** 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,...
This is Local London reports on the latest Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin which includes details of the regulators appraisal of complaints relating to the appearance of Anjem Choudary on BBC Newsnight and Channel 4 News on May 23, and ITV Daybreak on May 24th, just days after the murder of Drummer Lee...
The Conservative MP for Enfield North, Nick De Bois, has condemned the distribution of a BNP leaflet in the local borough, the Enfield Advertiser and This is Local London report. The leaflet prompts local residents with the incendiary question “Alarmed by the threat of Islam to your British...
Local paper, The Lincolnite, reports on the pending return of the East Anglian Patriots to the city for another anti mosque protest. The far right movement, which last protested in the city in last June over approved plans to convert Boultham Dairy into a mosque and Islamic centre. The EAP are...
The Daily Telegraph draws attention to the findings of the latest Pew Research Center report on the impingement upon religious beliefs and practices by governments and societies around the world. The report, in its fifth edition, measures restrictions on religious freedoms worldwide. The report...
BBC News reports on the court appearance of a man charged with engaging in the conduct and preparation of terrorist acts on or before 6 June. Ian Forman, 42, who was charged after arrest by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, allegedly photographed and labelled the Wirral Islamic...
The Daily Mirror and Metro and local paper, The Journal, report on the cancellation by a school in Northumberland of the scheduled visit of former English Defence League leader, Stephen Lennon. The Daily Mirror in yesterday’s paper covered news of a school tour by Lennon, organised by the...
Following The Times front page story last week on the age distribution profile of the UK’s faith communities and the fact that almost a tenth of children aged 0-4 in England and Wales are Muslim, Channel 4 in a survey finds that the general population tends to overestimate the size of local...
The Independent on Sunday, BBC News, the Daily Mail, and The Guardian all report on the 250-page dossier submitted by Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) to the International Criminal Court calling for an investigation into...
The Independent front page story today covers the Home Office publication on hate crimes in England and Wales released last month. The paper, in an exclusive report, notes that “tens of thousands of race hate crimes are going unreported every year” as campaigners argue “the discrepancy...
