** 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,...
A demonstration held in Birmingham at the weekend by the English Defence League, has been covered by many outlets (The Sun, BBC News, Express and Star, Birmingham Mail, Daily Express, The Guardian) West Midlands Police drafted in 1,000 extra police in anticipation of trouble and were pelted with...
The Daily Telegraph features correspondence between Sir John Chilcot, chairman of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, and the Prime Minister, David Cameron, concerning the long awaited inquiry report. The paper publishes a letter sent to the PM by Sir John noting the identification by the...
National and regional papers today (The Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Birmingham Mail and BBC News) all carry news of another mosque evacuation in the West Midlands prompted by the discovery of a further explosive device in Wolverhampton and news of the arrest of two men in...
The Birmingham Mail reports on CCTV images released by West Midlands Police of a man sought in connection with the ‘home made bomb’ found at the Aisha mosque in Walsall last month. A 75 year old man who was arrested and released on bail faces no further action in relation to the incident....
The Grimsby Telegraph reports on the sentencing of Terence Baker, 25, who posted comments on Facebook calling for the ‘burning down of Grimsby mosque’ in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May. Baker pleaded guilty to “sending an offensive or menacing message on May 24”...
The North Wales Daily Post reports that a planned rally by the far-right North Wales Alliance Gogledd Cymru (ANWGC) in Llandudno next month has been cancelled. The rally, which was to be attended by supporters of the English Defence League, Scottish Defence League and the North West Infidels, had...
More than 1,000 police officers will be drafted in for an English Defence League rally in Centenary Square in Birmingham’s city centre this Saturday, the Birmingham Mail reports. The far-right movement’s supporters are expected to attend a static demonstration this coming Saturday and...
BBC News reports on the suspended sentence handed to a man who posted ‘vile’ and ‘inflammatory’ anti-Muslim comments on Facebook after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May. Adam Rogers, 28, who posted comments including, “the mosque needs burning down”...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the steps taken by police to quash claims circulated on far right websites that the death of David Ryding, who fought with the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment until 2011, was motivated by race or faith. Warwickshire Police have moved quickly to dispel the claims in...
The Maidenhead Advertiser reports on the court date set for the trial of two men charged with two counts of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and one charge of criminal damage and theft in connection with an attack on a mosque in Holmanleaze last month. The mosque was repeatedly...
