Following complaints made by MEND and others regarding the Times’ article “Christian child forced into Muslim foster care”, the newspaper regulator IPSO has announced that it will not be investigating third party complaints made under Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editor’s Code. Unlike...
The Metro and RT report that a man who posted a message on Facebook calling for his followers to kill all Muslims has been jailed for a year. Keegan Jakovlevs, a 22-year-old from Wrexham, posted the message after the Manchester Arena bombings in April. Following the atrocity, in which 22 people...
The Nottingham Post reports on the sentencing of a man who admitted smashing a mosque’s windows earlier this year. Martin O’Connor, a 49-year-old from Radford, admitted breaking the windows of Nottingham’s Masjid Umar Mosque and Islamic Centre, in Alfreton Road, with a hammer. The incident...
MEND in Newport was launched back on the 12th of Aug 2017 and has now organised their first event in collaboration with Young Muslim & Community Organisation (YMCO). The event was about the causes and cures of Islamophobia that aimed to raise awareness about the new racism which is...
The Independent and Metro both report on a video showing a woman unleashing a racist tirade towards Muslims visiting a cemetery on Eid. The video was posted on a local Facebook group, which showed the woman shouting out of a vehicle to a group of Asian men: “F*** off! You f****** P****!” The...
Yahoo News UK reported an incident which involved an Islamophobic rant that took place on a tram in Sheffield. The incident was recorded by Victoria Hindle, 32, and has over 175,000 views on YouTube. In the footage, the unnamed individual claimed he was a Britain First and Tommy Robinson...
Although generally England is becoming more tolerant and open of people from different backgrounds, a major new study reported by the Independent has shown that ¼ of English people view Islam as a ‘dangerous’ religion. Particularly following the string of terror attacks in Westminster,...
The Guardian reports on a study done by an advocacy group that the Prevent scheme, which is claimed to be needed for anti-radicalisation purposes, is instilling “fear, suspicion and censorship” on university campuses. Just Yorkshire conducted interviews with 36 Muslim students, academics and...
Liverpool Echo reports that Islamophobic graffiti was sprayed onto a Sri Lankan family home in Liverpool, with racist messages such as “Allar Akbar” and “pak*” smeared in black paint all over the front of the terraced house. It is believed the house was targeted some time after 10pm...
The Independent reports that an Asian man was assaulted twice in a racist attack at Anniesland train station in Glasgow on Sunday 27 August. British Transport Police said the man was pushed between a train and the platform by two men and a woman who hurled racist insults at him. After climbing...
