** 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 Lib Dem by-election candidate who contested for a local councillor position in the Redcar and Cleveland Newcomen Ward has lost a safe Lib Dem seat, after he posted Islamophobic comments on his Facebook page, Political Scrapbook reveals: “The Liberal Democrats have lost a previously safe...
The BBC reports that an 11 year old girl was attacked in Sunbury-on-Thames “for no reason other than because she was wearing a headscarf.” From the BBC: “A race attack in Surrey on an 11-year-old girl will be the focus of community talks in Sunbury-on-Thames.
BBC Asian Network has reported that the publication by the UCL atheist society of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammed and Prophet Jesus having a drink at a bar has caused a row at the university. The UCL Students Union body asked the society to remove the picture. The society refused and the...
The Daily Telegraph today reports that far-right anti-Islamic groups from across Europe are planning a mass rally in Aarhus, Denmark on the 31th March, led by the English Defence League. From the Daily Telegraph: “More than 10 anti-Islamic groups, led by the English Defence League, are expected...
The BBC reports that two British soldiers have been arrested over claims that they sexually abused two Afghan children. From the BBC: “Two servicemen from the Mercian Battle Group have been arrested over claims that they abused two Afghan children aged about 10.
The European Court of Human Rights yesterday blocked the Home Office from deporting Abu Qatada who has been convicted for terrorism offences in Jordan in absentia. The Court said there was a ‘real risk’ that upon deportation, Qatada would face a trial where evidence used against him had been...
An article in The Guardian has stated that a leading barrister has called for Britain to be more educated about sharia law, stating that Islamic law can be compatible with the with the “toughest human rights legislation.” Speaking to the Guardian, Sadakat Kadri, who studied at Harvard Law...
The BBC Asian Network has reported on the ‘Growing use of Sharia by UK Muslims’. The article on the BBC explores the increase in voluntary use of Sharia courts and arbitration tribunals alongside or as an alternative to common British Law to resolve civil disputes by Muslims but also...
Fresh allegations of British complicity in the torture of a British prisoner in Guantanamo Bay emerged over the weekend. The allegations come from Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. Held for ten years without charge, Aamer claims that an MI5 officer was present...
There were several developments over the weekend regarding the English Defence League. Islamophobia Watch reported that the EDL staged a protest in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham (a borough which from 2006-2010 had 12 BNP councillors) on Saturday the 14th January, however only around...
