** 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 and the Daily Mail cover the English Defence League’s protest in Manchester at the weekend and the counter protest organised by Unite Against Fascism. Around 700 EDL supporters converged on Albert Square in the city centre with 350 UAF supporters gathering for a counter-protest. Greater...
BBC News reports on public order and racial harassment charges brought against 13 men following arrests made during a mosque protest in Sunderland last year. A mosque planning application by the Sunderland based Pakistan Islamic Centre has attracted repeat protests by far right groups. The protests...
The Daily Record covers the courageous story of eight year old Ayesha Siddiqui who has been nominated for the Daily Record Our Heroes Award. Ayesha, a leukaemia patient, has, with the help of her parents, raised £172,000 for the bone marrow charity, Anthony Nolan, making her “one of the...
BBC News reports on an initiative launched by the Islamic Diversity Centre in Newcastle urging Muslims to donate blood. According to the NHS blood service, “patients often responded better to blood from people of “the same ethnic background”.While “only 4% of the UK population gives...
The paper reports on the results of an investigation conducted on its behalf by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism which established that “since 2010, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, has revoked the passports of 16 individuals, many of whom are alleged to have had links to militant or...
The Llanelli Star reports on the successful deployment of security cameras fitted to a mosque in Llanelli which had been the target of repeat attacks. The last attack took place in Ramadan last year when thugs forced their way through the mosque door and abused a group of elderly women inside. The...
Greater Manchester Police and Manchester City Council have issued advice to the city’s residents ahead of a planned demonstration by the English Defence League on Saturday 2nd March, to ensure the protest “causes the minimum of disruption to all members of the community”. The advice issued...
Former CIA officer, Valerie Plame, and US diplomat, Joe Wilson, in a guest column in The Guardian today reflect on the ‘dodgy dossier’ and the Bush Administration’s claims of ‘weapons of mass destruction’ which prompted the US-led invasion of Iraq ten years ago. Noting the dissonance...
BBC News reports on the detection of horse DNA in halal burgers supplied to schools in Lancashire. From BBC News: “Frozen beef products have been withdrawn from schools in Lancashire after horse DNA was found in halal beef burgers. “Earlier in February, Food Standards Agency tests found...
The Stationery Office has launched an iPad App for Hansard, making it even easier for iPad users to read transcripts of parliamentary debates online. Details can be found at the App Store here.
