** 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,...
BBC News reports on the detrimental impact the attacks in Paris have had on Muslim children living in France, while the Guardian and Sky News cover the backlash experienced by Muslim pupils in the UK. Le Petit Quotidien, a French daily children’s newspaper, has found that the events in...
The Gloucestershire Echo reports on an alleged Islamophobic incident involving a teenager of part-Turkish ethnic background who was beaten by golf clubs as his assailants shouted “terrorist” at him. His father who came to his aid was also verbally abused and physically assaulted by the thugs....
BBC News and The Guardian report on the comments by Lord Ashdown on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning in which he accused the Government of failing to do enough to probe the financial support shown for “Salafism and Wahhabism” by Gulf states. Lord Ashdown speaking on the programme...
BBC News, Wales Online and ITV News report on the demonstration by far-right protestors and counter demonstrators in the town of Llangefni, Wales at the weekend. Members of the far-right group “Infidels of North Wales” gathered on Saturday 21 November to protest against the “Islamification of...
Online blog The Great Diversion reports on an alleged Islamophobic incident that occurred on a Tyne and Wear metro train on which two Muslim women travellers were verbally abused and the reaction of the carriage full of passengers who united to counter the abuser. A Facebook post by North East...
The Sun front page today reveals the perils of misinterpreting polling data to paint a picture of British Muslims that is distinctly (perhaps deliberately?) alarmist. The story in today’s paper claims ‘1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis, EXCLUSIVE: ‘Wake-up call’ after Paris...
The Rugby Advertiser reports on a hypnotherapist in Rugby who claimed on Facebook that he would refuse to treat Muslim patients following the terrorist attacks in Paris. The comment, which now been removed from the social media site read: “I’m sorry to say this, but after the Paris atrocities,...
The Daily Record and Herald Scotland report on an announcement by Police Scotland’s Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone that 64 racial and religious hate crimes have been reported to the police a week since the Paris massacre last Friday. Senior officers from Police Scotland said the number...
The Daily Record reports that a man suspected of sending Scottish Government Minister, Humza Yousaf, a racist message on Twitter has admitted doing so. Johnathan McAuley, 20, sent a tweet to Mr Yousaf in March 2015, in response to an exchange about former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson....
The Rhyl Journal reports that a 38 year old man has been charged with racially/religiously aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage after a firework was set off at the Rhyl Islamic Centre on Wednesday 11 November. No one was injured in the attack which happened at around 8.50pm in the...
