** 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 reports on the arrest of a woman in connection to racist spray painting in view of a mosque in Woking on Monday. From the BBC: “A 19-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after abusive words were spray painted in view of a mosque. “Surrey...
The Guardian’s Defence and Security blog carries an article by Richard Norton-Taylor on the Justice and Security Bill and its proposals to extend ‘closed material procedures’ (CMPs) or ‘secret trials’ to civil courts. The House of Lords is due to vote on the bill next week. Norton-Taylor...
BBC News reports on comments made by the Conservative MP for Keighley, Kris Hopkins, during a parliamentary debate on child sexual exploitation in which Hopkins referred to “gangs of Muslim men … going round and raping white kids” and appeared to blame “sexist behaviour by Muslim men...
The Guardian reports on the speech given by the chair of the Press Complaints Commission, Lord David Hunt, to the Society of Editors annual conference in Belfast in which he appeals against the introduction of statutory press regulation. Lord Hunt argued that the entire press should not be...
BBC News reports guilty plea entered by Grant Robertson at Dundee Sheriff Court for racially aggravated assault after he threw a sword at three Muslim men who were fleeing a fire. From the BBC: “A Dundee man hurled a sword at three Muslim men as they stood outside a block of flats after escaping...
The media has widely reported (see BBC News, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Sun, Daily Express and Daily Mail) on the appeals court’s ruling on Monday rejecting the Home Secretary’s case for deporting Abu Qatada to Jordan. The Special Immigration Appeal Commission (SIAC) ruled that Abu Qatada...
The Guardian carries an article on a report published by the Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding the government’s controversial Justice and Security Bill. The bill contains proposals to extend ‘closed material procedures’ (CMP), otherwise known as secret trials, to civil court...
The Leicester Mercury and Asian Image newspapers reports on the successful business venture by a Muslim medical student at Leicester University challenging popular misconceptions about Islam and Muslim through T-shirts bearing slogans. The Leicester Mercury interviews Umair, the man behind the...
BBC News and local media (see here and here) have reported on protests held in Norwich over the weekend by the EDL and its opponents, marching under the banner, ‘We Are Norwich’. Four people were arrested, three of whom were charged, whilst one man was cautioned for a public order offence. From...
The websites Civil Society Finance and Third Sector Online both cover a meeting of charity regulators in Parliament discussing the impact of terrorism legislation on charity operations. Haroun Atallah, finance director of Islamic Relief (IR), told regulators that terrorism legislation introduced...
