The Bolton News, reports on the conviction of two men for posting threats to “torch” and blow up” a site proposed for a new mosque in Bolton on the ‘Stop The Astley Bridge Mosque’ Facebook page. Leon Richmond, 18, wrote he would not be bothered if the mosque was built because he would...
The Portsmouth News reports on the establishment of a coalition in Portsmouth in a bid to fight the rise of UKIP ahead of the next general election. The local paper reports on a meeting of approximately 40 members from a range of political parties to discuss strategies to fight against the growing...
The Express & Star report on plans by the English Defence League to hold a protest in Dudley against the decision by the local council to grant planning permission for a new mosque. According to the far right group’s Facebook page, the protest is planned to take place on 7 February 2015. The...
Last week members of the House of Lords debated a motion to take note of the role of religion and belief in British public life. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a former Bishop of Oxford, led the debate, talking about how Britain’s religious landscape had changed over the years and “that religion...
Peter Oborne and Alex Delmar-Morgan have two articles up on the Daily Telegraph’s website looking at further developments impacting on British Muslim charities. In an article exploring the vagaries of Interpal’s demonisation over the years, from libellous accusations of its funding terrorist...
The Evening Standard and The Independent report on the publication of a report by the Mayor of London’s Office for Policing and Crime’s documenting the rise in hate crime in London and outlining its hate crime reduction strategy. The report reveals that since October 2011, the number of...
The Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and BBC News all report on the Department of Education’s publication of non-statutory guidance notes for schools, maintained and independent, academies and free schools, in respect of new “requirements to actively promote fundamental British values...
The Braintree and Witham Times reports on the court appearance of a British soldier who was charged with one count of criminal damage and another of burglary after breaking into Jamia Masjid Mosque in Parkway, Chelmsford last December. Liam King, 22, targeted the mosque twice within a three...
There has been considerable coverage last week of the Home Secretary’s speech at RUSI on Tuesday outlining the Government’s new Counter-terrorism and Security Bill and the Bill itself which was published yesterday. In her speech, Theresa May talked about the institutional response to...
The Independent on Sunday ran a story on the level of employment discrimination faced by Muslims in the UK labour market from a study conducted by researchers at Bristol University. Using information from the Labour Force Survey, researchers were able to deduce the comparable rate of unemployment...
