Local news outlet Exeter Express and Echo reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused a homeless woman outside a cinema in Exeter in December 2016. James Brett, 29, admitted racially aggravated harassment after shouting and swearing at the woman and a man who were sleeping rough on the...
Nike has revealed its plans to make global sports more inclusive for women with the introduction of a performance hijab to better serve Muslim female athletes — the Nike Pro Hijab. Available from next year in both dark and neutral colours, the pull-on hijab is made of a single layer of thin,...
In some respects, Channel Four’s first episode of Extremely British Muslims demonstrates a positive development within media representations of British Muslims. The episode “All the Single Muslims”, explores the single lives of Muslims seeking spouses in Birmingham, and, in so doing, has a...
There has been some quite animated fist-thumping at the interview by the Muslim News with the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, in which the opposition leader spoke of the party’s manifesto pledge to get serious about Islamophobia (and anti-Semitism). The Labour manifesto, and BAME manifesto, refers to...
The Evening Express reports that 13 projects have been selected to receive funding from a total of £40,000 allocated to tackling Islamophobia in Edinburgh. The money contributed by Police Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government is designed to deliver projects which reduce...
As Edinburgh taxi driver, Sikondor Ullah, was picking up a fare on Sunday evening, a group of male and female 14-20 year olds allegedly dragged Mr Ullah from his vehicle, before smashing his windscreen and stealing his evening’s earnings, as well as his car and house keys. Mr Ullah claims that...
Thanks to a request from the Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has relaxed its swimsuit regulations meaning that Muslim women swimmers and women suffering from pre-existing medical conditions now have the right to race in loose-fitting, full-body outfits....
The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday that Islam is set to be the largest religion in the world by 2070. It is the only religion said to be growing faster than the population of the globe as a whole. The research was the result of work by the American research body the Pew Research Centre,...
The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that Britain has pledged £13.4m to the organisation Community Security Trust (CST) for increasing security provision around Jewish institutions, including schools, nurseries and synagogues. The government’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, described Jews as a...
The Guardian and The Times of Israel report the detaining of Jacek Miedlar, 28, a controversial far-right former priest from Poland. He was held by British border security at 8.40am in Stansted Airport on the 25th February 2017, hours before he was due to address an anti-Islam rally in Telford,...
