Muhammad Rabbani, international director of campaign group CAGE, emerged from Westminster Magistrates’ Court smiling despite being convicted of obstructing counter-terror police following a one-day trial in September. Rabbani was on trial after refusing to disclose passwords to his electronic...
An investigation launched by the Press Association reveals a dramatic increase in hate crimes against Muslims, The Independent reports. Figures show that between March and July this year, police forces have recorded 110 attacks against Muslim places of worship, up from 47 over the same six month...
MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) have raised £38,000 for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attacked in May. They handed over the cheque on 4th October to the British Red Cross in Manchester, who co-orinated and administered the fundraising in the aftermath of the attack Dr...
The Guardian reports on the continuing saga surrounding the five-year-old child at the centre of the Tower Hamlets foster story case. Earlier in August, The Times newspaper ran a front-cover story with the misleading headline “Christian child forced into Muslim foster care”. Following the...
The Birmingham Mail reports that The Department for Education will be reforming the disciplinary procedures to deal with any repeat of the ‘Trojan Horse’ attempts to infiltrate schools. Justine Greening, the Education Secretary, has spoken to the Birmingham Mail at the Conservative Party...
On Sunday 1 October, thousands of Muslims in Central London marked the holy day of Ashura with a march against ISIS, the Independent reports. The group gathered to mourn the innocent victims who have lost their lives to terrorism and to denounce violence carried out in the name of religion....
Cornwall Live reports that a 63-year-old man is under investigation for allegedly writing on his Facebook wall that he would have “no worries about ending the life of any Muslim”. On September 15, Eric King, from Cornwall, shared a Britain First’s Facebook post headlined “While Christianity...
Manchester Evening News reports that on Sunday the 24th of September, Doctor Nasser Kurdy was stabbed in the back of his neck outside the Altrincham and Hale Islamic Association at around 17:50. Nasser Kurdy, who is a 58-year-old orthopedic surgeon, was stabbed on his way to the mosque,...
A Palestinian student, Mohammed Awad, is losing hope of starting his Masters degree at Goldsmiths this term because of delays in approvals from the Israeli government, The Independent reports. Twenty-eight year-old Awad lives in the Gaza Strip and has been diligently pursuing his dream of...
On 27 September, eleven men were arrested across England and Wales for suspected involvement in National Action, a right-wing terrorist organisation banned by the UK government last year. Five of the men were arrested for allegedly planning acts of terrorism related to “threats against...
