** 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 article was first published on Byline Times. The last weeks have witnessed a growing outcry against the State’s use of algorithms to predict the results of students across the country at the detriment of students predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students that were predicted A*s...
Earlier this month, two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following what was described as a “hit-and-run” attack on a black NHS worker in Bristol, which left him with a broken leg, nose, and cheekbone. The police are treating the attack as racially-aggravated because of...
Parallel to the revelation of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s (now thankfully disrupted) plans to send royal navy warships to block asylum seekers from crossing the Channel, the leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, has spent the last few weeks tweeting videos and posts expressing outrage at a...
In 2017, Imam Is’Haaq Jasat’s family sat down in a park on a beautiful sunny day to enjoy a picnic celebrating Eid as part of a local community event. At the time, a keen photographer, with permission of the family, took a photo of them to publicise the event and highlight how the local...
In a recent interview, Craig Whittaker, the Conservative MP for Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, stated that there are “sections of our community that are just not taking the pandemic seriously”. When pressed as to whether he was referring to Muslim communities, Whittaker responded: “Of...
Experts have warned that new neo-Nazi terror groups will continue to emerge as online communities, which further serves to compound existing concerns surrounding the lack of adequate legislation to deal with online far-right activity and social media offences. Last month, Feuerkrieg...
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has requested the Royal Mint design British coins and notes in a way to honour some of Britain’s BAME figures. The importance of Mr Sunak’s move to try and make our legal tender more inclusive should not be underestimated, and is of particular significance given the...
In a recent interview, Craig Whittaker, Conservative MP for Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, stated that there are “sections of our community that are just not taking the pandemic seriously”. When pressed as to whether he was referring to Muslim communities, Whittaker responded: “Of...
Following pressure from the National Association of Muslim Police, it was recently revealed that police forces are exploring dropping terms such as “Islamist terrorism” and “Jihadis” when referring to attacks carried out by people who claim to be motivated by Islam. If the police were to...
It has recently emerged that colleges and universities in Greater Manchester drew up a data-sharing agreement after the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 with the help of counter-terrorism police and the Department for Education (DfE) to share details of students who had been referred to PREVENT....
