Birmingham Metropolitan College’s decision last week to reverse its ban on the veil was met with outcry and condemnation in many of this weekend’s newspapers with some politicians and columnists taking umbrage at the policy reversal. The Daily Mail, Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sun and...
The Guardian, Daily Mail, Independent and Daily Telegraph all report on the difference of opinion expressed by Coalition party leaders, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, on the decision by Birmingham Metropolitan College to ban the wearing of the face veil. Nick Clegg, during his LBC radio phone-in,...
Local paper, South Wales Evening Post, and Wales Online report on a second hate crime incident involving the Tonna mosque in Neath, South Wales. The mosque, which had a number of its windows smashed in an early morning attack last month, has been targeted again with a second attack in the early...
The Guardian reports that police are to reinvestigate the death of Baha Mousa 10 years after the Iraqi hotel receptionist was tortured to death by British troops in Baghdad. The Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat) has said that it will pursue a number of lines of inquiry that it believes warrant...
English Defence League leaders, Stephen Lennon and Kevin Carroll, accused of trying to visit the scene of soldier Lee Rigby’s murder in Woolwich have denied charges of obstructing police officers, BBC News reports. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that on June 29 the pair,...
The Pew Research Centre yesterday published its study entitled, Muslim Publics Share Concerns about Extremist Groups, which garners the view of over 8,000 Muslims in 11 Muslim majority countries on extremism, violence and suicide bombing. The study shows that more than two years after the death of...
BBC News reports that a former UKIP councillor who was under investigation for alleged racist comments on Facebook will face no further action after police dismissed the case. A spokesperson for Lincolnshire police, who conducted the investigation, said: “Police are reliant on there being a...
BBC News reports on a study being undertaken by researchers at the University of Leicester investigating hate crime and its under-reporting. Among cases featured in the BBC News report is that of a Muslim woman who was abused at a public meeting in Leicester discussing the future of Thurnby Lodge,...
The Guardian, The Independent and BBC News have all covered the release of data from the British Social Attitudes Survey 2012. The survey questions attitudes among the British public on issues ranging from identity, religion, personal relationships, Gender role, welfare, public spending and same...
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both report on the decision by Birmingham Metropolitan College to ban the wearing of religious veils on their premises due to security reasons. The college claims to have introduced the measure because of security fears and are asking all students to remove any...
