** 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 Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has issued a press release on its complaint concerning a Radio 4 broadcast and the BBC Trust’s ruling on the case. PSC complained that a news bulletin broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012 on protests held during the Israeli Habima Theatre group’s...
A manifesto for the Police and Crime Commissioner election 2012. Our manifesto covers the most urgent priorities in policing from a British Muslim perspective. We call on all PCC candidates to pledge their support for our key campaign issues: Recording Islamophobia; Reforming Stop and Search;...
The Sunderland Echo reports on the arrest of two men over the weekend following a protest by the English Defence League against plans to turn a pub into a Muslim education centre in the village of Shotton Colliery in County Durham. The newspaper states that around 200 protesters turned out for the...
Reports recently published by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) illustrate that hate crimes are a significant issue affecting many groups in EU and OSCE member states. The ODIHR report, available here, consists of...
An online petition devised by the media reform group, Hacked Off, which calls on the government to implement the full recommendations of Lord Justice Leveson’s report has obtained almost 130,000 signatures. The report, published last Thursday, has invited much commentary and criticism from those...
The Birmingham Mail and BBC News have both reported on the conviction of a 16-year old boy on manslaughter charges after he fatally attacked 21-year old Saleem Hassan with a baseball bat outside a mosque in Small Heath. The teenager will be sentenced in January. The Birmingham Mail cites the Senior...
The London Evening Standard yesterday covered the latest developments concerning the planning proposals for the Abbey Mills mosque building project in Newham (also reported in the Newham Recorder). Officials have made a recommendation that the plans be rejected. The council will decide whether to...
The local paper, Hartlepool Mail, reports on concerns over an EDL demonstration being staged in Shotton Colliery tomorrow protesting against plans to turn a pub into a Muslim education centre which will be open to all faiths. The Mail states that “Worried Muslims are expected to flee the village...
Yesterday’s publication of the Leveson Inquiry report features in the major broadsheet papers today – The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and The Times (£). The coverage looks at the implications of the report and its recommendations, the Government’s response, as well as the...
BBC News reports on a controversy involving schools in Lancashire where Muslim students are being urged to boycott meat used in preparation of school meals because of concerns over its compliance with accredited halal slaughter. The Lancashire Council of Mosques (LCM) stated that the meat suppliers...
