The Guardian reports on a warning by Baroness Warsi that radicalisation of British Muslims represents a “generational challenge” that the government is failing to tackle because of its policy of non-engagement with mainstream Muslim organisations. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme...
The Guardian reports that a disciplinary panel investigating the death of Habib Ullah, who died shortly after being stopped and searched by officers from Thames Valley police in July 2008, has cleared the five officers of misconduct. A three-person panel at Shaw House, Newbury heard that five...
Local paper Get Reading and online news site, MK Web, report on the establishment of a new third party reporting centre in the Thames Valley constabulary area supported by the region’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Anthony Stansfield. Third party reporting centres were introduced in the...
The Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and the Manchester Evening News all report on an anti-Muslim hate crime on a tram in Manchester this past weekend which has resulted in the arrest of four teenagers. The incident occurred last Friday and was recorded by one of the victims who uploaded video footage of...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the efforts of a local community activist and Birmingham city councillor to stamp out anti-Muslim graffiti which has been appearing regularly on phone boxes and bus stops in the King’s Heath part of the city. Luke Holland and Labour Cllr Claire Spencer have been...
The Independent and Asian Image newspapers cover the results of a poll commissioned by Islamic Relief and conducted by YouGov on public perceptions of Islam, Muslims and charity. The poll, which comes as Muslims gear up for the month of Ramadan, shows that negative perceptions of Muslims persist...
The Liverpool Echo reports on the release of statistics by Merseyside Police under a Freedom of Information request which shows anti-Muslim hate crimes rising from 2014 – 2015. The paper notes that Merseyside Police, who are stepping up their campaign to tackle under-reporting of hate crime,...
The Independent on Sunday yesterday claimed that the Chilcot Inquiry report was “unlikely to be published for another year at least” adding to renewed dismay at the continued delays to publication. The inquiry, which has cost £10 million to date and which stopped taking evidence in 2011, has...
The research team at Spinwatch have followed up their seminal report on the Cold War on British Muslims, investigating the role of and money behind the Centre for Social Cohesion and Policy Exchange, with a new report on another centre-right think tank whose output and activities have contributed...
The Daily Express, Daily Mail and London Evening Standard all report on news that an education academy in east London, which runs four primary schools in the boroughs of Waltham Forest and Haringey, has written to parents of pupils at the schools to advise that the schools are to implement a policy...
