** 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,...
Muslims and human rights activists have noted a worrying overlap between the “Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper; Building Stronger, More United Communities” and Sajid Javid’s updated Counter-Terror strategy which was published on Monday. Key Concerns: The integration strategy...
Recently the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance issued a dire warning against the UK Government on the impact of its overtly hostile immigration policy on civil rights and human rights. In light of the strong criticism,...
A dentist from Slough has been suspended from the profession for four months by the General Dental Council after writing online it was “time these sewers of towns were cleansed” in reference to Muslims. Ronald Gordon Pate, a dentist since 1981 who worked at the Langley Dental Clinic and Implant...
On the 4th June 2018, the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, set out the UK’s updated Counter-Terror strategy: “CONTEST: the United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism”. The report outlines changes to be made to the UK’s current counter-extremism strategy, CONTEST in an effort to...
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is attempting, yet again, to take action against the rampant Islamophobia in the Conservative Party, calling for an independent inquiry and a full audit into the racism and bigotry of its party members. On 30 May 2018, MCB sent a letter to Brandon...
Less than two months after the original “Punish a Muslim Day” at the beginning of April, households in Rotherham have received letters calling for “Punish a Muslim Day Part 2”. The letter follows similar structure to its predecessor and attempts to justify its call for terrorist abuse...
Far-right supporters of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, have been quick to attack the UK’s Criminal Justice System for arresting and now jailing the divisive activist, claiming that it was an outright attack on freedom of speech, seemingly forgetting that...
The United Nation (UN)’s Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, has released a statement slamming the UK’s counter-extremism strategy, PREVENT, for being “inherently flawed” and has raised “very serious human rights...
On Monday, 21 May 2018, Channel 4 aired a poignant documentary titled ‘Manchester: A Year of Hate Crime’ that investigated the impact of the Manchester Arena bombing on community cohesion and the rates of hate crime, hate speech and Islamophobia in Greater Manchester. Filmed over a...
Sports has always been renowned for bringing people together regardless of colour, race, religion or any other label; however, it too exhibits racism, discrimination, and prejudice. Therefore, when steps are taken to address these incidences, discriminatory policies are overturned or when new...
