The Bristol Post covers the alarming story of a young Muslim woman born and raised in the city who was abused and spat at on her way to work this week by a man using events in the Middle East as a pretext to violate her dignity. While there has been significant coverage in the […]
The Times today covers the petition launched by Taj Hargey to have the burqa and niqab banned in Britain following the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights defending a ban imposed by the French state. The paper notes Hargey’s hope that attracting 100,000 signatures will force a...
The report by Peter Clarke, former head of the counter-terrorism division at the Metropolitan Police Service, into the so-called ‘Trojan Horse’ affair in Birmingham is in many of the papers today. The report, published yesterday, makes the front page of the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian with...
The Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, David Ward, finds himself in the papers again today after tweeting a message stating: “The big question is – if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? – probably yes.” The Mirror, Guardian and BBC News all pick up on the criticism...
Local paper, Newbury Today, reports on the court appearance of a woman charged with racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress after she allegedly attacked a bus passenger who had the courage to challenge her foul-mouthed anti-Muslim, racist tirade. Tara Elaine King, 35, was overheard by...
Local newspaper, the Bristol Post, reports on a hate crime incident involving a headscarf clad Muslim teenage girl who was racially abused and spat at in a busy street in Bristol’s city centre as she walked home from school. The girl, who asked not to be named, was approached by a man as she made...
BBC News and the Daily Record both report on the financial penalty levied on a former footballer who posted a comment on Facebook inciting religiously aggravated criminal damage in the days after Drummer Lee Rigby’s murder. Ryan Harbinson posted a comment on Facebook stating: “Any one up for...
Local paper, the Wrexham Leader, reports on the court appearance of a man who walked into a shop on the first anniversary of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, on May 23rd, and told the Muslim owner “I’m a racist and I kill Muslims”. Daniel Lee Lewis, 32, was drunk at the time of […]
The Daily Mail last week published a column by Taj Hargey in which he announced his plans to launch a campaign to ban the burqa in Britain. The launch of the campaign has been primarily driven by the legal precedent set by the European Court ruling earlier this month, upholding the French niqab ban...
The News and Star, The Westmorland Gazette and the North West Evening Mail draw attention to Cumbria Police force’s launch of an online service enabling hate crimes to be reported directly by victims. The new service aims to address the dual problems of an increase in hate crimes and...
