** 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,...
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...
The London Evening Standard and the Metro report on the sighting of “racist” mock Pokémon stickers featuring various British Muslims, including the Mayor of London, at bus stops, cashpoints and at tube stations in the capital. The stickers, dubbed ‘Pakémon’ bear a twist on the popular...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the trial of an Armed Forces officer who is alleged to have told a taxi driver he had “killed P***s in Iraq” before assaulting him. Leon Salter, 26, is on trial at Hull Crown Court charged with criminal damage and racially aggravated grievous bodily harm....
The Exeter Express and Echo reports on the collapse of a trial relating to an incident of alleged racial abuse and assault after the victim failed to attend court to give evidence. Rodney Delicata, 46, was charged with a racially aggravated assault in relation to a “road rage” incident at a...
The Blackpool Gazette reports on the sentencing of a man who smacked a shopkeeper in the face because he “looked at him”. Lee Smith, 26, was on a suspended jail sentence for brandishing knives and swords out of a window when he assaulted Gulamoyhuddin Kaduji, 30, at his Pound Zone shop in...
