** 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,...
Counter-terror police are investigating anti-Muslim hate mail and packages sent to multiple sites in the United Kingdom and United States, The Star reports. Sent over the last 18 months, the malicious notes and packages all have a Sheffield postmark, and many include the same pseudonym or...
The C-Star ship, run by the anti-immigration group Defend Europe, faced technical difficulties in the Mediterranean and had to be rescued by NGO volunteers, the Telegraph Reported. Defend Europe has been engaged in a zealous campaign against welcoming refugees, labeling the refugee crisis as an...
On 29 July, a far-right Northern Nationalist protest in Newcastle was cut short due to a counter-demonstration that outnumbered the Northern Nationalists. The Northern Nationalists gathered at Grey’s Monument in central Newcastle. Members of the far-right group began to hurl anti-Catholic and...
News Letter reports that the Belfast councillor and former Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) candidate, Jolene Bunting, is happy to stand over claims that “all Muslims” are obliged to “wage war” on the Christian population of the UK and Europe. Having helped organise the ‘Northern Ireland...
Graduate Mohammad Khan, from Cricklewood, North London, says he was escorted off a plane to Atlanta by the police after a “massive overreaction” by cabin crew who “racially and religiously profiled” him. The 26 year old, who was on his way to an interview for a business internship in...
The leader of Britain First Paul Golding has registered the group as a political party in Northern Ireland and has said they plan to have candidates stand for elections. Golding, who has headed the group since 2014, announced their plans at a rally held on August 6th in Belfast titled...
It has been revealed that since 2010, protests done by the far right have cost West Yorkshire Police roughly 3 million pounds. This information was accessible due to a Freedom of Information request, showing that these gatherings held by Britain First and the EDL cost West Yorkshire...
A man was jailed after threatening a Muslim cab driver with a machete and by calling him a “baby killer” and threatening to “chop him up”. On June 30, Shaun Murray, 27 from Newcastle, travelled 300 miles to Cardiff to see Justin Bieber’s concert. He parked his car in the...
Data from the Metropolitan Police Service has shown how over the past six years, Islamophobic attacks have risen in London. MEND Redbridge Chairman Vaseem Ahmed reported that: “Hate crime has definitely gone up post-Brexit but one thing you should realise is that it is not a one-off thing –...
In April this year, London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched the Online Hate Crime Hub, a new police unit that is focused on tackling online abuses and offering support for the victims. The Evening Standard gained access to the Online Hate Crime Hub to find out what progress is being made, and to...
