** 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 Telegraph reports on the Government’s announcement of the introduction of shari’ah compliant student loans to mitigate the risk of Muslim students opting out of higher education because of the student loans required to pay for tuition fees. To ensure access to education and to prevent...
BBC News reports on the release of a set of stamps of people born in 1914 as part of the World War 1 commemoration ceremonies that will be held throughout the year. Among the faces that will grace the stamps is Noor Inayat Khan, the British-Indian secret agent, who served during World War Two and...
The Sunderland Echo reports on arrests following an English Defence League demonstration in the city last weekend. In the latest protest against the Pakistan Islamic Centre, six men were arrested for disorder offences. Five have been released on bail pending further inquiries while another will...
The independent student newspaper, Roar, reports on an act of vandalism on Muslim prayer room signs at King’s College, London. Signs for the prayer room at Guy’s campus had “Muslim” scratched out on one while the other had a “#jewish” sticker over the same word. According to the...
West London news portal, Your Local Guardian, reports that Gatton Primary School is the only Islamic voluntary aided school in the UK to be rated as ‘outstanding’ across all five areas assessed by Ofsted. In an Ofsted inspection last month inspectors assessed the school for its overall...
Local newspaper, Western Daily Press, reports on an interview in the Bristol Post with a white Muslim convert who says she has experienced assaults, insults, sly remarks and threats since she converted to Islam at the age of 18. Kelly Ziane had approached the Bristol Post after it published an...
ITV News, The Daily Mail, Daily Mirror as well as local papers, Wirral Globe and Liverpool Echo, all report on a racist Neo-Nazi who has been convicted of planning to blow up mosques with home-made devices packed with nails and ball bearings. Ian Forman, 42, expressed his racist attitudes to work...
The Chelmsford Weekly News reports on the pending court appearance next month of a man charged with criminal damage in relation to an attack on a mosque in Chelmsford. Liam King, 22, a soldier, has been charged with one count of criminal damage and another of burglary and will appear before...
The Independent reports on the results of a Freedom of Information request showing a sharp increase in the number of under 18s who have been identified as being ‘at risk’ of radicalisation and referred to the controversial Channel programme. The number of young people identified as potential...
ITV News, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Independent and Daily Express all report on The Sunday Telegraph front page story on the introduction by the Law Society of guidance in relation to preparing shari’ah compliant wills for clients requesting the service. The Law Society has produced a...
