** 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 Home Office has released data on hate crimes and racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales for 2011/12. A Hate crime is defined as “any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by hostility towards someone based on their disability, race,...
The Sunderland Echo reports on an arson attack on cars owned by two Muslims who fear the act was racially motivated. From the local paper: “His car a burnt-out shell, student Usman Chaudhry fears he is the target of racist thugs. “The 28-year-old’s Nissan Micra was one of two cars destroyed...
The Home Office today released statistics on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation from 2011-12. The data looks at arrests, outcomes and stop and searches in Great Britain for the 2011/12 period. Some of the key findings are summarised below:...
The Guardian today carries an article by assistant editor of the New Statesman, Daniel Trilling, drawing on his new book ‘Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of the Far Right’. Addressing popular myths that animate the far right’s ideas and politics, Trilling denotes the exploitation of poor...
There was an article in the Guardian yesterday regarding the nature of the Justice and Security Bill and the proposals included within it to extend ‘closed material procedures’, often referred to as secret trials, to civil courts. It is argued that the proposals included in the bill are...
BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent and the Telegraph have all reported on the leader of the Respect Party, Salma Yaqoob’s decision to resign as leader and quit the party. Her resignation comes after the Respect Party’s only MP, George Galloway, who won a seat in a by-election for Bradford...
The news site Salon excerpts material from a new book by Nathan Lean and John Esposito on the ‘Islamophobia Industry’ in the US and Europe, uncovering the means and methods used by the conservative right to manufacture fear and loathing of Muslims. From Salon: “As is the case with any...
An investigation carried out by Reuters news agency has found that the anti-Islam Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, has received funding from US based organisations, notably the pro-Israel Middle East Forum. Wilders is the founder and leader of the extreme far-right Dutch Freedom Party. The party...
The Sunday Times (£) over the weekend carried a front page article on ‘Islamic child brides’ (also covered in the Mail on Sunday and the Sun). The story, based on an undercover investigation by reporter Mazher Mahmood, saw Mahmood posing as a father wanting to marry off his twelve year old...
The Waltham Forest Guardian has reported that just weeks after they marched through the heavily Muslim populated area of Walthamstow in London, the EDL are planning another protest to take place next month. From the local paper: “The English Defence League (EDL) is planning to march through...
