravated fear of violence and racially aggravated...
The Daily Express and Bedfordshire Newsreport on the launch of the UK branch of PEGIDA a month to the day since former EDL founder, Stephen Lennon, announced his intention to establish a British base for the movement. The announcement by Lennon also includes details of the movement’s new...
The 5 Pillars of Islamophobia Between 14 and 17 September 2015, mend organised a speaking tour with Professor David Miller, co-founder of Spinwatch, to explore the findings from his most recent publication on ‘The Henry Jackson Society and the degeneration of British Neo-conservatism: Liberal...
The Daily Post reports that 58 racist incidents were recorded in North Wales’ classrooms between 2011 and 2015, according to a Freedom of Information request. The town of Anglesey recorded the highest number of racist incidents, 28, followed by Denbighshire with 16 and Gwynedd with 14 recorded...
The Sunday Times (£) reports that HSBC has closed the accounts of Britain’s biggest Muslim charity, Islamic Relief, amid claims that aid money could be passed on to terrorist organisations abroad. The decision against the charity, which has received millions of pounds in funds from the...
