** 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,...
Asian Image, BBC News, Sky News and The Huffington Post all report on charges brought against EDL leaders, Stephen Lennon and Kevin Carroll, for obstructing police after allegedly trying to defy a ban on marching to the scene of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Police officers intervened when...
BBC News reports on the jailing of a man in connection with an attack on a mosque in Braintree hours after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May. Geoffery Ryan, 43, admitted affray and two counts of possessing an offensive weapon after turning up at the Al Falah Centre in Braintree with a knife...
BBC News reports that the MP for Hull North, Diana Johnson, has called for ban on all marches in the city by the English Defence League (EDL) following the arrest of four supporters during a demonstration at the weekend. The shadow home office minister for crime and security said that allowing...
BBC News reports that women across Sweden have been posting pictures of themselves wearing headscarves on social media sites to express solidarity with Muslim women after an assault on a veil wearing woman in a Stockholm suburb on Saturday. The Local reports that the woman, who is pregnant,...
The South Wales Evening Post reports on support being shown by locals for the Tonna mosque, in Neath, which was vandalised last week. A local community project aimed at bringing people together is to hold a bric-a-brac stall next weekend and donate the money raised towards repairs at the mosque....
A number of English Defence League supporters were arrested at the weekend after protests were held in Portsmouth, Hull and Edinburgh. In Hull, EDL protesters broke through police barriers to attack a member of the public who was supporting an anti-fascist counter-protest. The victim was punched...
A mosque in Sheffield hosted an open day to dispel myths surrounding Islam and promote community and social cohesion, Forge Today reports. Markazi Islamic Centre held its open day last Sunday, just days after Eid-al-Fitr, to invite locals to gain a better understanding of Islam. The Markazi...
A man who tweeted numerous anti-Islamic messages and who threatened to burn down a mosque in Cambridge has been issued an Anti-Social Behaviour Order banning him from going near a number of Islamic centres in the city, Cambridge News reports. Cambridge Police submitted the ASBO application after...
Local Labour politicians have called for a ban on the planned English Defence League protest in Tower Hamlets next month labeling it “a clear attempt to fuel hatred and division,” local paper, The Wharf, reports. The far-right extremist group plans to march through Tower Hamlets again on...
The Portsmouth News reports on the planned protest by the English Defence League against a new Muslim faith school, the Madani Academy, which is expected to open later this year. Objecting to the Muslim faith school in Portsmouth, Mickey Bayliss, the EDL’s regional organiser for the South West,...
