** 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 website, Politics Home, publishes a letter sent by Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to Home Secretary, Theresa May, concerning the state of proposals on reforming police use of stop and search powers. The reforms, which have sparked some disagreement between the Home Secretary and Number...
Local paper, The Cambridge News, reports on the sentencing of a gang of young men for their abuse and assault of staff at a Thai restaurant in the city in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. The gang of five repeatedly chanted ‘EDL’ at the staff as they beat up two brothers...
Memphis Barker in a contribution to The Independent’s Independent Voices blog reflects on the ASBO imposed on Jordan Horner, a member of the so called ‘Muslim patrol’ who harangued passersby in east London last year with his bizarre take on public morality. Barker, defending the application...
Richard Littlejohn in his Daily Mail page yesterday wrote an atrocious piece of pure Islamophobic bigotry whilst maligning Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad and the Muslim Research and Development Foundation. Late last week news was reported of the suspension by Legoland Windsor of its Facebook account...
The Daily Express and Daily Star both report on the Channel 5 debate broadcast last night, The Big British Immigration Row. The debate, which followed the far more sensible discussion of the issue on BBC 2 last month, explored views on immigration and showcased the results of a specially...
The Times on Friday covered the Electoral Commission’s publication of party donations for the last quarter of 2013; 1 October – 31 December. According to records filed, the Conservatives generated £4.8 million in the fourth quarter; the Labour Party £3.16 million and the Liberal Democrats...
BBC News reports on the court case involving a member of the British National Party who was banned from teaching for life following an incident in 2011. Adam Walker was initially handed a minimum two year ban after he verbally abused a group of boys and slashed their bike tyres. The ban was...
The Financial Times (£) today reports on the frustration expressed by a Conservative Cabinet Minister concerned for the party’s lacking appeal to ethnic minorities in the run up to the local elections in May and the general election next year. Despite appointing Alok Sharma MP vice chairman of...
BBC News and the Daily Mirror report on the court appearance of a soldier charged with improper use of a communications network after he posted a racially abusive message on Facebook about Mikaeel Kular, the three year old found dead in Fife last month. Grenadier Guardsman Warren Butler, 19, wrote...
The Sunday Herald features an article exploring Scottish Muslim views on the Scottish referendum ahead of a debate at Strathclyde University organised by FOSIS (Federation of Students’ Islamic Societies). Looking at ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ perspectives, the newspaper asks...
