BBC News reports on the Crime Prosecution Service’s annual report on hate crimes which includes figures on prosecution and conviction rates. The CPS report follows the release of hate crime statistics for April 2013 to March 2014 by the Home Office using statistics gathered by police forces in...
Download our Khutbah on Islamophobia and help raise awareness at your local Masjid. PART ONE: One of the truly pressing issues of our time is that of the increasing Islamophobia the Muslim community faces here in the UK. We hear about it regularly, see it on our social media feeds and may have even...
The Halifax Courier reports on the rise in hate crimes in Calderdale, in the West Yorkshire region. Under an FOI submitted by the local paper, figures show that hate crime in Calderdale has risen over the last 3 years from 126 in 2011-12, to 132 in 2012-13, and to 149 in 2013-14. The local paper...
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The Chester Chronicle reports on the arrest of a man on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence after a pig’s head was found at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Ellesmere Port. A passerby alerted police to ‘suspicious activity’ outside the centre a little before...
BBC News reports that the Department of Education has abandoned its plans to introduce a voluntary code of practice for religious schools in an attempt to tackle radicalisation of young people. The code was intended to cover supplementary schools operating outside the mainstream education system...
The BBC, The Independent, The Guardian and local paper, Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News, report on the Prime Minister’s announcement to increase the powers of the Charity Commission by awarding the watchdog £8 million over three years to tackle charity abuse including the “menace of...
South Wales Argus, The Telegraph and Argus, The Bolton News, Crawley and Horley Observer, Peterborough Telegraph, Burton Mail, The Argus, Nottingham Post and Hartlepool Mail all report on the efforts of local police forces and elected Police and Crime Commissioners to tackle hate crime during...
Local paper The Star reports on an open letter signed by faith leaders in Sheffield raising concerns about the way in which the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal has been used to incite hatred. Signed by leaders including Abdool Gooljar, the President of the South Yorkshire branch of the...
The Lancashire Telegraph and The Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn Citizen report on the sentencing of a teenager who threw a pot noodle at two Asian boys walking home from a mosque in Darwen. The two boys, aged 8 and 10, were walking home from a mosque dressed in traditional clothing when they...
