** 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,...
Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has announced that the new national curriculum will now include a module on the history of Islam. The absence of Islam in school teaching on history invited considerable criticism when the curriculum was put out for consultation. But Aleia Abbas, columnist for the...
Today’s Herald Scotland reports on the deliberations of Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council on the application of the Scottish Defence League to protest in the Pollockshields district of the city. The SDL, a far-right group linked to the English Defence League, plan to protest in...
A woman from Birmingham who told police she was going “Paki bashing with the EDL” has been fined £100, the Birmingham Mail reports. Lianne Tyler, 20, also called a police officer a “black c***” twice. City magistrates heard how officers found Tyler drunk and carrying...
A labourer accused of damaging a mosque hours after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby will stand trial before a jury, the Kent Messenger reports. Andrew Grindlay, 45, pleaded not guilty to two charges, burglary with intent to commit damage and racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage, at...
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is the latest public official to speak out against the spate of attacks on Muslims following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May. Addressing an inter-faith audience gathered at Featherstone High School in west London yesterday, the...
Milton Keynes News reports that a 22 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence after stones were thrown at the Jamee Mosque in Bletchley in the early hours of Sunday. Thames Valley Police responded to a call complaining of a man throwing objects and...
The Croydon Advertiser covers the reactions of Muslims in the local area who are braced for a protest by the English Volunteer Force on July 27. The EVF, a far right group affiliated to the English Defence League, intend to protest outside the Home Office HQ Lunar House against what they call the...
The Times (£) covers the results of an ICM poll which found that Muslims top the league on charitable donations. The paper reports that Muslims “are among Britain’s most generous givers” donating an “average of almost £371 each, with Jewish givers averaging just over £270 per person.”...
The annual report by David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, on Terrorism Acts in the UK was published last week. The report, released on July 17, deals with the implementation of terrorism legislation and covers areas such as the terror threat, arrests and detention...
Columnist for the Scottish Sun, Aamer Anwar, in yesterday’s paper reflected on the three bombs found in Walsall, Tipton and Wolverhampton in recent weeks and the near absence of front page coverage of these ‘acts of terror’ or statements of solidarity by Government officials. Anwar wrote:...
