** 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 Asian Image newspaper reports that a man has been cautioned by police after making “racist and offensive comments” opposing plans for a Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The paper reports: “West Mercia Police said the Facebook user, aged in his 20s and from Shrewsbury,...
The Asian Image newspaper reports on the fundraising efforts of schoolgirls at Preston Muslim Girls High School and Abrar Academy who have jointly raised £8000 for charity. The paper reports that the money will be distributed to two causes, “£3500 will be sent to Gaza through Interpal and...
The US State Department released its annual International Religious Freedoms report yesterday assessing religious freedoms across the globe. The report includes country-by-country studies on demographics of religious communities, legal protections on freedom of religion, legal cases in defence of...
The Guardian features news of an online exhibition, ‘Muslim Women’s Art and Voices’, capturing stories, interviews, experiences and art by Muslim women from across the globe. You can view the exhibition and share content on the site here. A number of artistic contributions on and by Muslim...
The Northern Echo covers the announcement of a national protest in Newcastle by the English Defence League on Saturday 25th May “over proposals to open an Islamic school in the city”. Newcastle City Council approved plans to turn Benwell Towers into an Islamic fee paying school last December....
BBC News reports on three men who have appeared in court after being arrested at the anti-mosque rally in Dumfries at the weekend. The men, John Banks, 55, David Kyle, 29, and Josh Wood, 29, appeared in court in Dumfries on public order offences. Banks and Kyle both pleaded not guilty to charges of...
The Sunday Telegraph published a letter yesterday signed by over 450 British Muslim scholars and leaders expressing ‘serious misgivings’ over the Coalition’s Marriage Bill legalizing same sex marriage. The Marriage Bill returns to the Report Stage in Parliament today. In the letter, signed by...
BBC News reports mon the election of a UKIP councillor to Rotherham Metropolitan Council. Cavan Vines won in the by-election prompted by the departure of Shaun Wright, who was elected as the PCC for South Yorkshire in last November’s elections. Vines has been already been exposed for his...
BBC News reports on the arrest of three people on public order offences following a Scottish Defence League protest in Dumfries at the weekend. The SDL, who exploited concerns raised by a local couple over a mosque extension application to promote their protest, were faced with a counter-rally...
Local paper, Wakefield Express, reports on another alleged incident of anti-Muslim hate crime in the Leeds area with two men arrested at the weekend on “suspicion of criminal damage after a window was smashed at the mosque on Agbrigg Road.” The local paper reports that a further two people, a...
