** 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 on the sentencing of a man caught putting up anti-Islam posters in the vicinity of the Aisha mosque in Walsall, over three days last July. The posters, which “featured images and messages mocking the Islam faith,” appeared in the Wednesbury Road area in Walsall,...
The Telegraph and Argus reports on the sentencing of a man with previous convictions for racially aggravated offences for a racially motivated attack on a restaurant manager in Bradford. Samuel Smith, 25, visited Shimla Spice restaurant in Shipley on April 25 to use the toilets but on being asked...
The Daily Mail, BBC News, The Guardian and the Crown Prosecution Service all report on the sentencing of a man who subjected an elderly Muslim male to a vicious tirade of Islamophobic abuse that only ended when he threw the pensioner’s walking frame off the bus and onto the road. Kashif...
Online blog website, Legal Cheek reveals figures from its analysis of BME representation in law firms in the capital showing that ethnic minorities are still under represented in city law firms at senior level, with only a small number of international law firms reflecting the ethnic diversity of...
The Liverpool Echo reports on the sentencing of a drunken thug who slashed an Iranian taxi driver with a knife while hurling racist abuse at him, before racially harassing his passenger during an attempted robbery in Kensington, Liverpool. Shaun Franey, 33, tried to rob taxi driver Hossain...
A Facebook post published on Tuesday describes how a Muslim woman in a niqab was allegedly abused by a man while she was working in the maternity ward at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. The post by Zahid Akhtar described how his wife was verbally abused while she was busy working at the...
The Kent Messenger reports on the sentencing of an ex-lecturer who abused hospital staff and assaulted three police officers while in a drunken state. The local paper reports that A******, 35, attended Maidstone Hospital on 11 July believing she had broken her arm. An X-ray taken at the hospital...
The Independent reports on an appeal for witnesses by the Metropolitan Police Service after officers were called to an alleged Islamophobic attack on a woman on a bus near Elephant and Castle tube station. The paper reports that officers were alerted to the incident by passengers on the number 63...
The Western Telegraph reports on the sentencing expected in the case of Anthony Rees, 32, after he pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault at Haverfordwest Magistrates on 13 October. Rees was charged following an attack on Hussain Yossaff at a kebab shop in Milford Haven on 15...
