** 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 Croydon Advertiser reports on comments made in a Youtube video by Respect MP for Bradford West, George Galloway, on the party’s targetting black and Muslim voters in a by-election due to take place in Croydon North later this month. From the local paper: “George Galloway has been accused of...
The Scotsman on Saturday reported on a speech by Professor Richard Dawkins at the Hebridean Book Festival at which Dawkins described Islam as “one of the great evils of the world”. From the Scotsman: “Renowned atheist Professor Richard Dawkins received a surprise standing ovation in the...
The Sunday Express has joined the line of newspapers which include the Daily Star, Daily Mail and London Evening Standard, in scaremongering about a planned ‘mega-mosque’ which is awaiting planning permission from Newham Council in East London. From the Sunday Express: “Plans for a super...
The Guardian letters section today includes a letter signed by twenty academics, criticising a Guardian editorial published last Friday which the signatories argue accepts that a reformed system of self-regulation is the most appropriate way forward for press regulation in the UK. From the letter:...
An article in local Stoke paper, The Sentinel, draws attention to a 2011 report by the Institute for Race Relations on racism in Stoke-on-Trent. The report, ‘The New Geographies of Racism’, is based on casework analysis of racism in the city which the IRR has documented as well as interviews...
The Exeter Express and Echo has reported on the sentencing of a man convicted for committing religiously aggravated criminal damage after he attacked a mosque. The man had watched news reports on the desecration of Commonwealth graves in Libya before committing the offence. From the local paper:...
The Daily Mail reports on an investigation launched by British Transport Police after a woman was filmed hurling racial abuse at a group of black passengers on a tube train. A video of the racist attack has been uploaded to Youtube. From the Daily Mail: “Police are hunting a woman caught on...
BBC News, the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and The Sun have all reported on the 12 month community order sentences given to a woman and two men after they subjected an Asian man in Manchester to a violent racist attack. The woman admitted kicking and stamping on the head of the man saying “You’re a...
The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the EU Observer have both covered a report published by a consortium of NGOs which highlights the EU’s trade relations with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ‘Trading Away Peace: How Europe Helps Sustain Israeli Settlements’,...
Amidst a flurry of articles by interested parties on the prospect of Lord Justice Leveson introducing statutory regulation of the press and a Lords debate last week on media standards and media regulation, The Guardian today reports that the Inquiry’s report has been delayed until the end of...
