** 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,...
Local paper, the Surrey Comet, reports on an act of vandalism on the site of a proposed mosque in what appears to be yet another suspected retaliatory attack following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. An old building, Bank Chambers, which has been acquired by the Worcester Park Islamic...
Bill Leckie in his column in The Sun newspaper today reflects on recent incidents of violence and murderous assault and the social division caused by the different ways in which such attacks are handled. Writing about the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich two weeks ago, the jailing yesterday...
The Guardian, Daily Mail and Sky News all report on the forced evacuation of pupils at the Darul Uloom in Chislehurst, Kent, after a part of the premises was set alight by intruders. According to The Observer, Saiyed Mahmood, an adviser to the school, explained that “The academic department...
The Daily Record reports on an internal investigation launched by the British Boxing Board of Control after anti-Muslim comments were found on boxing manager, Alex Morrison’s Facebook page. Posts, appearing in the immediate aftermath of Drummer Lee Rigby’s death, referred to Muslims as...
The Northern Echo reports that a former UKIP canvasser whose anti-Muslim Facebook posts were passed to the police has been arrested “on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred under the Public Order Act”. Tony Nixon, who posted comments such as: “Instead of turning Ground Zero into a...
The East Grinstead Courier and Observer and BBC News report on anti-Muslim graffiti painted onto the front door of the home of the mother of a British soldier. N’jaimeh Jawara returned to her home in East Grimstead, Sussex, to find the words ‘Dead Muslim’ on her front door in...
The Bucks Herald reports on a number of racist incidents which have occurred in Aylesbury in retaliation to the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich two weeks ago. The paper reports that a 31 year old man has been arrested in relation to a string of racist incidents. According to the paper, the...
The Daily Mail reports on the release of data on the 2011 Census by academics at Manchester University studying changing attitudes to national, religious and ethnic identity. According to analysis conducted by the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CDoE), Muslims are more likely to identify with a...
The Scotsman newspaper reports on the withdrawal of pupils from a school trip to Edinburgh mosque after some parents voiced concerns over “hate being preached in mosques”. Around a third of pupils, 28 out of 90, were withdrawn by their parents from the school trip for various reasons, such...
BBC News reports on the guilty plea entered by Emma West after she was charged with two counts of racially-aggravated public order offences having been filmed racially abusing passengers on a tram in Croydon in November 2011. West, who had earlier pleaded not guilty, was arrested and charged after...
