** 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 Herald Scotland reports on a new study by Durham University that found the integration of Muslims in Scottish society is being undermined by the disproportionate targeting of Asian and Muslim travellers at airports and in other security spaces. The report warns that the perception that racial...
The Chronicle Live reports on a man from Gateshead, Northumbria who has been jailed for four years for killing a Muslim man over a cigarette. Gary Pitt, 22, who had drunk six cans of lager, three litres of cider and one and a half litres of vodka on May 2, was with his friends at […]
The Redditch and Alcester Advertiser reports on a new initiative launched by West Mercia Police to increase hate crime reporting in the region. West Mercia Police have joined a range of groups across the area to launch the new campaign themed “Being you is not a crime: Hate crime is”. The...
The Independent covers the latest findings by NatCen’s Social Research which shows young Britons’ attitudes towards free speech are less liberal now than they were ten years ago. The greatest change in views comes from the 18 to 24-year-old age group, where the number who agree religious...
A Freedom of Information response from Avon and Somerset police reveals that a man was charged last September with one count of racially aggravated assault by beating in connection with an anti-Muslim hate crime committed against a Muslim teenager in Bristol. The teenager, a 17 year old girl, was...
The Guardian, BBC News and Sky News all report on the threat of legal action by the families of soldiers killed during the Iraq war over the long-awaited findings from the Chilcot inquiry. Twenty nine families have issued an ultimatum to the inquiry’s chairman, Sir John Chilcot, warning him that...
ITV News and the Independent report on the results of a new poll by YouGov for LBC Radio which found that Londoners would be more comfortable with a gay mayor than a Muslim mayor. A total of 1,153 people living in London aged over 18 were asked various questions about the London mayoral candidates...
The Kilburn Times reports on a racist assault on a woman as she waited for a bus at a stop on Wembley High Road on Sunday 2 August. News website World Bulletin identifies the victim as a Muslim woman. The news site states that the victim was waiting for a bus with her two teenage daughters...
The Aberdeen Press and Journal reports on the fine handed to a woman charged with behaving in a racially aggravated and threatening manner after she hurled racist abuse at Turkish workers at a takeaway shop in Moray, Aberdeenshire. Christine Williamson entered the Speedy Peppers Kebab Shop in the...
BBC News reports on a near fatal assault on an elderly Muslim man who was on his way to the mosque to perform Fajr prayers in Rotherham. The attack happened on Monday 10 August in the early hours, between 3am and 4am, around Fitzwilliam Road and Mushroom Roundabout, according to South Yorkshire...
