** 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,...
Local paper, the Wrexham Leader, reports on the court appearance of a man who walked into a shop on the first anniversary of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, on May 23rd, and told the Muslim owner “I’m a racist and I kill Muslims”. Daniel Lee Lewis, 32, was drunk at the time of […]
BBC News and the Daily Record both report on the financial penalty levied on a former footballer who posted a comment on Facebook inciting religiously aggravated criminal damage in the days after Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder. Ryan Harbinson posted a comment on Facebook stating: “Any one up for...
Local newspaper, the Bristol Post, reports on a hate crime incident involving a headscarf clad Muslim teenage girl who was racially abused and spat at in a busy street in Bristol’s city centre as she walked home from school. The girl, who asked not to be named, was approached by a man as she made...
With a brief explanation detailing key features of Ramadan, the Football Association website publishes an interview with Arsenal football player, Abou Diaby, in which he discusses faith, fasting and football. With Ramadan underway, Diaby talks about the impact of fasting on performance and the way...
This is Cheshire, the Warrington Guardian and online news site, Warrington Worldwide, all report on the release by Cheshire Police of CCTV images of suspects wanted for questioning in connection with an attack on a mosque in Warrington last week. The papers note the detail of an image which shows a...
The News and Star, The Westmorland Gazette and the North West Evening Mail draw attention to Cumbria Police force’s launch of an online service enabling hate crimes to be reported directly by victims. The new service aims to address the dual problems of an increase in hate crimes and...
The Daily Mail and Islamophobia Watch cover the report in The Local revealing Spain’s regional government in Catalonia will introduce a burqa ban following the European Court ruling earlier this month supporting France’s ban. A ban was initially proposed in Catalonia in 2010 however, the...
The Independent, the local paper, News Shopper and the Asian Image all report on Britain’s First’s latest ‘invasion’ of a mosque. The far right group and its “Kent battalion activists” descended the North West Kent Muslim Association mosque in Crayford last Sunday at around 1pm. The...
The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Scotland report on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby’s interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday in which he warned against a “national culture of fear” developing over the threat posed by radicalised Muslims on account of...
Civil Society Media reports that the Muslim Charities Forum anticipates its members, consisting of British Muslim aid agencies, will raise a total of £50 million for their causes during the month of Ramadan. The Forum canvassed its members, such as Islamic Relief, Muslim Aid, Muslim Hands, and...
