** 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 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...
An investigation launched by the Press Association reveals a dramatic increase in hate crimes against Muslims, The Independent reports. Figures show that between March and July this year, police forces have recorded 110 attacks against Muslim places of worship, up from 47 over the same six month...
MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) have raised £38,000 for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attacked in May. They handed over the cheque on 4th October to the British Red Cross in Manchester, who co-orinated and administered the fundraising in the aftermath of the attack Dr...
The Guardian reports on the continuing saga surrounding the five-year-old child at the centre of the Tower Hamlets foster story case. Earlier in August, The Times newspaper ran a front-cover story with the misleading headline “Christian child forced into Muslim foster care”. Following the...
The Birmingham Mail reports that The Department for Education will be reforming the disciplinary procedures to deal with any repeat of the ‘Trojan Horse’ attempts to infiltrate schools. Justine Greening, the Education Secretary, has spoken to the Birmingham Mail at the Conservative Party...
On Sunday 1 October, thousands of Muslims in Central London marked the holy day of Ashura with a march against ISIS, the Independent reports. The group gathered to mourn the innocent victims who have lost their lives to terrorism and to denounce violence carried out in the name of religion....
