** 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 Blackpool Gazette reports on the court appearance of a man accused of throwing a pig’s head into a Blackpool mosque at prayer time. Andrew Warner, 29, has been charged with racially aggravated threatening behaviour and will appear before Preston Crown Court on February 20. Warner’s bail...
The Daily Mirror reports on a letter sent to Muslim schools and mosques in County Dublin threatening to “attack any Muslim man, women (sic) and child that enters any mosque in Ireland”. The letter claims that the “Defenders of Ireland” will “attack any Muslim man, women and...
The Herald Scotland reports on the results of a study by the Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre in Glasgow on stereotypes about Muslim women popular among young Scots. A study of Scots aged 11 to 24 reveals that many regard Muslim women as a “threat”, “a foreigner” and...
The second of two men charged with counts of racially aggravated criminal damage, theft and criminal damage after an attack on a mosque in Holmanleaze, Maidenhead in June has been found guilty, BBC News reports. Lee Hunt, 26, was charged after racist graffiti was found daubed on the walls of the...
Local newspaper, the Halesowen News, reports on the arrest of a teenage gang on suspicion of racially aggravated assault and criminal damage after a spate of racial hate crimes in the area. The paper reports on incidents in recent months including a number of Asian pensioners who were beaten up,...
BBC News, ITV News and the Daily Mail all carry coverage of the sentencing of two men for an arson attack on Masjid-E-Noor in Gloucester in the days after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Self-proclaimed fascist, Clive Ceronne, and fellow EDL supporter, Ashley Juggins, poured petrol around the door...
UKIP’s Lord Pearson tabled a debate on Islam in the House of Lords to discuss the basis for the statement made by the Prime Minister on 3 June:“There is nothing in Islam that justifies acts of terror”. The Prime Minister had made his comments following the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby...
A leaked government report seen by Channel 4 News reveals that the Al-Madinah free school in Derby was closed and subsequently put into ‘special measures’ due to issues of financial mismanagement by the governors and not, as widely reported for reasons of segregating schoolchildren or forcing...
Local paper, The Bolton News, reports that council leaders at Bolton Council have issued an apology to parents after a batch of chocolate mousse containing pork gelatine was inadvertently served to Muslim primary school pupils. The incident occurred at the one school, Gaskell Community Primary...
Asian Image reproduces the speech delivered by the Security Minister, James Brokenshire, during a visit to the Manchester Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre yesterday afternoon. The Minister’s visit coincided with the start of the trial of Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo at the...
