The Independent and BBC News report on the successful prosecution of Paul Golding, the leader of far right group Britain First, for breaching a court order that forbade the group from entering any mosque in England and Wales for three years. Bedfordshire police secured the order in August...
Lord Pearson of Rannock, former leader of UKIP, was back on form this week with yet another tabled question about violence and Islam. Lord Pearson tabled a question to the Government on 12 December asking whether “as part of their strategy against Islamic terrorism, they will encourage United...
The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged Islamophobic attack on a woman in north London. The victim, a 27 year old female, was “knocked down and dragged along the pavement by her hijab” by two men who approached her from behind and tried to forcibly remove her headscarf. The...
The Evening Standard front page story yesterday revealed details of the incident at Forest Hill station earlier this week where a man allegedly shouting “I want to kill a Muslim” before repeatedly stabbing a Muslim passenger. The paper carried an interview with the victim’s...
The Star reports on the sentencing of four men for their role in racially motivated clashes at a protest rally in Rotherham last September. Seven men appeared before Sheffield Crown Court last December and pleaded not guilty to charges of violent disorder in connection with the Britain First...
The Oxford Times reports on the suspended sentence imposed on a man who verbally abused a Muslim male at a Tesco Metro store in Oxford on 8 October, 2016. Michael Hardisty, 33, admitted racially or religiously aggravated harassment with intent to cause Abdeeq Hussein harassment, alarm or...
Local paper, Peterborough Today, reports on the sentencing of a man who targeted a Muslim work colleague with “offensive material” on Twitter. Anthony Groom, 46, had worked with the victim at a Peterborough based security firm for nearly 10 years and had previously been known to make...
Manchester Evening News reports on a racist incident at an Indian takeaway in Salford where two women allegedly “smashed up” the shop while hurling racist abuse at staff. The two women, who were drunk, walked into the Tandoori House Indian takeaway on Liverpool Street in Salford and...
While some newspapers have been covering the inclusion of an “associate of Anjem Choudary” in the BBC’s new show ‘Muslims Like Us’ (see The Guardian and London Evening Standard) Sebastian Shakespeare at the Daily Mail draws attention to other goings on at the BBC that have attracted...
The Sun reports on the stabbing of a man on a London train by an attacker who allegedly shouted “who is a Muslim, I want to kill a Muslim” today, Monday 12 December. The newspaper reports on an incident at Forest Hill station in south London where a victim was reportedly stabbed by a man...
