The Daily Mail reports on the life sentence passed on a “racist thug” who slashed a Turkish shopkeeper’s neck with a kitchen knife last year. Andrew Jefferson, 53, attacked Hilmi Uludag in his shop in Paddington shouting at him “you f*****g foreigners, coming to the UK to poison the British...
The Bolton News reports on a group of Muslim volunteers who are giving up their time this week to deliver food and water to people in need in their city. Dozens of volunteers will be making free packed lunches to feed youngsters during the school holidays. Four young Muslim males who are behind the...
Analysis from the Runnymede Trust has found that ethnic minorities are “twice as likely” to be negatively affected by the Conservative’s budget plan than their white counterparts, the Guardian reports. As many as four million people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups could see their...
There have been several reports in the papers on the number of young children who have been referred for “de-radicalisation” under the Government’s controversial “Channel programme”. Data released under Freedom of Information presents a startling picture of the fate of young Muslims who...
BBC News and the Middle East Eye report on developments in the investigation into the closure of Muslim bank accounts by banking giant HSBC amid accusations that the United Arab Emirates may be behind the bank’s “risk appetite” claims. The investigation is to be aired in a radio programme on...
The Lincolnite and Lincolnshire Echo report on an English Defence League protest in Lincoln at the weekend. The EDL held an anti-Muslim protest in the city of Lincoln on Saturday 25 July with approximately 200 supporters turning out on the day. A counter demonstration was also organised by...
ITV News and the Mirror report on the police search for a man who forcibly tried to remove a Muslim woman’s hijab on a train. British Transport Police have issued CCTV images of the man who shouted abuse at a Muslim woman on a train travelling between Matlock and Derby on Saturday 4 July before...
The Daily Mirror reports that four UK police forces do not have any officers from black backgrounds despite targets set after the Macpherson report, over a decade ago, to address the problem of “institutional racism”. The police forces of Cheshire, Durham, North Yorkshire and Dyfed-Powys...
The Guardian reported yesterday that the human rights advocacy group CAGE have been successful in their bid to take the Charity Commission to court for pressuring donor charities into terminating funding to the group. The High Court, in a “landmark” decision, have granted permission for a...
BBC News, the Daily Mail and Manchester Evening News all report on the passing of sentence on a man who was charged with racially aggravated criminal damage after sticking “Beware halal is barbaric and funds terrorism” stickers on chickens stocked on a supermarket shelf. Liam Edwards,...
