** 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,...
On the first anniversary of the publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s report, following the Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, The Guardian on Friday featured a full page advertisement by Hacked Off with a 100 public personalities who have signed the Leveson Royal...
BBC News reports that a man charged with aiding and abetting an arson attack on a mosque in Grimsby, in retaliation for the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, has been found guilty. Daniel Cressey, 25, drove two ex-soldiers, Stuart Harness, 33, and Gavin Humphries, 37, to the Islamic Cultural Centre in...
Luton North MP, Kelvin Hopkins, has tabled an Early Day Motion (786) in support of Interpal urging that the US administration remove the charity from its list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) after a New York court ruled earlier this year that the charity had never funded any...
A 21-year-old man who scrawled the words “Lee Rigby’s killers should hang” on the RAF Bomber Command War Memorial in London has been jailed for 12 weeks, BBC News reports. Daniel Smith admitted two counts of causing criminal damage on 5 June, at Westminster Magistrates’...
The Ministry of Justice has released annual statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2012 which provides information about how members of all ethnic groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups, were represented in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in...
Muslim women in Rochdale who wear the face-veil attended a public forum held at the town hall in an attempt to dispel myths surrounding the niqab, ITV News reports. Mamoona, a 24 year-old teacher, spoke of how she adopted the face-veil of her own volition and how it conforms to her interpretation...
Regional paper, the Yorkshire Post, reports on the outcome of an FOI on the cost of policing English Defence League demonstrations in West Yorkshire. The local force has policed seven EDL protests in the county since October 2009 at a total cost of £3 million. The Police and Crime Commissioner for...
Local paper, Dudley News, reports on the community engagement activities and increased patrols by the Cradley Heath and Old Hill Neighbourhood Policing Team following a spate of racist and anti-Muslim attacks in Cradley Heath. A group of teenagers were arrested last week on suspicion of racially...
Hundreds of people have visited a mosque in Maidenhead after it opened its doors to the public, the Maidenhead Advertiser reports. As part of Inter Faith Week, the Islamic Trust Mosque held an open day inviting locals to learn more about Islam and dispel myths. Zia Mahiudin, spokesperson for the...
Jurors have been shown CCTV footage in which two former soldiers are seen throwing petrol bombs at a mosque in Grimsby in an alleged ‘revenge attack’ for the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. The Daily Mail, BBC News, Daily Mirror and ITV News all report on the case of a third man, Daniel Cressey,...
