** 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,...
The Redditch Standard last week reported news of open days to be hosted at Redditch mosque to ‘tackle misconceptions of Islam’, after swastikas and racist graffiti were daubed on its walls in an act of religiously aggravated criminal damage. The Jinnah Road mosque, which is still under...
A footballer from Liverpool has pleaded guilty to an offence under the Communications Act after tweeting a comment calling for mosques to be ‘gassed or bombed’ and the beheading of Muslim children, the Liverpool Echo and Daily Mirror report. Shaun Tuck, who plays for Witton Albion, tweeted:...
Hate crimes against Muslims in the capital rose from one per day to eight per day in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, according to the Metropolitan Police Service Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. Speaking during a web chat Commissioner confirmed that attacks on...
A Muslim family in Bradford awoke to find four pigs’ heads left outside their home, the Telegraph & Argus reports. Sophia Ditta, whose family have lived in Bradford for over sixty years, said it is the first time they have experienced racism as she broke news of the attack on her blog. She...
The Express & Star local newspaper reports on another attack on the Cradley Heath Central Mosque and Islamic Centre. The mosque, whose building was burnt to the ground on Boxing Day in 2009, was vandalized some time yesterday with the mosque’s walls daubed with references to the English...
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is expected to face charges on incitement to racial hatred after the European parliament voted to lift her immunity to prosecution, the Guardian reports. Le Pen, an MEP since 2004, had her parliamentary immunity revoked by the European parliament after it...
A number of newspapers today report on the decision by Channel 4 to broadcast the adhan throughout the month of Ramadan. The Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, The Sun, politics.co.uk website and The Huffington Post are all running this story but with differing views...
Today BBC News, the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph all report on the Home Secretary, Theresa May’s announcement in Parliament of a consultation to review police powers to stop and search suspects amid concerns the powers are being used too liberally and are damaging community relations. The...
The Daily Mail and BBC News both report on the community sentence handed to Emma West, whose racist rant on a Croydon to Wimbledon tram was filmed by a passenger and uploaded onto YouTube. West was charged with racially-aggravated disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress after...
The South Wales Argus reports that Muslim graves have been desecrated at Christchurch Cemetery, Newport. Four graves were daubed with racist and Islamophobic graffiti with the words “Kill the Muslim Pakis” appearing on one gravestone and “white power” on another. Swastikas and the initials...
