** 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 Daily Mirror reports that a pastor has been “slammed” for describing Islam as a “religion of hatred” and comparing homosexuals to paedophiles in one of his Sunday sermons. Pastor Steve Crosthwaite, of Wythall’s Hollywood Christian Life Centre in Birmingham, told his congregation...
Ethnic minorities in Britain were discussed in a debate in the House of Lords last Monday prompted by a question to the Government by Baroness Berridge asking “what assessment they [Government] have made of the contribution of Britain’s ethnic minorities to faith communities and public...
The Independent on Saturday published an open letter signed by hundreds of academics warning that the new Prevent guidance published in accordance with the statutory duty introduced in the Counter Terrorism and Security Act will have a “chilling effect” on academic freedom and risks...
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published its 2014 Annual report in which it identifies “a growing trend” in Islamophobia and online hate speech in the last year. The report finds that European countries are witnessing “a growing trend of Islamophobia,”...
The Express and Star reports on yet another episode of embarrassment for UKIP after its MEP for the West Midlands region, Bill Etheridge, was found to have been added to a Facebook page called “Islam will not dominate the world”. The page displays on its profile an image of a knight...
The Croydon Advertiser reports today that three women are due to appear in court for attacking a Muslim woman outside the Al-Khair primary school in Croydon on June 4 this year. The victim was racially abused, punched and her headscarf torn off her head before a passer-by intervened in an...
Ethnic minority communities will be hit “disproportionately hard” by the proposed cuts to tax credits to be announced in Chancellor George Osborne’s post-election Budget on Wednesday 8 July, an analysis of official data by the Financial Times (£) shows. George Osborne confirmed that the...
The Wakefield Express reports that the National Front are planning a “Stop Immigration” protest in the city later this month after gaining permission from the police. The National Front have stated their plan for protesters to assemble in the city on the afternoon of Saturday 25 July and walk...
ITV News, The Northern Echo, Gazette Live and the Sheffield Telegraph all report on far-right demonstrations that took place in the cities of Stockton and Sheffield on Saturday with anti-fascist groups taking part in counter-demonstrations in both cities. Approximately 100-150 protesters from a...
The Times front page today runs a curious headline: “Young Muslims fuel huge rise in Sharia marriage”. The headline is a bit like the paper’s declaration last year of a “rise in the Muslim birthrate” that was, it turns out, non-existent. So, it is the same with the strange proclamation...
