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...
This is Cheshire, the Warrington Guardian and online news site, Warrington Worldwide, all report on the release by Cheshire Police of CCTV images of suspects wanted for questioning in connection with an attack on a mosque in Warrington last week. The papers note the detail of an image which shows a...
With a brief explanation detailing key features of Ramadan, the Football Association website publishes an interview with Arsenal football player, Abou Diaby, in which he discusses faith, fasting and football. With Ramadan underway, Diaby talks about the impact of fasting on performance and the way...
Civil Society Media reports that the Muslim Charities Forum anticipates its members, consisting of British Muslim aid agencies, will raise a total of £50 million for their causes during the month of Ramadan. The Forum canvassed its members, such as Islamic Relief, Muslim Aid, Muslim Hands, and...
The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Scotland report on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby’s interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday in which he warned against a “national culture of fear” developing over the threat posed by radicalised Muslims on account of...
The Independent, the local paper, News Shopper and the Asian Image all report on Britain’s First’s latest ‘invasion’ of a mosque. The far right group and its “Kent battalion activists” descended the North West Kent Muslim Association mosque in Crayford last Sunday at around 1pm. The...
The Asian Image reports on the Daily Mail’s article drawing attention to Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi’s concern that representations of Islam and Muslims in the media bear similarity to the demonisation of Jews by the Nazis. Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East, stated in a debate in Westminster Hall...
The Daily Express, and The Times report on the letter from Taj Hargey’s published in The Times newspaper in which he commends the European Court’s ruling on the niqab ban in France and urges the UK to follow suit. Hargey, who has been vitriolic in his condemnation of the burqa and niqab in...
The Independent front page today reveals an exclusive report on further allegations of MI5’s complicity to torture, this time involving a British Muslim of Ethiopian descent. The paper covers the claims made against the governments of Ethiopia and Britain by Ali Adorus, who says he was subjected...
Last week’s Sunday People included a comment by columnist Carol McGiffin on the European Court’s ruling on the niqab. McGiffin, who strenuously defends the right of women to wear what they please writes that the court judges “would not recognise a real human right if it smacked them in the...
