** 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,...
Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to an article by the writer and Guardian columnist, Gary Younge in the US-based magazine, The Nation, in which he touches on the “repressive legislative and rhetorical onslaught” against Muslims and Islam which has taken hold of Europe’s political...
The news agency, Associated Press, has reported that an investigation by the US military into the Qur’an burning incident at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan in February has recommended that around seven troops face disciplinary action and not criminal charges. From AP: “A U.S. military...
Saturday’s Daily Mail carried a short piece by columnist Kelvin MacKenzie in which he described the veil ban in France as a ‘great success’, framing the garment as a choice tool for criminals, and suggests that a 2015 Conservative manifesto clause in support of a UK ban on the face veil would...
The Guardian yesterday reported that Andrew Tyrie MP, the chair of the all party parliamentary group on rendition, who is also currently involved in legal action against America to uncover more information about UK involvement in US-led renditions, has joined others in speaking out against the...
BBC News and the Daily Telegraph have reported that Google’s latest Transparency Report reveals the company’s response to hundreds of requests from state authorities seeking the removal of videos from YouTube. Google removed 640 videos that allegedly promote terrorism after requests were made...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us that the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman has lashed out at a report in the Daily Mail that Tower Hamlets council is amongst a number of authorities to have ‘banned’ pork in schools. Similar claims were also published in the Sunday Telegraph. The Daily Mail...
A West Yorkshire newspaper, The Press, reports that the police have denied rumours spread by the English Defence League that Muslim men have been trying to abduct young white girls. The EDL state that ‘vigilante action’ would follow if the police did not act on their allegations. The claims...
The Institute of Race Relations has published a new paper looking at far-right violence across Europe. ‘Pedlars of Hate: the violent impact of the European far right’, looks at over 100 cases from the beginning of 2010 to April 2012 and analyses the various dimensions of far-right sub-cultures,...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a report in BBC News that the police are planning a security operation involving 700 police officers in preparation of a protest planned by the English Defence League in Bristol next month. From BBC News: “A security operation costing up to £1m and involving 700...
BBC News reports that a man has been charged with common assault and a public order offence following a protest by the English Defence League in Newcastle over the Jubilee bank holiday. From BBC News: “A man has been charged with common assault following an English Defence League demonstration in...
