The Sunday Express has joined the line of newspapers which include the Daily Star, Daily Mail and London Evening Standard, in scaremongering about a planned ‘mega-mosque’ which is awaiting planning permission from Newham Council in East London. From the Sunday Express: “Plans for a super...
The Scotsman on Saturday reported on a speech by Professor Richard Dawkins at the Hebridean Book Festival at which Dawkins described Islam as “one of the great evils of the world”. From the Scotsman: “Renowned atheist Professor Richard Dawkins received a surprise standing ovation in the...
The Exeter Express and Echo has reported on the sentencing of a man convicted for committing religiously aggravated criminal damage after he attacked a mosque. The man had watched news reports on the desecration of Commonwealth graves in Libya before committing the offence. From the local paper:...
An article in local Stoke paper, The Sentinel, draws attention to a 2011 report by the Institute for Race Relations on racism in Stoke-on-Trent. The report, ‘The New Geographies of Racism’, is based on casework analysis of racism in the city which the IRR has documented as well as interviews...
The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the EU Observer have both covered a report published by a consortium of NGOs which highlights the EU’s trade relations with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ‘Trading Away Peace: How Europe Helps Sustain Israeli Settlements’,...
BBC News, the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and The Sun have all reported on the 12 month community order sentences given to a woman and two men after they subjected an Asian man in Manchester to a violent racist attack. The woman admitted kicking and stamping on the head of the man saying “You’re a...
The Daily Mail reports on an investigation launched by British Transport Police after a woman was filmed hurling racial abuse at a group of black passengers on a tube train. A video of the racist attack has been uploaded to Youtube. From the Daily Mail: “Police are hunting a woman caught on...
The Guardian has published an article by Lucy Snow, editor of the Leeds university student newspaper, Leeds Student, in which she defends her decision to publish an interview with the leader of the far-right British National Party and MEP for North West England, Nick Griffin, in the paper. The NUS...
BBC News reports of the concerns expressed by members of the House of Lords over the delayed publication of the report by Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. The report may now be delayed until 2013, ten years after the invasion. From the BBC: “Peers have expressed concerns about the length of...
BBC News reports that local residents and leaders of Millfield in Sunderland have criticised external groups who have been engaging in protests and stirring up trouble over a mosque in the area which recently received building approval by Sunderland City Council. The criticism comes after protests...
