** 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 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...
57-year-old, Thomas Dunn, from Exeter is on a mission to get the “burqa” banned by changing into the attire in public places, reports Devon Live. The “activist” carries out his one-man campaign by putting on an abaya (long loose fitting dress) and niqab (face veil) in shops. His most recent...
The London Economic reports that a thug has been jailed for accusing an Asian cab driver of being responsible for the terrorist attack in Manchester, and for carrying out a violent attack against him. Terrence Poxon, 58, racially abused the victim by accusing him of “firebombing kids” and by...
The Irish News reports that David Muldrew was summoned to court following accusations of the distribution and hanging of anti-Islam posters. The 47-year-old from Armagh, Northern Ireland, stated that he understood the charge against him when addressed in the dock of Armagh Magistrates Court. ...
The Independent reports on Katie Hopkins travelling to Sicily in order to meet with a far-right group known as ‘Defend Europe’. Defend Europe are a group of young Europeans who are anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activists. They have managed to crowdfund close to £180,000 and ‘hire out a...
The Irish Times reports that Judge Karen O’Connor postponed the sentencing of Stefan Boyle to January 2018. Boyle, 28, was spotted by Ali Yassine hiding under a table in a mosque in Dundrum, Dublin, and was told to leave. Boyle lunged at him and nicked him with a knife before trying to escape...
