** 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 Times reports that anti-Islamic extremist Tapan Ghosh was hosted in the House of Commons by Bob Blackman, a Conservative MP from Harrow East who is also a member of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) committee. Tapan Ghosh, an Indian Hindu-nationalist who claims to...
On 21 October, Stand Up To Racism hosted an important and dynamic conference to confront the rise of racism across the globe and stand in solidarity against all forms of racism. The conference in Central London was attended by over 1300 people. Notable speakers included Shadow Home Secretary...
Britain is more ethnically diverse than ever before. This is one of the many findings emerging from the new “Race Disparity Audit” commissioned by Theresa May at the beginning of her mandate and now available on the “Ethnicity Facts and Figures” website launched on October 10. ...
In a recent interview, Noel Gallagher has strongly criticised the British Government for being unable to stop terrorism “because of some hippy ideal about people’s religious beliefs”. Speaking to Rolling Stone Colombia, the former Oasis star said: “Our government are seemingly...
Scottish news site Herald Scotland reports on the guilty plea of a man who planted a fake bomb outside a mosque in Paisley following the London Bridge terror attacks in June. James Palmer, 31, admitted creating the hoax device in his Paisley flat after watching news coverage of the shocking attacks...
The Metropolitan Police and Transport for London are holding a series of events as part of a campaign against Islamophobic hate crime on London’s transport system. TfL and the Met are organising community events as part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week to reassure communities that London’s...
Britain’s media regulator, Ofcom, has cleared Al Jazeera of accusations of antisemitism and unfair bias related to its undercover investigation of Israeli embassy officials, the Guardian reports. In January, Al Jazeera aired a four-part documentary “The Lobby” investigating the activities...
The new government study “Race Disparity Audit” is likely to stir social debates surrounding racial integration for some time. Bringing together important data about minority groups in Britain, the newly launched website clearly indicates that BAME groups are at a disadvantage in almost every...
Britain first leader, Paul Golding, known (and jailed) for his ‘mosque invasions’ is at it again. In August 2016, Paul Golding and his deputy leader, Jayda Fransen, were banned from entering any mosque in England and Wales for three years, but he was arrested only nine days later and imprisoned...
Muhammad Rabbani, international director of campaign group CAGE, emerged from Westminster Magistrates’ Court smiling despite being convicted of obstructing counter-terror police following a one-day trial in September. Rabbani was on trial after refusing to disclose passwords to his electronic...
