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Vandals paint "Allah" on walls of Muslim home in Belfast
The Belfast Telegraph and Irish Sunday Independent report on anti-Muslim hate crime incidents that have occurred in Northern Ireland and the Irish mainland in the wake of the murders of cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. Brothers Asim and Adil Sardar who share the house in...
Racist incidents rising in Scottish schools
Glasgow’s local paper, Evening Times, reports on the increase in the number of racist incidents in the city’s schools. Figures released to the local paper under a Freedom of Information request to Glasgow City Council shows that the number of racially aggravated assaults increased by 155%...
Anti-Muslim graffiti at University of Birmingham
The Birmingham Mail and ITV News report on anti-Muslim graffiti which has appeared on the walls of the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston and the Jahalabad mosque in Selly Oak. The two incidents are linked according to West Midlands Police who are investigating the hate crimes. A slogan painted...
Communities Secretary calls on mosques to take lead in tackling extremism
The Daily Telegraph front page today covers the letter issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, MP Eric Pickles, and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in CLG, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, calling on mosque leaders to “demonstrate the true nature of British...
Racial and religious crime in Manchester up in 2014
Manchester Evening News discloses racial and religious hate crime statistics for the Manchester region on the back of FOI requests submitted to Greater Manchester Police by the local paper. The paper reports that racially-motivated crimes in north Manchester rose by 43% last year, an increase more...