** 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 Bristol Post reports on the sacking of a Chief Inspector at Avon and Somerset constabulary after he shared “explicitly racist” Facebook posts and “joined groups calling for Islam to be banned.” Chief Inspector Steven Drew, of Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s specials, shared...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the jailing of a man convicted of racially aggravated threatening behaviour towards his Muslim neighbours. Philip Townley, 58, was serving a suspended sentence for a similar offence when he was arrested for racially abusing his neighbour, Raheela Hussain. Ms...
The Liverpool Echo reports on a suspected racist incident that is being investigated by Merseyside Police after a man claimed he was racially abused and assaulted by a taxi driver and his passenger. The victim, a 24 year old male student at Liverpool John Moores University, said the incident...
BBC News and news website Glasgow Live report on a police appeal following an alleged racist incident at Zayaan’s newsagents in Eglinton Street, Glasgow. The websites report that police have released the CCTV image of a man they are keen to speak to in connection with inquiries into a racially...
Avon and Somerset police have said in a statement that four street preachers arrested in Bristol city centre in July over an “anti-Muslim sermon” and charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence are due to appear before Bristol Magistrates’ Court today. The four men...
Dame Louise’s review will be added to a long catalogue of Government commissioned reports on British Muslims which talk about them without talking to them. The Casey review gives credence to the flawed methodology of the ICM poll conducted for the C4 programme What British Muslims Really...
The Courier reports on the delay of the trial of seven men accused of attacking a Muslim takeaway owner in the days following the Paris attacks in November 2015, after prosecutors failed to retrieve all the CCTV footage from the shop. Mohammed Khalid was allegedly assaulted by the men as he...
The London Evening Standard last week reported on the arrest of a 46 year old man in connection with the ‘racist Pakemon’ stickers which were identified at bus stops, cashpoints and at tube stations in the capital. The stickers, which mimic the popular Pokemon game, feature various British...
The Slough Observer reports on the plight of a British Pakistani family who have said they are “living in fear” after a violent assault on their doorstep in the Hunters Way area of Cippenham. “ The family, who asked not to be named, reported an incident of alleged abuse to the police back...
The Bolton News and The Guardian cover the far right anti-mosque protest over planning permission granted by the local council for the building of a mosque in Grecian Street, Bolton. The ‘Stop the mosque’ campaign, which organised the campaign, protested outside Bolton Town Centre. The...
