The London Evening Standard reports on an alleged racist incident in Krakow, Poland, in which a Sikh man was verbally abused and physically assaulted by a nightclub bouncer who mistook his turban for Islamic attire, calling him a “Muslim terrorist”. The paper relates that Nav Sawhney, 25,...
The Kent Messenger reports on an act of vandalism at a mosque in Gillingham, Kent in the aftermath of the Paris attacks last month. The Nasir mosque was targeted by vandals who threw eggs and paint at one of the mosque’s entrances in the week after the Paris massacre. The imam of the mosque,...
The Birmingham Mail, Metro and Mirror all report on a horrendous attack on a Muslim student who was pushed from behind by an assailant and punched in the face as she walked along New Street in Birmingham. The attack happened in broad daylight on Monday, November 23 at about 7.30am. Miss Choudhury,...
BBC News reports on a suspected “racist and Islamophobic” incident aboard a Birmingham bus in which a 22 year old woman was verbally abused and threatened with being “set alight” by a male passenger on the bus. West Midlands police have released CCTV images from the bus showing a man they...
The London Evening Standard and LBC radio report on statistics released by the Metropolitan Police Service which shows a spike in Islamophobic incidents in the capital in the aftermath of the Paris attacks on November 13. According to the Met, there were 24 hate crimes reported against Muslims in...
BBC News and the Independent on Sunday report on an incident at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London which is being treated as a suspected hate crime by the Met police. BBC News reports that a man was seen trying to set the mosque alight at around 10 o’clock on Saturday morning, 28...
The Chronicle Live reports on a post added to a Facebook page by an independent councillor for Morpeth Town Council, David E Clark, in which he stated “Islam is the biggest threat to world peace.” Clark posted the comment on the page Morpeth Matters, which has since been closed down, on...
The London Evening Standard reports on yet another suspected Islamophobic attack on public transport after a pregnant Muslim woman was allegedly subjected to a 15 minute tirade of verbal abuse and threatened with physical assault by a drunk passenger on a bus. The paper reports that the woman, who...
Two women who dropped their trousers to urinate in front of a Muslim couple who were praying in a Plymouth park have been handed suspended jail terms, the Plymouth Herald reports. Claire Farrell, 36, and Natalie Richardson, 32, pleaded guilty to religiously-aggravated threatening and abusive...
The Northamptonshire Telegraph reports on a suspected Islamophobic attack on a hijab-wearing Muslim female in Kettering. The local paper reports that a 13 year old girl was pushed over by a stranger as she walked along Whiteford Drive just before 5pm on Wednesday, November 11. The attack, which...
