** 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 BBC this week covers news of four men being charged with causing racially or religiously aggravated alarm, dissent or distress and racially aggravated criminal damage for daubing racist graffiti at the site of a proposed mosque in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. From the BBC: “Christopher...
As the Observer this weekend covered a feature length article on Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far right party, Front National, Matthew Goodwin of Nottingham University and author of ‘New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party’, pens an opinion piece for Policy...
As fashion designer John Galliano faces up to charges in court relating to his anti-Semitic outburst earlier this year, there’s an interesting piece of news in the Daily Express today on the Israeli PM’s son reportedly posting disparaging remarks about Islam and Muslims on Facebook. From the...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender (CRG) yesterday released a groundbreaking report on Islamophobia in the US entitled, “Same Hate, New Target”. From the CAIR press release: “This groundbreaking...
The Times Higher Education Supplement this week contains a review of Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin’s new book, ‘Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation After 9/11’. The book is a comparative study, though with a predominant UK focus, on the caricatures and stereotypes used by the...
The BBC reports on the acquittal of Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims. From the BBC: “Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been acquitted of charges of inciting hatred against Muslims. “Mr Wilders had described Islam as...
The Planning Inspector charged with resolving the dispute arising from the Camberley mosque planning application submitted by the Bengali Welfare Association (BWA) to Surrey Heath Borough Council has concluded his inquiry rejecting the BWA’s appeal. “Following a seven-day inquiry in April,...
The Enfield Independent carries a story relating to the recent spate of anthrax parcels sent to mosques in the UK noting Edmonton Islamic Centre as among those targeted. From the paper: “Tariq Chaudhri, secretary of the trust which runs the centre, called in police after opening a package on...
The Cambridge News reports on the latest pit-stop in the EDL’s calendar of protests against mosques in the UK. From the paper: “The English Defence League (EDL) claims 400 people will march through Cambridge against plans for a new mosque in Mill Road. “Cambridgeshire police are gearing up...
Paul Goodman on Conservative Home has written a rather interesting piece on multiculturalism asking “why is David Cameron so worked up about the M-word?” Goodman argues that it is “time to end the Tory war on multiculturalism” and to drop the “M-word” as a “boo-word”. He...
