** 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 Daily Star reports on the forthcoming court appearance of Britain First leader, Paul Golding, on charges of breaching a court order banning him from entering any mosque in England and Wales for three years. Bedfordshire Police, who are taking legal action against the far-right group...
The Wisbech Standard reports on the court appearance of a teenager on charges of racially aggravated harassment after he used words “referencing religion” to racially abuse a driver. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was being driven with a companion to Wisbech to do some...
BBC News reports on a television documentary to be broadcast on BBC1 Scotland tonight which uncovers the sale of anti-Islamic and neo-Nazi merchandise by a military charity. 1st Knight, which provides respite breaks for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was discovered to be...
The Gazette reports on a court case before Teesside magistrates’ court where an offender “dodged jail” after being found guilty of racially aggravated assault on a taxi driver in Middlesbrough. Christopher Brown, 36, was charged with racially abusing a taxi driver and assaulting him after a...
The North West Evening Mail reports on the upcoming court appearance of a woman charged with a racially aggravated public order offence for allegedly hurling racist abuse at takeaway worker Ali Ozmus. Esha Louise Doherty, 25, is accused of abusing Mr Ozmus at the Hot Potato takeaway shop in Barrow...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the sentencing of a man who verbally abused a group of people of ‘Iraqi or Iranian’ appearance in a public park and spat at a police officer who attended the scene. Dale Kershaw appeared before Hull magistrates’ court last month in connection...
The Plymouth Herald reports on the court appearance of two Royal Navy sailors who are accused of racially abusing two men as they left an Islamic centre in Plymouth in the early hours on 12 June. The incident, outside the Plymouth Islamic Education Trust (Piety) in Greenbank Avenue occurred during...
BBC News reports on anti-Muslim leaflets found on car windscreens outside a mall in Lisburn, County Antrim. The leaflets, which state “No jihad here! Northern Ireland under threat” were spotted on Saturday afternoon outside the Bow Street Mall in the city of Lisburn. The leaflet,...
The Glasgow Evening Times reports on the fine imposed on a man who accused an off duty bus driver of having a “bomb on him” and branded passengers “f****** Muslims” when they failed to join him in singing Christmas carols. Hugh Stewart, 49, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff...
The Guardian, Metro and BBC News all report on the sentencing of the deputy leader of far right group Britain First, Jayda Fransen, after being found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment following an outburst against a Muslim woman, in front of her four young children, at the...
