BBC News reports on the overwhelming display of support shown by locals for the Islamic Cultural Centre in Grimsby, the scene of an arson attack in the immediate days after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Two men in their thirties have been arrested in connection with the incident,...
BBC News reports on the sentence passed on Benjamin Flatters at Skegness Magistrates Court yesterday where he appeared on charges of inciting racial hatred. Flatters was arrested after a post he placed on Facebook on 22 May was referred to the police for its anti-Muslim content. BBC News reports...
The Daily Mail reports on the court appearance of Tony Perrin, 28, yesterday on charges brought under the Communications Act after he posted a comment on Facebook threatening to ‘massacre Muslims’. Perrin, a supporter of the English Defence League, posted comments under the name Tony...
Local paper, the Surrey Comet, reports on an act of vandalism on the site of a proposed mosque in what appears to be yet another suspected retaliatory attack following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. An old building, Bank Chambers, which has been acquired by the Worcester Park Islamic...
The Leicester Mercury reports that police are seeking witnesses to an attack after a cyclist attempted to pull off a Muslim woman’s headscarf as she waited to cross a road. The woman, who was visiting the city’s Victoria Park, was stood on the pavement waiting to cross the road when two...
Local paper, Maidenhead Advertiser, reports on repeat attacks on a mosque in Maidenhead, all of which have occurred in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. The day after Drummer Rigby’s death, stones were thrown at the mosque smashing windows by the fire exit. On Sunday,...
Bill Leckie in his column in The Sun newspaper today reflects on recent incidents of violence and murderous assault and the social division caused by the different ways in which such attacks are handled. Writing about the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich two weeks ago, the jailing yesterday...
The East Grinstead Courier and Observer and BBC News report on anti-Muslim graffiti painted onto the front door of the home of the mother of a British soldier. N’jaimeh Jawara returned to her home in East Grimstead, Sussex, to find the words ‘Dead Muslim’ on her front door in...
The Northern Echo reports that a former UKIP canvasser whose anti-Muslim Facebook posts were passed to the police has been arrested “on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred under the Public Order Act”. Tony Nixon, who posted comments such as: “Instead of turning Ground Zero into a...
The Daily Record reports on an internal investigation launched by the British Boxing Board of Control after anti-Muslim comments were found on boxing manager, Alex Morrison’s Facebook page. Posts, appearing in the immediate aftermath of Drummer Lee Rigby’s death, referred to Muslims as...
