BBC News reports on the ongoing trial of Michael Piggin, an Asperger’s Syndrome sufferer, who is accused of planning a terror attack in Loughborough. The jury at the Old Bailey was shown an anti-Muslim video in which Piggin talks about an “invasion of our country”. ITV News, Daily Mail, The...
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph this week both covered a report by the British Humanist Association on schools in receipt of public funding which it claims are cause for concern. Among Muslim schools singled out for criticism by the BHA is the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation (ISF). An FOI by the...
BBC News and local paper, Western Gazette, report on the court hearing of Joshua Bonehill-Paine who wrote an article on his website, the Daily Bale, falsely claiming that a pub in Leicester had banned members of the British armed forces to ease community tensions. While BBC News reports that...
The Guardian draws attention to allegations regarding Cambridgeshire police’s use of covert tactics to recruit four political campaigners to spy on political groups such as anti-fascists. The activists, who were unwilling to be named, revealed how a covert unit from the police force tried to...
The Daily Telegraph and The Times cover the report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education (APPGRE) following a five month inquiry into the role religious education plays in furthering good community relations. The report concludes that RE classes can help reduce...
BBC News reports on the Chair of the Muslim Research and Development Foundation (MRDF) Haitham Al-Haddad’s comments that the organisation’s private hire of Legoland for a family fun day was cancelled because of “extreme Islamophobia”. The MRDF had hired Legoland for the fun day on 9 March...
Local paper, the Blackburn Citizen, reports on the latest anti-Muslim antics of far right political party, Britain First. The party, whose leader, Paul Golding, is expected to stand in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has posted a video on its website showing three men visiting the home...
Counterpunch features a review of Arun Kundnani’s new book, ‘The Muslims are Coming: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror’ by Ron Jacobs. Kundnani, who authored the report on Prevent, ‘Spooked! How not to prevent violent extremism’ develops his study further in this new...
The Independent reports on the Home Secretary’s decision to revoke the citizenship of a British man while he went on holiday to visit relatives in Afghanistan and his immediate family in Pakistan in January 2012. The revelation of the decision comes ahead of the House of Lords debate over Theresa...
The Times and The Guardian this week have published further information on the alleged ‘plot’ to ‘takeover’ certain schools in Birmingham disclosing that scrutiny of the letter at the heart of the allegations reveal it could be a forgery and the ‘plot’ a hoax. The Times notes, “The...
