** 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,...
There were a number of comment pieces published in the weekend papers on the cases brought by four Christians who have taken cases of alleged religious discrimination in the workplace to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In the Sunday Express, Neil Hamilton writes, “For nearly 2,000...
Following reports last week on the sentencing of a group of EDL supporters for attacking individuals gathered in a pub which was hosting an anti-racism concert, The Star on Sunday reports that a soldier who was among those involved in the attack, and whose connections to the English Defence League...
Wales Online reports the reaction of politicians to comments made on Facebook by independent Welsh councilor, Mike Harris, in support of classifying all immigrants to the UK as ‘illegal’. Harris declares his support for the BNP’s immigration policies and links to the far right anti-Muslim...
The Northern Echo reports that a man who made threats on Facebook to bomb Asian restaurants ‘Oslo-style’ has been charged with ‘sending offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages or matters’ and will appear in court later this month. From the local paper: “A man has been charged...
There was an interesting report on BBC News regarding the sentencing of a man who had a bomb workshop at his home and a number of ‘sophisticated’ explosives. The man who claimed bomb-making was ‘a hobby’ was given with an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) and banned from...
There has been media coverage on BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph of a landmark case regarding religious discrimination against four Christians which is being heard at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). All four claim that they were...
The London Evening Standard yesterday reported on the planned re-launch of a bid by the Tablighi Jamaat Muslim group to build a 12.000 capacity mosque in West Ham. Not surprisingly, given the ES’s coverage of the mosque planning application in the past, the article is headlined ‘fears over...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a report in a local paper, The Sentinel, on the trial of the former councillor and current leader of the British National Party (BNP) in Stoke-on-Trent, Michael Coleman. Coleman is charged with racially aggravated harassment relating to racist articles he posted on...
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports on the sentencing of nine EDL supporters, aged between fifteen and thirty-one, for attacking a pub in Leeds which was hosting an anti-racism rock concert. From the YEP: “A gang of English Defence League supporters caused terror when they attacked a pub as an...
Following reports last week on the disturbing comments of support for terrorist Anders Breivik by alleged English Defence League supporter, Philip Horn, the Daily Mail, Kent Online and the Sun have all reported on his subsequent arrest by Kent Police. From the Daily Mail: “A British dad has been...
