** 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 University of Cambridge Islamic Society has organised an ‘Experience Islam Week’ to “challenge misconceptions” about Islam, which has been running since 12th February and will last until 20th February. The website, ‘Cambridge First’, states: “Experience Islam Week is organised...
The Birmingham Post today reports one of the schools at the heart of Monday’s Dispatches documentary has received “malicious calls threatening to firebomb the building.” From the paper: “Darul Uloom Islamic High School, in Small Heath, will be closed until next month amid safety fears...
The Kent Messenger reports that a bridge in Detling, Maidstone, has been defaced with extreme far right and anti-Muslim graffiti – including a call to “kill Muslims.” From the report: “A memorial bridge to a young girl who died crossing the A249 has been defaced with far right...
Local paper, the Essex Enquirer, reports that a Labour councillor in Thurrock, Essex, has been suspended by her party for “passing on allegedly racist comments in an email.” From the paper: “The suspension was announced four days after it was revealed that Belhus councillor Sue Gray had...
Many will have watched Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary last night, “Lessons in hate and violence”, presented by Tazeen Ahmad. Last night’s documentary raised a number of disturbing issues uncovered by the Dispatches team in two schools – the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in...
The Mail on Sunday once again picked up the issue of halal meat this weekend with the headline “Don’t force pupils to eat halal, C of E tells schools.” From the paper: “The Church of England has told its schools to ensure they are serving non-halal food after concerns that a number...
The Evening Standard on Friday reported that the satellite channel Peace TV is to be investigated by the regulator, OFCOM following a single complaint by a viewer over its apparent “extremist messages.” The paper further reported that Zakir Naik, the scholar who was banned from entering the...
The Independent today reports that controversial figure, Thilo Sarrazin will speak at the London School of Economics tonight in a debate on multiculturalism. From the paper: “A German banker who has said “all Jews share a certain gene” and described Muslims as “dunces”...
At 8pm tonight, Channel 4 will air a Dispatches programme, titled, “Lessons in Hate and Violence.” The Dispatches website promotes the programme as follows: “Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that teachers regularly assault young children in some of the 2,000 Muslim...
The Flintshire Chronicle reports of an arson attack on the site of a proposed Islamic cultural centre in Shotton, North Wales. From the local paper: “POLICE and fire crews are combing the scene of a huge blaze which gutted a social club earmarked to become an Islamic cultural...
