** 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 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...
The far-right and Islamophobic group Britain First held a rally in Belfast on Sunday, sparking counter-protests, violence, and arrest. The Britain First rally had been organized to coincide with a republican parade marking the anniversary of British internment without trial in Belfast. During...
The Independent reports that a Muslim man has helped catch a gang who were seen to be attacking ‘white Christians’ in Liverpool. 35 year old Edris Nosrati was on his way home with friends when he noticed three young men attacking individuals by asking them if they were Muslim or a Christian....
David Moffatt, aged 39, has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service for threatening to blow up an Islamic bookshop in Cricklewood. On the afternoon of 23 May, the Metropolitan Police received a report that a man had entered into an Islamic bookshop in Cricklewood Broadway, shouting...
Several offensive images were on display after hackers hijacked a 30ft billboard in Queen Street, Cardiff. The incident occurred during Tuesday night after hackers exploited security vulnerabilities to gain access, displaying Swastikas and far-right images. The billboard was then switched off at...
Evidence has emerged that the neo-Nazi group National Action (NA) has been secretly operating from Cheshire despite being banned last December by the Home Office under anti-terror legislation. Marked as a terrorism offence, under this ban, any members found affiliated with the group or involved in...
