** 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 Eastern Daily Press reports on an alleged anti-Muslim hate crime against a female victim in Norwich city centre. A Muslim woman dressed in a hijab and niqab was walking in Orford Place last Friday afternoon, when a man on a mountain bike allegedly shouted offensive comments about her clothing...
Scotland TV covered the results from new research conducted by Dr Nasar Meer which showed that one in three people from BME backgrounds in Scotland has experienced discrimination in the last five years. The research study, conducted by the University of Strathclyde, found that 35% of black and...
The International Business Times reports on the announcement by Britain First that their leader, Paul Golding, plans to run in the London mayoral election next year. The announcement includes the controversial remark that the far right group’s opponents should be hung as punishment for being...
Wales Online reports on an ex-soldier who was honoured with a Pride of Britain award for bravery for his role in stopping a race-hate attack in a Tesco store in Mold. Peter Fuller, 44, received the award for stopping neo-Nazi Zack Davies, 26, from killing an Asian dentist with a machete and...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the 80% drop in the number of stop and search procedures carried out by West Midlands Police since 2011. However, the figures show that Blacks and Asians are still more likely to be searched than their White counterparts. West Midlands Police have said the...
The Guardian reports on the criticism levelled at Fox News by Ofcom after the channel featured an interview with ‘terrorism expert’ Steve Emerson in which he referred to Birmingham as a “no-go zone” for non-Muslims. The broadcast regulator, in its latest bulletin, outlines the findings from...
The Guardian and Independent disclose details of a Muslim university student who was accused of being a “potential terrorist” after he was spotted by a university official reading a textbook for his masters’ degree in terrorism, crime and global security at Staffordshire University....
The Guardian front page today reports on legal action taken by parents of a pupil at a North London school after he was referred to a child protection officer for using the term “eco-terrorism” in a classroom discussion about environmental activists. The boy, who has not been named, is a pupil...
The Morning Star reports that Manchester City Council have been urged to discipline a councillor after he was found guilty of breaching the council’s code of conduct amid allegations of racism and Islamophobia. An official investigation led by Manchester City Council into Labour Councillor...
The Express and Star reports that the cost of two right-wing protests by the English Defence League (EDL) and All Football Fans/Firms Against Islamisation (AFFFAI) cost West Midlands Police more than £100,000 in just two months. The paper reports that 700 staff from West Midlands Police were...
