The Guardian and the Huffington Post report on an Islamophobic incident that took place last week on a Universal Airlines flight to the United States. Tahera Ahmed, a Director of Interfaith Engagement and Associate Chaplain at Northwestern University in Illinois, says a Universal Airlines flight...
The Daily Telegraph and Guardian reported last week on a local council in East London which has been accused of racism and Islamophobia after year 5 and 6 primary school children in five schools in Waltham Forest were asked to fill out a ‘counter extremism’ questionnaire. The...
The Daily Telegraph reports on the statement issued by the Muslim Council of Britain in response to the comments by Metropolitan Police Commander Mak Chishty about increased religiosity among Muslims and the boycotting Marks & Spencer’s being identifiable signs of radicalisation. The MCB...
ITV News, Yahoo News and the Local Government Chronicle report on the government’s legislative plans for the coming year that were announced in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament on Wednesday. Despite the Prime Minister promising a “clear programme for working people, social justice...
The UKIP candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, who was banned from standing in the general election and expelled from the party altogether this week after allegations of expenses fraud came to light in March this year, is still sitting as an MEP in the European Parliament in Brussels, The Independent...
The Charity Times reports on a stark warning by the Charities Aid Foundation that the new counter-terrorism legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday must not affect the work of charities working in areas affected by conflict. The new Counter Extremism Bill follows on from last...
Local news site, This is Local London, reports on complaints made to the Metropolitan Police over its handling of the English Defence League protest in Walthamstow earlier this month. The far right organisation announced that it would hold a protest in the east London borough two days after the...
BBC News and the Brighouse Echo report on the English Defence league protest in Halifax at the weekend. The far right group announced plans to hold a protest in Halifax town centre last month. It follows a protest by the group outside Calderdale Magistrates Court earlier this year as 25 men from...
The Guardian front page yesterday reported on the increase in the BME share of the vote going to the Conservative party in the 2015 general election based on survey results by British Future. British Future surveyed 2000 voters from BME backgrounds between May 8 and 14, comparing the vote share for...
The Express and Star and Birmingham Mail report on the planned protest in Dudley by a newly founded far right group, All Football Fans/Firms March Against Islamisation. The group plan on demonstrating in the town, following in the footsteps of the English Defence League and Britain First both of...
