** 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 Independent reports on a suspected revenge arson attack on a mosque and community centre in Muswell Hill, north London, yesterday. Police and fire services were called to the building in north London, which houses the Al-Rahma Islamic Centre, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The...
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports on a hate crime incident in Leeds where the walls of a former pub due to be converted into a mosque and community centre were daubed with racist graffiti. “Unknown vandals spray painted Islamophobic remarks and racist jibes on the walls and windows of the...
There is plenty of coverage in the news today (see Daily Mail, Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Mirror, Yorkshire Post, Herald Scotland, Evening Standard, BBC News and ITV News) on the Prime Minster’s statement in the House of Commons yesterday on the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby and the new...
The Daily Mail on Saturday reported on an investigation launched by the Ministry of Defence into alleged links between a serving soldier and the English Defence League. The investigation follows claims published in The Times (£) newspaper of tweets sent by Colour Sergeant Glen Hughes in which he...
Local paper, Plymouth Herald, reports that two men have been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated harassment of a man of ‘Middle Eastern appearance’ in Plymouth Hoe last Sunday. The paper reports on the police investigation into the alleged incident in which...
BBC News reports on a charge of racial or religiously aggravated criminal damage brought against a 45 year old man after windows at a mosque in Huntington, Cambridge were smashed last Thursday. BBC News notes that Cambridgeshire police are “working with the mosque and the local community to...
BBC News and local paper, Lancashire Telegraph, report on racist graffiti daubed on the walls of a Muslim prayer hall at a cemetery and the desecration of a Muslim gravestone. The incident occurred at Pleasington cemetery in Blackburn last Thursday and the local council have since painted over the...
There has been considerable commentary sparked by the Home Secretary’s announcements in TV interviews last week of proposals being considered by Government which would ‘pre-emptively ban’ the circulation of extremist material online and in broadcasting. Theresa May’s reactions came on the...
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The Daily Mail and local paper, Louth Leader, cover cases of social media abuse and police investigations into inciteful and ‘indecent or grossly offensive messages’ posted online. The Daily Mail reports on the case of Dave Lee who posted a series of messages on Facebook, including posts...
