A man who tweeted numerous anti-Islamic messages and who threatened to burn down a mosque in Cambridge has been issued an Anti-Social Behaviour Order banning him from going near a number of Islamic centres in the city, Cambridge News reports. Cambridge Police submitted the ASBO application after...
A mosque in Sheffield hosted an open day to dispel myths surrounding Islam and promote community and social cohesion, Forge Today reports. Markazi Islamic Centre held its open day last Sunday, just days after Eid-al-Fitr, to invite locals to gain a better understanding of Islam. The Markazi...
A number of English Defence League supporters were arrested at the weekend after protests were held in Portsmouth, Hull and Edinburgh. In Hull, EDL protesters broke through police barriers to attack a member of the public who was supporting an anti-fascist counter-protest. The victim was punched...
The South Wales Evening Post reports on support being shown by locals for the Tonna mosque, in Neath, which was vandalised last week. A local community project aimed at bringing people together is to hold a bric-a-brac stall next weekend and donate the money raised towards repairs at the mosque....
Local Labour politicians have called for a ban on the planned English Defence League protest in Tower Hamlets next month labeling it “a clear attempt to fuel hatred and division,” local paper, The Wharf, reports. The far-right extremist group plans to march through Tower Hamlets again on...
A French teenager was subjected to a violent Islamophobic attack when her veil was torn off her face by two men in a Paris suburb on Monday evening. The Local reports that the girl, aged 16, had been walking home from a friend’s house when she thrown to the ground by two Caucasian men. The...
The Portsmouth News reports on the planned protest by the English Defence League against a new Muslim faith school, the Madani Academy, which is expected to open later this year. Objecting to the Muslim faith school in Portsmouth, Mickey Bayliss, the EDL’s regional organiser for the South West,...
Four men are being sought by police for an alleged incident of racial abuse and threats of violence the Barking and Dagenham Post reports. Police are scouring CCTV footage in the hope of identifying the men who are said to have shouted racial abuse at five Asian men and threatened them with...
The Huffington Post picks up on a report published by The Muslim News on David Cameron’s visit to the Jamia mosque in Manchester last week and his being challenged over his response to the recent spate of anti-Muslim attacks. The Muslim News reported that David Cameron condemned all forms of...
Several newspapers including the Daily Express, Daily Mail and the Birmingham Mail report on the data released by the Office for National Statistics on baby names in 2012. The data shows that the name Muhammad, with its alternative spellings Mohammed and Mohammad, is now the second most popular...
