** 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,...
A new YouGov Poll shows that Britons are slowly tilting towards the far ends of the political spectrum amid discontent with Theresa May’s handling of the Brexit deal. With chaos ensuing just forty-eight hours after the Chequers summit – which saw May’s cabinet lose David Davies,...
A prominent American organisation has spent a five-figure sum to pay for Tommy Robinson’s court defence, The Guardian reports. The Middle East Forum, a neoconservative think tank headed by Daniel Pipes, has taken it upon itself to fuel the fire of the ‘Free Tommy Robinson’ campaign, which has...
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author, has come under strong criticism from the Twitter community for posting content largely perceived as Islamophobic. Mr Dawkins, 77, posted a photo of himself sitting near Winchester Cathedral, with the following caption: “Listening to the lovely...
The Edinburgh News reports on how a Nazi sympathiser and avid Islamophobe has been found guilty of terrorism after a house raid found a “bomb in construction”. Peter Morgan, 35, resident of Taylor Place, Edinburgh, was found guilty by Edinburgh High Court of two offences under the Terrorism Act...
The United Nation (UN)’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, Professor Joseph Cannataci, has added his voice to the chorus of UN representatives raising concerns over PREVENT, recommending that the UK Government quickly investigates the impact of the counter-terrorism strategy. The...
The UK is bracing itself for one of the most controversial visits by a head of state in recent times. Mr Trump, the 12th US President to make the trip, arrived yesterday, Thursday 12th, for a two day-visit to England, before setting off for a weekend of golfing in Scotland. Friday’s agenda...
TV programmes and films play a special role in our lives, helping us escape the busy mundane reality of Mondays and Tuesdays for a more exciting space of possibilities. They make us feel happy, inquisitive, angry, sad, amazed, fearful, inspired, surprised, annoyed, and a host of other emotions –...
Andrew John Emery, 45, was found guilty by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court of inciting religious hatred against Muslims, having posted several chilling Islamophobic messages on Facebook. The defendant sought to advocate violence against, and murder of, members of the British Muslim community, claiming...
Providing another example of the immense talent of Muslim women in our society, Rakaya Esime Fetuga, a Black Muslim woman, has won the 2018 Roundhouse Poetry Slam competition which aims to give a stage to the “next big names in spoken word and the freshest voices around”. The final, held on the...
The UKIP Peer, Lord Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch, has once again ignited controversy as he calls for the Government to dismiss the term “Islamophobia” claiming that it is perfectly “reasonable” to be afraid of Islam. Speaking in the Lords Chamber, 27 June 2018, Lord Pearson stated that:...
