** 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,...
There has been some quite animated fist-thumping at the interview by the Muslim News with the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, in which the opposition leader spoke of the party’s manifesto pledge to get serious about Islamophobia (and anti-Semitism). The Labour manifesto, and BAME manifesto, refers to...
The Evening Express reports that 13 projects have been selected to receive funding from a total of £40,000 allocated to tackling Islamophobia in Edinburgh. The money contributed by Police Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government is designed to deliver projects which reduce...
As Edinburgh taxi driver, Sikondor Ullah, was picking up a fare on Sunday evening, a group of male and female 14-20 year olds allegedly dragged Mr Ullah from his vehicle, before smashing his windscreen and stealing his evening’s earnings, as well as his car and house keys. Mr Ullah claims that...
Thanks to a request from the Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has relaxed its swimsuit regulations meaning that Muslim women swimmers and women suffering from pre-existing medical conditions now have the right to race in loose-fitting, full-body outfits....
The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday that Islam is set to be the largest religion in the world by 2070. It is the only religion said to be growing faster than the population of the globe as a whole. The research was the result of work by the American research body the Pew Research Centre,...
The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that Britain has pledged £13.4m to the organisation Community Security Trust (CST) for increasing security provision around Jewish institutions, including schools, nurseries and synagogues. The government’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, described Jews as a...
The Guardian and The Times of Israel report the detaining of Jacek Miedlar, 28, a controversial far-right former priest from Poland. He was held by British border security at 8.40am in Stansted Airport on the 25th February 2017, hours before he was due to address an anti-Islam rally in Telford,...
ITV News and Chronicle Live report a story of a man who has been fined £250 for wearing a racially offensive t-shirt which displayed an anti-refugee image in a Newcastle shopping centre. Peter Hunt, 44, pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence for wearing the derogatory t-shirt...
The Evening Standard reports on the jailing of a white supremacist who “idolised Hitler” and posted “racist, Islamophobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic calls to arms on social media”. Sean Creighton, 45, posted an image of Hitler online with the message “kill the Muslims”. He possessed...
The Mirror and The Courier both report on the case of three men who admitted attacking Muslim takeaway staff in Fife following terror attacks in Paris in November 2015. Robbie Smart, 18, Connor Crombie, 19, and Darren Macduff, 18, pleaded guilty to attacking store owner Mohammed Khalid and employee...
