** 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,...
British Muslims are getting involved in all areas of public life. They are doctors, nurses, teachers, taxi drivers and any other profession you can think of. While Muslims have been historically underrepresented within British politics, it is clear that there is no limit to the enthusiasm for...
In the latest series of backlashes against the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, PREVENT, academics from SOAS, UCU and UNISON have signed a statement urging the SOAS Board of Trustees to vote down the implementation of PREVENT-minded strategies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)....
The latest figures released by Facebook, documenting the staggering number of accounts and posts the social media giant has removed due to hate content, illustrates the significant (and legally ill-defined) problem of hate speech online. Facebook revealed that between January and March 2018 the...
Marvel is set to introduce a female Muslim superhero, Kamala Khan also known as Ms Marvel, in their continued attempt to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) more inclusive of their entire fan-base, including minority communities. Mr Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said in an...
The Brexit vote is frequently used by academics, politicians and campaigners to demonstrate a period of time which highlighted the problem of racism in England and Wales. Equally, the vote was also used by many to argue the ‘accepting’ and ‘tolerating’ nature of Scotland where the majority...
Yesterday, 9 May 2018, parliamentarians voted on the fate of a bold amendment to the data protection bill which if introduced would have forced the Government to stand up to press barons and hold them accountable for their unethical practices. The amendment, tabled by a cross-party group of MPs...
Parliament is set to vote today, 9 May 2018, on the introduction of effective press regulation measures and the revival of Leveson Part Two as an attempt to investigate and curb the unethical practices of mainstream newspapers and hate rhetoric on social media platforms. The Government, opposed to...
Undercover footage, obtained by the Guardian, shows a Home Official claiming that the department’s “challenging environment” was necessary and that the official’s job was to ‘piss people off’. The man who was recording the Home Office official had previously served a prison...
A number of mosques in Kent and Essex were targeted yesterday, 2nd of May 2018, with threatening letters calling for violence against Muslims and anyone who supports Muslims, with explicit reference to ‘Punish a Muslim day’. Mosques targeted were located in Maidstone, Canterbury,...
The community of Small Heath, Birmingham, was left distressed after racist and Islamophobic graffiti was discovered targeting the local Muslim community. The graffiti was sprayed in Small Heath park off Waverly road and on a property located on Tennyson road, stating: “Islam = C**t”,...
