** 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,...
BBC News reports on the arrest and charge of a third man in connection with the arson attack on Grimsby Islamic Centre on 26 May. Daniel Cressey, 24, has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life and will appear before magistrates at a later date. Two other men, Stuart Harness, 33 and...
BBC News and Herald Scotland both report on the release of statistics on hate crimes in Scotland over the period 2012-2013, and in earlier years for comparison. The report covers race hate crime and hate crimes aggravated by religion, disability and sexual orientation. The report notes that race...
Local paper, Maldon and Burnham Standard, reports on the question tabled by MP for Colchester, Sir Bob Russell, on membership of the English Defence League by members of the Armed Forces. The question, posed to Defence Minister, Mark Francois, seeks information on “what guidance his Department...
Local paper, News Shopper, reports on the guilty verdict reached in the case of two men charged with a racially aggravated public order offence for beating up a Muslim at a tube station. Salvatore Allegro, 48, and James Whitbread, 36, are said to have verbally abused Ahmed Farhan, telling him to...
The Guardian and the local paper, News Shopper, reported on the suspended sentence passed on Michaela Turner for comments posted on Facebook after the murder of drummer Lee Rigby which violated section 127 of the Communication Act 2003. Turner, 24, who had been drinking at the time, posted the...
BBC News reports on the overwhelming display of support shown by locals for the Islamic Cultural Centre in Grimsby, the scene of an arson attack in the immediate days after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Two men in their thirties have been arrested in connection with the incident,...
The Daily Mail reports on the court appearance of Tony Perrin, 28, yesterday on charges brought under the Communications Act after he posted a comment on Facebook threatening to ‘massacre Muslims’. Perrin, a supporter of the English Defence League, posted comments under the name Tony...
BBC News reports on the sentence passed on Benjamin Flatters at Skegness Magistrates Court yesterday where he appeared on charges of inciting racial hatred. Flatters was arrested after a post he placed on Facebook on 22 May was referred to the police for its anti-Muslim content. BBC News reports...
Local paper, Maidenhead Advertiser, reports on repeat attacks on a mosque in Maidenhead, all of which have occurred in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. The day after Drummer Rigby’s death, stones were thrown at the mosque smashing windows by the fire exit. On Sunday,...
The Leicester Mercury reports that police are seeking witnesses to an attack after a cyclist attempted to pull off a Muslim woman’s headscarf as she waited to cross a road. The woman, who was visiting the city’s Victoria Park, was stood on the pavement waiting to cross the road when two...
