** 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 Eastern Daily Press reports on the court appearance of a man who verbally abused staff at a Turkish takeaway and tried to damage their shop after he was refused service when they closed up for the day. James Chew, 36, appeared before Norwich Magistrates Court this week in connection with the...
The Sun newspaper reports eight prison officers at a Nottingham jail have been suspended pending an investigation into a “racist game” where they allegedly “goaded Muslim inmates until they had to be restrained” and then “kept score” with Muslims prisoners “worth the most points”....
Glasgow’s Evening Times reports on the sentencing of two men for theft and abuse after they stole bottles of cider and shouted slurs at police officers at a Morrisons supermarket in Merkland Court, Glasgow. John McDermid, 25, and Conor Urquhart, 25, appeared before Glasgow Sheriff Court in...
The Mirror and Daily Mail both report on video footage published on LiveLeak last week which purportedly shows a Muslim taxi driver being abused by a woman who refused to pay her fare for a journey. The woman, who was travelling with a friend, told the driver to “Go back to your own f******...
The Daily Mail delivered a Christmas present to remember today with news that the newspaper’s infamous columnist, Katie Hopkins, has been forced to apologise to a Muslim family for two defamatory columns in which she accused them of being “extremists with links to Al Qaeda”; claimed their...
The Independent, Scottish Sun and BBC News report on an act of vandalism on the premises of a mosque in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire over the weekend. The incident is believed to have happened between 9pm on Friday 16 and 7.30am on Saturday 17 December. Worshippers noticed the graffiti when...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on the sentencing of a man who verbally abused a Muslim woman and assaulted a three year old child after consuming his pub raffle draw prize of “eight pints of lager”. Jonny Karrasch, 24, approached Shabiha Shahid on 22 October, as she and her mother were...
The Star reports on the sentencing of four men for their role in racially motivated clashes at a protest rally in Rotherham last September. Seven men appeared before Sheffield Crown Court last December and pleaded not guilty to charges of violent disorder in connection with the Britain First...
The Evening Standard front page story yesterday revealed details of the incident at Forest Hill station earlier this week where a man allegedly shouting “I want to kill a Muslim” before repeatedly stabbing a Muslim passenger. The paper carried an interview with the victim’s...
Lord Pearson of Rannock, former leader of UKIP, was back on form this week with yet another tabled question about violence and Islam. Lord Pearson tabled a question to the Government on 12 December asking whether “as part of their strategy against Islamic terrorism, they will encourage United...
