** 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,...
Hacked Off, a group campaigning for “a free and accountable press”, reports that the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is being taken to court for the first time, due to IPSO’s inaction and ineffectiveness. Mr Jonathan Coulter, one of 30 people, complained unsuccessfully to IPSO...
The pro-Brexit campaign Twitter group, Leave.EU, notably backed by Mr Nigel Farage, posted a tweet on Tuesday, the 3rd of April 2018, and was forced to correct it. However, the corrected tweet is still completely inaccurate. The original tweet contained an infographic about London, called...
A number of leaflets have been pushed through letterboxes on the lower Ravenhill Road area of Belfast which calls for people to “resist Islamisation”. The leaflet claims to be from a group called “Generation Sparta”, a white supremacist group. Mr Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Sinn Féin MLA,...
Mr Maurice Bradley, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) East Derry Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), has been heavily criticised for retweeting a post that described Mr Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, as “the enemy within”. The tweet originated from an account which is claimed to regularly...
Yesterday, the 3rd of April 2018, was supposed to be a terrifying day in which hate crimes would be inflicted on British Muslims. However, it became a day of beautiful community solidarity against Islamophobia. In a vile letter sent to various addresses last month a game was set out in which a...
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) – a section of the National Education Unit – conference have condemned Ms Amanda Spielman, Ofsted Chief Inspector, for pursuing a “draconian” and “Islamophobic” agenda against British Muslim children which may lead to ramifications...
A new study conducted by sociologists Martin Myers and Kalwant Bhopal found that Muslim families in Britain are increasingly educating their children at home due to racist bullying and marginalisation. The study was conducted against the backdrop of the Trojan Horse affair, and explored...
In response to the horrific letter calling for hate crimes to be committed against Muslims – MEND advises all British Muslims, as well as all British citizens, to not allow the letter to foster an atmosphere of fear and to not be afraid in continuing with daily activities. The previous month...
Mr Tommy Robinson, the ex-leader of the English Defence League (EDL), has been permanently banned from Twitter after breaching the company’s rules governing “hateful conduct”. Twitter’s policy on hateful conduct states: “You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten...
The Independent reports that Bob Blackman, the Conservative MP for Harrow East, shared a story with the headline: “Muslim Somali sex gang say raping white British children ‘part of their culture’.” Mr Blackman has come under strong criticism for sharing the article, which he took from...
