** 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,...
It would seem the comments reported on Lord Nazir Ahmed, as having issued a ‘bounty’ for former US President George Bush and ex-PM Tony Blair, have been entirely misconstrued. It would appear from a translation of Lord Ahmed’s speech in Pakistan last week that what he actually...
The Independent and the Daily Mail both report on the case of an Asian police officer, Sultan Alam, who has been awarded £840,000 compensation for loss of earnings after winning his case against Cleveland Police for racism experienced during his time as a traffic officer with the force. From the...
There is extensive and ongoing coverage on the BBC, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent and in other media outlets on the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for the terrorist attack which killed 77 people in Norway last July. Breivik admits to carrying out the...
Charles Moore in his column in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph ponders the impending case against the British security services brought by Abdel Hakim Belhadj and argues that some secrets ought to be concealed from the rigours of justice sought by victims that put national governments in the dock...
There’s an amusing take on the hyperbolic and exaggerated fantasies of the ‘Islamisation’ enthusiasts on Twitter today after English Defence League leader, Stephen Lennon, inadvertently sparked a flurry of comic tweets to his #creepingsharia hashtag. The Huffington Post features a collection...
The BBC and London 24 report on the London mayoral hustings organised by Stonewall last week at which mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone said “It is the Muslims’ turn now” to be discriminated against and that certain right wing politicians pander to bigotry. From London 24: “Ken Livingstone...
The leader of the British National Party in Stoke on Trent, Michael Coleman, has appeared in court on racism charges relating to comments allegedly made on his website, according to a local paper. From The Sentinel: “BNP leader Michael Coleman has appeared in court on racism charges. “The...
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports on the court case of a man who set fire to a woman’s hair, racially abused passers-by and shouted out “I am racist and proud of it,” at Dewsbury Bus Station in March this year. The man has appeared in court charged with assault and racially aggravated...
Charles Moore in his column in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph ponders the impending case against the British security services brought by Abdel Hakim Belhadj and argues that some secrets ought to be concealed from the rigours of justice sought by victims that put national governments in the dock...
Peter Oborne in his column in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph broached the subject of Abdel Hakim Belhadj’s case against the British Government on its alleged complicity in his rendition and torture by the former Libyan regime and the questions of who knew and how much. Oborne writes: “On...
