** 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,...
BBC News, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, Daily Express and Daily Mail all cover the announcement by the new Education Secretary of a withdrawal of funding from those providers or early years education who “[Do] not meet the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils set out...
The Daily Mail, BBC and The Daily Telegraph report on charges brought against two police officers in Bedfordshire following an alleged assault on a young autistic Muslim male. Faruk Ali was out helping binmen gather refuse outside his home when he was allegedly set upon by the two officers who...
Peter Oborne in his column in the Daily Telegraph today reflects on Baroness Warsi’s resignation and its likely impact on the Conservative Party drawing on his documentary a few years ago on the ‘Israel Lobby’ in British politics. Oborne reminds readers of the strength of the Conservative...
Some of the newspapers today lead with the news of Baroness Warsi’s shock resignation from Government over the Coalition’s silence on Israel’s devastating bombardment of Gaza, allegations of its committing war crimes and the huge death toll of Palestinian civilians killed in the last four...
The Beef and Lamb All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) have published a report following an inquiry into improving animal welfare at the time of slaughter of domestic produce in the UK with particular focus upon religious slaughter. The APPG, with due regard for the sensationalist media reporting...
Bolton News draws attention to Lancashire County Council’s failure to completely remove anti-Muslim graffiti from part of the Ironman triathlon bike route in the town. The graffiti, previously reported in the Lancashire Telegraph, Burnley and Pendle Citizen and on Islamophobia Watch, was written...
Sam Burne, in the voluntary sector publication Third Sector offers an analysis of perceptions among Muslim charities of being unfairly targetted by the Charity Commission. Noting the Chair of the Charity Commission William Shawcross’ claims that “Islamist” extremism is the “deadliest...
The Bristol Post, Western Gazette, and online newspaper Bristol 24-7 report on the arrest of a 25 year old man in connection with the abuse of a Muslim woman in Cabot Circus in the city on 21 July. Hasina Khan was abused and spat on by a man who approached her as she made her […]
Further to the report on HSBC’s closure of Ummah Welfare Trust’s bank account in Bradford, BBC News reports on the bank’s closure of other accounts owned by Muslims. Finsbury Park mosque is one of those that has been contacted by the bank with a letter notifying that it will be withdrawing...
