** 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,...
Camden New Journal reports on the case of Andrew Baldwin who was charged with aggravated criminal damage after he wrote “EDL” and drew a religious cross on the wall of the Muslim World League office in central London. From the paper: “A carer who wrote “EDL” and drew a religious cross...
The Daily Telegraph, Independent and Daily Mirror report on Muslims Against Crusades calling off their ridiculous planned protest on the day of the Royal Wedding. From the Daily Telegraph: “The radical group Muslims Against Crusades have cancelled their protest at the Royal Wedding claiming...
Further news on deplorable election tactics with BNP and UKIP candidates both taking aim at Muslims and Islam in a desperate bid for votes. The Western Mail reports that BNP candidate in the Welsh Assembly elections, Susan Harwood, has “display[ed] highly offensive material that advocates...
A young Muslim woman was attacked by a gang of schoolgirls in south London the Wimbledon Guardian reported last week. The 26 year old was taunted by the girls for wearing a headscarf before she was physically assaulted and an attempt made to forcibly remove it. From the Wimbledon Guardian:...
The Perthshire Advertiser highlights the launch last week of the BNP’s manifesto for the Holyrood Assembly elections on May 5th The paper notes the BNPs’ referral to the Electoral Commission over a leaflet which falsely claimed there are “more Muslims in the UK than Scots”. The BNP is...
Muslim graves at a cemetery in High Wycombe were targeted in a religiously motivated hate crime last week. The BBC reports that 20 headstones were pushed over and ornaments from the graves taken and strewn around the cemetery. “Supt Gilbert Houalla of Thames Valley Police said: “I am...
Nick Clegg writes an article for the Daily Telegraph today ahead of his speech on “The Shape of the New Politics,” at IPPR this morning making the case for electoral reform. He writes: “I believe there is a direct link between our electoral system and the expenses scandal. Why? Not because...
Racist vandals have targeted homes in streets near to a mosque in Birkenhead spraying racist slurs on the walls of the buildings. Graffiti reading “Islam = Murder” and “Britain for the British” has been sprayed onto walls of homes in the area. From the Wirral Globe:“The...
Coverage today in the Daily Mail and Daily Express on the sentencing of Andrew Ryan (pictured), the ex-soldier who stole a copy of the Qur’an from the local library in Carlisle and burnt it in January this year. Ryan claims he’d been moved to act in the way he did after seeing internet clips...
The Guardian reports that the MoD has been ordered to disclose information on any involvement in the US led practice of rendition, where suspects captured in Iraq and Afghanistan were transferred to secret locations making them vulnerable to abuse and torture. The Information Rights Tribunal...
