** 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,...
Sky News, Evening Standard and London 24 report the release of CCTV images of two young women sought in connection with an alleged Islamophobic attack on a London bus in October. The victim, a Muslim woman in her 40’s who wears a headscarf, was subjected to racist and anti-Muslim abuse by the two...
Following on from the story on Sky News yesterday, featuring an interview with the mother of a pupil who was referred under the Prevent policy for uttering the word “eco-terrorism” in a classroom discussion, The Independent reports that a student at the University of East Anglia was questioned...
The Scottish Sun front page today reports on the postponement of a trial into an alleged incident of racial abuse after a key prosecution witness said she would only give evidence while wearing the face veil, a decision not known to the court prior to her scheduled court appearance. Dunfermline...
Sky News reports on an appeal by the Metropolitan Police Service for a potential witness to come forward in connection with an incident of attempted arson on Finsbury Park Mosque in North London. The incident occurred at 10am on the morning of 28 November 2015 and is being treated as an...
Wales Online and The Mirror report on a suspected hate crime incident in Cardiff involving an Asian taxi driver who alleges four passengers failed to pay him their £20 fare, one of whom told him “How do I know you’re not from Isis?” Kanak Hirani, 37, says he picked up four passengers in...
Sky News reports on growing concerns aired about the implementation of the Government’s Prevent programme in schools amid warnings that the strategy is “alienating” Muslim children. The Counter Terrorism and Security Act placed the Prevent duty in schools on a statutory footing as of 1...
The Courier, BBC News and STV News all report on a man who allegedly wandered into a mosque in Dundee and began vandalising the place of worship during Friday prayers last week. Witnesses at Taj Dar-e-Madina Mosquedescribed seeing a suspicious-looking man wander into a children’s prayer...
The Daily Post and website, New North Wales, report on the sentencing of a businessman who subjected an Asian pizza shop owner to a slew of anti-Muslim comments on New Years’ Day 2015. Kevin Jones, 44, uttered the abuse at Bella Pizza owner Hani Hussain when he stumbled into the shop around...
Sky News and The Independent both report on the claims by a former Home Office advisor on counter extremism that the Government is misrepresenting the terror threat by playing up the number of people arrested under terrorism legislation but ignoring the actual number charged or convicted of...
The Bromsgrove Advertiser reports on the sentencing of two men who brutally assaulted an Asian taxi driver on Boxing Day last year. At Worcester Crown Court this week, Rhys Lakin, 21 and Brandon Newman, 19, were sentenced after pleading guilty to racially aggravated assault and common assault...
