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Home Office adviser criticises Government strategy on tackling far right threat
Sima Kotecha’s interview with a senior Home Office adviser on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning is picked up by several news outlets highlighting the concerns raised over the Government’s handling of far right extremism in the UK. The adviser, who wished to remain anonymous,...
Welsh Islamic Centre damaged in burglary
Welsh news website, Wales Online, reports on a burglary at the Rabbaniah Cultural Centre in Cardiff which has resulted in thousands of pounds worth of theft, loss and damage including smashed computers and broken CCTV cameras. The burglary, suspected to have happened between Sunday evening and...
Tory Councillor apologises for claiming headscarf wearing councillor received ‘privileged treatment’
The Birmingham Mail reports on a claim of ‘privileged treatment’ made by a senior Conservative councillor and education spokesman for Birmingham City Council, James Hutchings, toward a headscarf-clad Muslim Labour councillor. At a watchdog committee discussing the Trojan Horse scandal,...
Man fined £150 for racist rant outside Scottish mosque
Edinburgh Evening News reports on a fine imposed upon a man who hurled racist abuse outside a Scottish mosque in the wake of Lee Rigby’s murder last May. Grant Gallagher was heard shouting abuse at Muslims including taunts such as “you terrorists killed him” as he angrily grabbed and rattled...
‘Sporadic outbreaks of disorder’ and arrests at EDL demo in Rotherham
The Guardian, Daily Express, The Star and ITV News all report on the English Defence League march in Rotherham at the weekend. The march, which was organised following the publication of a report by Professor Alexis Jay into sex grooming gangs was designed to ‘focus on the child sexual abuse by...
Man investigated for hate incident after “Ice Mosque Challenge” uploaded on YouTube
The Bolton News reports on a video that has surfaced showing a semi-naked man wearing a homemade ‘burqa’ while doing an ice bucket challenge outside Zakariyya mosque. The challenge has been nicknamed “Ice Mosque Challenge”. The footage, seen by the Bolton News, shows a man wearing only his...
Prisoners sent letter bombs in race hate campaign waged from within prison walls
BBC News, The Daily Telegraph and local papers Evening Telegraph, The Yorkshire Post, Hull Daily Mail, Halifax Courier, Northamptonshire Telegraph, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner and Buxton Advertiser all report on the sentencing of two serving prisoners who attempted to post explosive devices...
Far Right MEP from Swedish Democrat addresses UKIP Scotland meeting
The Sunday Herald draws attention to a UKIP meeting in Scotland in which a far right Swedish MEP was given a platform. According to a UKIP Scotland circular to party members, Swedish Democrats MEP, Kristina Winberg, addressed a recent meeting in Edinburgh as a “guest speaker”. The Swedish...
Birmingham City Council awarded funding to take lead on tackling hajj fraud
ITV News reports that Birmingham City Council has been awarded £100,000 by the National Trading Standards Board to help combat hajj fraud. The funding award follows Trading Standards investigation conducted by the city council with the City of London Police resulting in two people being arrested...