** 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,...
Analysis from the Runnymede Trust has found that ethnic minorities are “twice as likely” to be negatively affected by the Conservative’s budget plan than their white counterparts, the Guardian reports. As many as four million people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups could see their...
The Daily Mirror reports that four UK police forces do not have any officers from black backgrounds despite targets set after the Macpherson report, over a decade ago, to address the problem of “institutional racism”. The police forces of Cheshire, Durham, North Yorkshire and Dyfed-Powys...
ITV News and the Mirror report on the police search for a man who forcibly tried to remove a Muslim woman’s hijab on a train. British Transport Police have issued CCTV images of the man who shouted abuse at a Muslim woman on a train travelling between Matlock and Derby on Saturday 4 July before...
The Lincolnite and Lincolnshire Echo report on an English Defence League protest in Lincoln at the weekend. The EDL held an anti-Muslim protest in the city of Lincoln on Saturday 25 July with approximately 200 supporters turning out on the day. A counter demonstration was also organised by...
The Guardian reports on the UN human rights committee’s review of the UK’s compliance with the international covenant on civil and political rights (ICCPR) and its recommendations that Britain amend key counter-terrorism powers and revise laws on “snooping” by security services. The body of...
BBC News, the Daily Mail and Manchester Evening News all report on the passing of sentence on a man who was charged with racially aggravated criminal damage after sticking “Beware halal is barbaric and funds terrorism” stickers on chickens stocked on a supermarket shelf. Liam Edwards,...
The Guardian reported yesterday that the human rights advocacy group CAGE have been successful in their bid to take the Charity Commission to court for pressuring donor charities into terminating funding to the group. The High Court, in a “landmark” decision, have granted permission for a...
Simon Hooper on Al Jazeera English reports on the harassment experienced by a Muslim pupil who found himself questioned by a Prevent officer and considered for referral to the Channel programme, designed to intervene in cases of young people deemed vulnerable to radicalisation, because he took...
Allison Pearson in her column in the Daily Telegraph yesterday celebrated David Cameron’s speech in Birmingham on Monday with Pearson declaring she liked it so much she could have written it. There can be little doubting that. Her column is peppered with the same ignorant condescension and...
The Guardian reports on the growing fear among British Muslim charities in the UK who feel they are being unfairly targeted by the government’s strategy to combat extremism. The author discloses the example of the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF), an umbrella organisation for 10 UK based...
