** 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,...
East London Lines reports that the rate of Islamophobic related offences across all London Boroughs have risen in the 12 months leading up to August 2013, with a significant spike occurring immediately after the murder of Lee Rigby, according to figures released by the Metropolitan Police. The...
The Maidenhead Advertiser reports on the commendation of two Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) for their work in connection with a number of hate crime incidents affecting the mosque in Holmanleaze, Maidenhead. The local paper reports: “PCSOs Matthew Wingrove and Graham Knight...
Several news sources including, BBC News, the Metro, ITV News and The Independent report that charges faced by two former English Defence League leaders for ‘obstructing police’ have been dropped after prosecutors deemed there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute...
A young Muslim woman spoke to SKY Tyne and Wear about her ordeal on the city’s Metro system when a man tried to forcibly remove her niqab. Yasmin Bint Shafiq, 22, was travelling on the Metro when a man tried to pull her face veil from her head. Although fellow passengers on the train carriage...
Dutch politician Geert Wilders and French National Front leader, Marine Le Pen, are in talks to create a pan-European Eurosceptic movement to contest the European Parliament elections The Independent reports. Wilders of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), and Le Pen, are to meet next month in an...
A young Muslim woman spoke to SKY Tyne and Wear about her ordeal on the city’s Metro system when a man tried to forcibly remove her niqab. Yasmin Bint Shafiq, 22, was travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro when a man tried to pull her face veil from her head. Although fellow passengers on...
The Guardian covers the report by the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) scrutinising provisions contained in the Anti-Social, Crime and Policing Bill which is currently before Parliament. The JCHR report covers the amendments to the Schedule 7 powers, used by police at ports and airports,...
The Leicester Mercury reports on safety fears of Muslims using the Oadby Central Mosque after a teenager daubed racist graffiti outside the building following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Worshippers believed they could be assaulted after they noticed the acronym “EDL” – a...
BBC News reports that two men charged with conspiracy to commit arson after being arrested in connection with a petrol bomb attack on Masjid-e-Noor in Gloucester have pleaded guilty. The attack, in which a lit canister filled with petrol was thrown at the main entrance of the mosque, took place in...
Two Muslim schoolboys who were placed in ‘isolation’ for violating the dress code of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, which prohibits beards, fake tan, false nails, make-up, dyed hair and inappropriate jewellery, have been allowed back to school on condition that they are...
