The East London Advertiser reports on the efforts of Mayor Lutfur Rahman to galvanise community support to stop the English Defence League from bringing their ‘tour of hate’ to east London next month. The EDL posted comments about a proposed demo to be held in August, but now plan to...
The Bristol Post reports on the suspended sentence given to a man who was arrested and charged with ‘threatening unlawful violence’ after a ‘silent walk’ in Bristol commemorating the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby turned violent. Paul Lloyd, 39, pleaded guilty to the charge...
The Daily Express, Daily Mail and The Sun all covered the story of dinner lady, Alison Waldock, who was sacked for her job at Queen Edith Primary School in Cambridge for serving gammon to a Muslim school girl. Ms Waldock, offered and then served the meat to seven-year-old pupil, Khadija Darr,...
A 55-year-old Muslim woman was left seriously injured after an unprovoked attack in London in the early hours of Monday (29 July) morning, Islamic Human Rights Commission reports. The woman was on her way home after suhoor (pre-dawn meal during Ramadan) in the early hours of Monday morning having...
A 21-year-old man has been charged with assault after being arrested at the English Volunteer Force rally on Saturday, This is Local London reports. Ian McDonald was arrested when English Volunteer Force (EVF) supporters clashed with anti-fascist campaigners outside the UK Border Agency HQ, Lunar...
The Daily Mail reports on the arrest of the man photographed showing off a mosque bomb tattoo at a recent English Defence League rally in Birmingham. Sean Reah, of South Shields, South Tyneside, has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. Mr Reah was pictured at the Birmingham...
A rally was held in Newport, south Wales in support of the Muslim community after a number of Muslim graves were desecrated at the Christchurch Cemetery last month, the South Wales Argus reports. Unite Against Fascism Wales had called for a rally to bring together people from different groups,...
Labour MP and Shadow Home Office minister, Chris Bryant, has criticised David Cameron’s response to bomb attacks on three West Midlands mosques and the murder of Mohammed Saleem, in a visit to one of the affected mosques, the Express & Star reports. On a visit to Kanz-ul-Iman Central...
Local paper, the Blackburn Citizen, reports on a motion presented to the county council urging the authority to pre-stun all animals used in the preparation of school meals despite the method being rejected by some Muslims as not complying with ‘halal’ slaughter. Former Lancashire...
Regional news site, Wales Online, reports that race hate crimes and incidents in the South Wales region have more than doubled following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south London in May. The site reports “In the two weeks after the 25-year-old soldier died in May, South Wales...
