The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged post-Brexit hate crime incident in the capital relating the experience of a young Muslim male who was attacked by a man brandishing a crowbar. Adil Jamil, 23, was driving a friend home after leaving a Clapton mosque just after midnight on...
The Leicester Mercury reports that two banners displaying details about the city’s Eid prayers and festival in Victoria Park have been defaced with racist graffiti. The paper reports that officers received a call from a member of the public at around 7.30am this morning, 29 June, informing...
The London Evening Standard reports on the arrest of a 41 year old male in connection with “extreme” Islamophobic, right wing and anti-Semitic posts on social media. The paper reports that officers from Scotland Yard’s Crime Disruption Unit, within the force’s Counter Terrorism...
The Yorkshire Post reports on revelations by Dewsbury and Mirfield MP Paula Sherriff about anti-Muslim leaflets circulating in West Yorkshire allegedly from the British National Party and accusing former MP for Batley and Spen, Jo Cox, of “misguided action” for helping Muslims. Jo Cox was...
The Liverpool Echo and The Mirror report on the jailing of two brothers who racially abused a man and threatened him with a knife in front of his seven year old daughter. Liverpool Crown Court heard the incident happened on 6 May 2016 outside Netherton Park Neighbourhood Centre in Bootle,...
BBC News and the Daily Echo report on the cancellation of an Eid festival in Southampton after reports about two far right groups planning a protest in the city this weekend surfaced. The British Bangladeshi Cultural Academy had organised an event to mark Eid ul-Fitr in the city’s East Park...
The Birmingham Mail reports on “vile” Islamophobic leaflets which have been delivered to properties in Aston in Birmingham this week. The MP for Ladywood, Shabana Mahmood, described the leaflets as “vile and a disgusting piece of literature designed to frighten the people in my constituency...
The Labour Party today published the report by the Shami Chakrabarti Inquiry into anti-semitism, racism and Islamophobia. The Inquiry, which was launched last month, set out to consult with Muslim, Jewish and other minority communities and Labour party members in order to establish a statement of...
The Croydon Advertiser reports on advice issued by the Muslim Association of Croydon telling Muslims to report hate crime after incidents of racist abuse directed at Muslim women in the south London borough. Ashfaq Arain, general secretary of the Muslim Association of Croydon said there has...
The Burnley Express reports on the court appearance of a man who repeatedly abused a police officer and engaged in a drunken rant about Ramadan while being led away by police, offending local Pakistani residents in Burnley. Ryan Gordon, 25, admitted racially aggravated harassment/ alarm/ distress...
