The Cornish Guardian and Daily Mail report on a planned school trip to a mosque in Exeter which has led to some parents withdrawing their children from the proposed outing over “safety fears”. The local paper reports that the parents have expressed concern about the teaching of Islam in the...
As Guardian columnist Owen Jones guest edits an edition of the Big Issue, we look back at a February edition in which the Scottish National Party’s MSP and Minister for Europe and International Development, Humza Yousaf, discussed a personal experience of racism and why it is time to “confront...
The West London online news site, Get West London, reports on a hate crime survey being run by police officers in Hounslow to help improve incident reporting and police handling of hate crime in the borough. The site reports that hate crimes in the area rose by almost 10% on the previous year with...
The Evening Standard reports on an appeal by British Transport Police to identify a woman suspected of abusing a hijab wearing Muslim woman on the Piccadilly line in central London last month. The incident happened on the afternoon of March 10, at around 4.15pm, when the Muslim female and a...
The Lincolnshire Echo reports on the inquiry to be conducted by the National College for Teaching and Leadership into alleged remarks made about Islam by a BNP affiliated teacher while teaching at a school in the local area. Reverend Robert West, who is a member of the BNP and its candidate for the...
The Runnymede Trust have published a report on race, ethnicity and equality in elections, with several academic contributors offering perspectives on issues such as thechanging party allegiances of different ethnic groups, political mobilisation of religious communities, the far right in the UK and...
The Muslim News this week carries an interview with Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, in which he elaborates on the party’s plans to tackle Islamophobia if they form the next Government on 7 May. Miliband referred to the party’s manifesto pledge to introduce recording of Islamophobia as a...
The Independent yesterday reported on the controversial Sun columnist Katie Hopkins who has again been referred to the police for inciting racial hatred after the Society of Black Lawyers wrote to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, to protest about her depiction of...
A number of newspapers, the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Independent, Metro, and BBC News covered the appearance of stickers in the Grangetown area of Cardiff urging British Muslims not to vote in the upcoming general and local elections. Posters bearing a hazard sign and stating...
The Daily Express reported on UKIP’s efforts to distance the party from the English Defence League after it emerged that “I’m with UKIP” badges were brandished by supporters of the far right movement during a protest in Solihull at the weekend The Daily Express reports a UKIP spokesperson...
