** 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 Independent reports on the Home Secretary’s decision to revoke the citizenship of a British man while he went on holiday to visit relatives in Afghanistan and his immediate family in Pakistan in January 2012. The revelation of the decision comes ahead of the House of Lords debate over Theresa...
Counterpunch features a review of Arun Kundnani’s new book, ‘The Muslims are Coming: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror’ by Ron Jacobs. Kundnani, who authored the report on Prevent, ‘Spooked! How not to prevent violent extremism’ develops his study further in this new...
Local paper, the Blackburn Citizen, reports on the latest anti-Muslim antics of far right political party, Britain First. The party, whose leader, Paul Golding, is expected to stand in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has posted a video on its website showing three men visiting the home...
The Times and The Guardian this week have published further information on the alleged ‘plot’ to ‘takeover’ certain schools in Birmingham disclosing that scrutiny of the letter at the heart of the allegations reveal it could be a forgery and the ‘plot’ a hoax. The Times notes, “The...
The Scotsman and Plymouth Herald report on a teacher and former UKIP candidate who has been suspended from his teaching job following a series of racist, nationalist and anti-Muslim tweets brought him before a professional disciplinary panel. Ron Northcott, who was forced to resign from UKIP last...
The Mirror and BBC News report on the sentencing of a soldier who posted racist remarks on Facebook following the disappearance of Scottish toddler, Mikaeel Kular. Grenadier Guardsman Warren Butler, 19, posted the comment “F****** LOL to that P*** One down many more to go,” after Kular...
The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Radio Times and Metro all feature reviews of the BBC 3 programme EDL girls: Don’t Call me Racist. The programme which follows women attracted to the far right movement shines a light on their motivation for joining and their activities as ‘EDL Angels’....
The Guardian front page today relates information about UKIP’s political group affiliation in the European Parliament and the xenophobic, anti-Muslim remarks made by certain far right members of the group. UKIP, which is part of the Europe for Freedom and Democracy grouping in the European...
The Daily Record reports on the court appearance of a German princess on charges of threatening to ‘kill Muslims’ and calling police officers paedophiles. The incidents all occurred at an Oktoberfest festival last year and the Princess, Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein, has been charged with nine...
The newspapers in the last few days have been covering leaked documents which allegedly show a ‘plot’ by a small group pf Muslims residing in Birmingham to takeover schools in order to enforce a stricter Islamic conservatism in their ethos and operation. The documents, labelled ‘Operation...
