#IAM2017 Exhibition with C & C’s Presentation by Irfan Mohamed 18th and 19th November @ The City Retreat Leicester An amazing 2 day exhibition on Islamophobia Awareness in the heart of our diverse Leicester City. It allowed us an opportunity to open up discussions which some would...
The Guardian reports on a discrimination case launched by a Muslim family against the holiday company Butlins after a teenage girl was prevented from riding on dodgems because she was wearing a hijab. Moammer Nasser, a family support worker from Birmingham, has brought a claim for race and...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the Good Citizens award handed to a martial arts fighter who assisted police in arresting a man in Wolverhampton City Centre in October 2016. Abu Khauteeb was honoured with the award by West Midlands Police after safely restraining a violent man who was resisting...
The Independent discusses a report published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMICFRS) which concludes that the disproportionate use of stop and search powers on ethnic minorities continues to threaten the public’s trust and confidence in the police. HMICFRS, assessing the...
On December 4, a Polish man with a history of depressive illness and alcohol problems drove his vehicle at the owner of a curry house, the Independent reports. Marek Zakrocki, 48, launched his attack outside Spicy Night, a takeaway in Harrow in north-west London. Zakrocki assaulted his wife, before...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the footage of a taxi driver facing “sickening racial abuse” after picking up two passengers in Sheldon. The incident began when the driver stopped to pick up a woman, thought to be in her 50s, outside Titash Indian Restaurant at around 11:30pm on Wednesday 15th...
On Thursday 30 November, a 19 year-old Muslim woman was told to remove her hijab by a McDonald’s security guard on Seven Sisters Road in North London. The young woman reported that the security guard stopped her and said that her hijab was a security threat, insisting that she take it off....
British MPs have strongly criticised Donald Trump’s re-tweeting of far-right extremist posts, and some have called for the cancellation of his state visit to the UK, the BBC reports. President Trump shared three Islamophobic videos posted by deputy leader of Britain First, Jayda Fransen,...
A Muslim traffic warden was egged and called a terrorist after he issued a ticket on a car in Folkestone. Kent Live reported that Jordan Tanner, 25, admitting to egging the Muslim traffic warden and calling him a terrorist after finding a parking ticket on his street in October. Tanner however...
The Press Regulation Panel, the body which independently oversees Leveson compliant press regulation in the UK, has released its latest annual report calling for urgent Government action to bring the full recommendations of the Leveson inquiry into press standards into force. The PRP’s second...
