The Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror report on the trial of a man who stuck stickers stating “Beware! Halal is barbaric and funds terrorism” with the hashtag “#BanHalal” on chicken produce in the chilled foods aisle at a Sainsbury’s store in Salford, Greater Manchester. Liam Gary Edwards,...
Figures obtained by the Glasgow Evening Times show that the number of hate crimes in the city increased by more than 6 per cent in the last year. Between April 2014 year and January 2015, a total of 5,344 hate crime incidents were reported. This is compared to 5,036 reports during 2013/14. The...
The Birmingham Mail reports on another incident of racist and Islamophobic graffiti at a Birmingham University building. It is the third occurrence this year of graffiti appearing on the university campus. In the latest attack, the words ‘Kill Islam before it kills you’ were sprayed on a...
Salary: £30,000 – £33,000 per annum Hours: 40 hours per week Holidays: 20 days paid holiday + Bank holidays + Eid days Reports to Head of Community Development and Engagement Based at London Head Office THE ORGANISATION mend (Muslim Engagement & Development) is a not for profit company...
The local paper News Shopper and This is Local London draws attention to a BNP protest against the conversion of a former Methodist church in Keston, Bromley into a mosque. The former reports that the British National Party (BNP) staged a demonstration against the plans outside the mosque last...
BBC News reports on a Christian street preacher who is standing trial on two charges of using threatening and abusive words, and a third of causing racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress after members of the public complained about the content of his public sermons on...
The papers this weekend have reported on comments by former Labour deputy prime minister, Lord John Prescott, on the likely impact of Blair’s wars on the radicalisation of young Muslims (Sunday Express and Star on Sunday). The Daily Telegraph on Saturday reported on the comments made by Lord...
The newspapers this weekend (ITV News, The Guardian, Independent on Sunday, Mail on Sunday, BBC News, STV News and The Scotsman) covered a new scandal engulfing UKIP after its Scottish leader and MEP for the region likened the Scottish National Party’s MSP and Minister for Europe and...
Local paper, the Eastwood Advertiser, reports on hate crime statistics in the Nottingham region as analysed by the local chapter of Citizens UK, Nottingham Citizens. According to a report by Nottingham Citizens, the vast majority of hate crimes are motivated by race and religion indicators with 80...
There are confused reports in the newspapers this weekend about the imminent introduction of the new rules on the Prevent duty subsequent to the Counter Terrorism and Security Act which put the duty on a statutory footing on a range of “specified authorities” including schools, prisons...
