** 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 Guardian reports on an incident of serious assault on the imam of Hull mosque and Islamic Centre, Imam Hafiz Salik. Imam Salik was assaulted while driving home with his wife and young daughter by a man who approached his car and punched him in the face. Humberside police have issued a call for...
Approximately 20 members of the English Defence League held a protest outside the Jami mosque in Southsea yesterday night, local paper The Portsmouth News reports. EDL supporters gathered near the mosque at around 7pm holding up placards stating “terrorists are being radicalised here”. A...
The local paper, Exeter Express and Echo, reports that three men have appeared in court following their arrest in connection with an English Defence League demonstration in Exeter last month. More than 200 EDL supporters were involved in the far right group’s rally in Exeter on 16 November. Two...
News portal, On Islam, reports on the launch of an award scheme to encourage Muslims to adopt eco-friendly measures in lifestyle and local communities. Green Up My Community! is a joint campaign between MADE in Europe and the Federation of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO)....
The Guardian reports that David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has called for “further reform” to the Schedule 7 stop and search powers and ports and airports “to include the introduction of a suspicion threshold …and the improvement of safeguards in...
BBC News reports on the Home Secretary’s move to deprive terror suspect Hilal Al-Jedda of UK citizenship despite rendering him stateless as a result. Hilal Al-Jedda lost his Iraqi nationality when given UK asylum in 2000 and became a British subject. He was arrested in Iraq in 2004 by the US and...
Local newspaper, The Northern Echo, reports on the anti-burqa protest by the English Defence League and North East Infidels in Hartlepool last weekend. Around 150 members of the EDL and NEI marched from The Clarendon Pub to the War Memorial in Church Square. A counter protest by anti-fascist group...
BBC News reports on an anti-Muslim hate crime in Wigan where a man ran into Pemberton Service Station and threw a large chunk of bacon at an Asian attendant. The man, caught on CCTV, is seen with his head wrapped in a scarf taking aim at the attendant while holding a piece of meat. Greater...
ENGAGE is working with the newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to get police forces across England and Wales to record hate crime against Muslims with a specific crime flag. Currently the Metropolitan Police Service and Greater Manchester Police record Islamophobia with a specific crime...
