** 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,...
BBC Radio 5 Live’s “Your Call” programme with Nicky Campbell this morning asked “Is Islam getting a raw deal in the UK?” Questions raised included: Who’s responsible for the bad image of Islam? Are Muslims cosseted in our society and given an easy ride in public debates? Is Islam...
Following on from her debate with Salma Yaqoob in Saturday’s Guardian, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s column in today’s Independent dwells on the burqa ban that comes into force in France on April 11th. Alibhai-Brown runs through a preliminary list of sixteen objections (the rest is available on...
The Halifax Courier reported yesterday that British Transport Police are on the hunt for a gang of EDL supporters who chanted racist abuse while on a train to an English Defence League rally in Rochdale. From the report: “A GANG of hooligans who chanted racist abuse on a train are being hunted...
The Ilford Recorder today reports that six men are due to appear in court today on charges of violent disorder following last week’s attack on worshippers and the imam of Redbridge Islamic Centre. From the paper: “Six people appeared at Redbridge Court on Saturday charged with violent...
This report contains details of incidents of anti-Muslim hate crimes which have been reported in local and national media in the UK and which form part of our regular monitoring of such incidents for submission to the Office for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The incidents detailed here are...
Fresh allegations of UK complicity in torture have emerged in the Guardian today. The paper reports that Omar Awadh Omar, a Kenyan businessman, “said he has been interrogated by British intelligence officers after being severely mistreated at a notorious prison in Uganda, in what appears to be...
The Hansard Society have launched their latest Audit of Political Engagement, which is said to measure the ‘political pulse’ of the nation, “providing a unique benchmark to gauge public opinion across Great Britain with regard to politics and the political process.” Based on findings...
The Sunday Mercury website and the Birmingham Post reported yesterday that Liberal Democrat councillor, Martin Mullaney, has “apologised unreservedly” for accusing fellow councillor, Salma Yaqoob, of supporting “stoning people to death” wanting to “see Britain become an Islamic...
Portsmouth local paper, ‘The News’, reported yesterday that “far right groups are thought to be one of the causes behind a rise in race hate attacks in Portsmouth.” From the paper: “New figures show that 455 incidents were reported to the city’s Racial Awareness Service over a...
The Asian Image reports that an “extensive study of English data” by the University of Manchester, which analysed results from almost 25,000 respondents from the 2005 and 2007 Citizenship Surveys, has revealed that “multiculturalism is associated with strengthening the ties between...
