** 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,...
There has been some quite animated fist-thumping at the interview by the Muslim News with the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, in which the opposition leader spoke of the party’s manifesto pledge to get serious about Islamophobia (and anti-Semitism). The Labour manifesto, and BAME manifesto, refers to...
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports on yet another example of a UKIP candidate behaving badly as scrutiny of the party’s candidates in the local and national elections continues. Craig Sweaton, who is standing in the Middleton ward for the Leeds City Council election has been accused of posting...
The Mansfield and Ashfield Chad reports that a UKIP candidate running in the Mansfield District Council election may have links to the far-right British National Party. Sidney James Walker, who is standing in the Newlands ward, was listed as a member of the party when a list of its members was...
A UKIP candidate standing for Basildon Council and running as an MP in Lewisham East is to launch a group that opposes “Islamic cultural extremism”,the Echo reports. Anne Marie Waters, is co-founder of the group Voice – Victims of Islamic Cultural Extremism alongside David Britain,...
The Cornish Guardian and Daily Mail report on a planned school trip to a mosque in Exeter which has led to some parents withdrawing their children from the proposed outing over “safety fears”. The local paper reports that the parents have expressed concern about the teaching of Islam in the...
The website, What Do They Know, which holds information on FOI requests submitted by individuals and the responses they receive relates quite an interesting development in respect of an FOI that questioned the Government about the Extremism Analysis Unit referred to in the Home Secretary’s speech...
As Guardian columnist Owen Jones guest edits an edition of the Big Issue, we look back at a February edition in which the Scottish National Party’s MSP and Minister for Europe and International Development, Humza Yousaf, discussed a personal experience of racism and why it is time to “confront...
The Lincolnshire Echo reports on the inquiry to be conducted by the National College for Teaching and Leadership into alleged remarks made about Islam by a BNP affiliated teacher while teaching at a school in the local area. Reverend Robert West, who is a member of the BNP and its candidate for the...
The Evening Standard reports on an appeal by British Transport Police to identify a woman suspected of abusing a hijab wearing Muslim woman on the Piccadilly line in central London last month. The incident happened on the afternoon of March 10, at around 4.15pm, when the Muslim female and a...
