There is coverage of the English Defence League protest in Newcastle on Saturday 25 in the Independent on Sunday, and on BBC News and ITV. The demonstration, which was announced last week, relates to the approval last December by Newcastle City Council of plans submitted by a local Muslim...
There are several reports in local and national newspapers on arrests made by police investigating offensive comments posted on social networking sites following the savage murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday. Reports of arrests made include the following: “A 23-year-old...
BBC News reports on an investigation launched by Lincolnshire Police into racist and anti-Muslim comments allegedly made by UKIP councillor, Chris Pain, on Facebook. The Sunday Mirror last week covered various cases of racist and bigoted comments posted on social networking sites by some of...
BBC News reports that a man has been charged with ‘religiously-aggravated criminal damage and burglary’, after he allegedly targeted the mosque in Gillingham, Kent, in a revenge attack following the horrific murder of Drummer, Lee Rigby, in Woolwich on Wednesday. Councillor David Parr, of...
BBC News reports on the court appearance of a 43 year old man charged with ‘affray and two counts of possessing a weapon’ after he was arrested following an attack on an Islamic centre in Braintree, Essex. The attack was a second suspected ‘revenge attack’, following the murder of Drummer,...
UTV reports on a hate crime incident involving an Islamic centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Thursday. Police are investigating after a milk bottle of paint was allegedly thrown at the building. The site notes that local police are treating the incident as a hate crime. It reports that “Two...
Regional news site, Wales Online, reports on a hate crime against a mosque in Cardiff, south Wales. Strips of bacon were left at the entrance of the Shah Jalal mosque, in Cathays, Cardiff, on Wednesday night. Secretary of the Muslim Council of Wales, Saleem Kidwai, told the news site: “They left...
Asian Image reports on a hate crime reported in Bolton, Lancashire in which a mosque was defaced with graffiti and a car in the nearby car park vandalised. The local paper reports that the exterior wall of the Masjid-e-Usman was spray-painted with the words ‘Islam = Evil’ while a parked car in...
Local news portal, This is Local London, reports on graffiti painted onto a footbridge at Mitcham Junction station in south London in what appears to be another revenge attack. “Hell 2 Muslims. EDL!” was painted onto the station bridge. The news site reports that Merton Council was alerted to...
The Independent reports on the arrest of two men ‘on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred’ after comments posted on social networking sites were brought to the attention of Bristol police. Detective Inspector Ed Yaxley said: “On Wednesday evening, we were contacted by people...
