Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a column in yesterday’s Asian Image by commentator and activist, Majed Iqbal, on some of the insidious comments made by the English Defence League leader, Stephen Lennon, at the demonstration held in Rochdale last weekend. From Asian Image: “This weekend saw the...
Reuters reports on the ‘first worldwide counter-jihad initiative’ to be launched in Sweden on August 4th with the Stop Islamization movements in Europe and America, and the English Defence League. From the Reuters news report: “The first worldwide counter-jihad initiative will begin...
The Guardian yesterday covered research carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on stop and search powers under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. The research finds that the powers are being used disproportionately against people of ethnic minority backgrounds...
Islamophobia Watch yesterday covered the progress on concerns expressed by the National Association of Muslim Police that Muslim police officers were being targeted by the English Defence League and that the reaction of Home Office officials and the Met Police to these concerns was inadequate. From...
A column written in USA Today by Tom Kreattenmaker draws attention to new research carried out by a terrorism prosecutions expert in Portland, Oregon on ‘Race, Religion and the Perception of Terrorism’. Tung Yin of the Lewis and Clark Law School has written a paper analysing four case studies...
The Manchester Evening News and BBC News Manchester reported over the weekend on the arrest of eleven people on public order offences during an EDL protest in Rochdale which took place on Saturday. From the Manchester Evening News: “Eleven men were arrested by police today during a rally by the...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to the decision of Bournemouth council which has ordered a Conservative councillor who made comments on Twitter in May, stating that only the English Defence League ‘stick up for the English’, to make a full public apology at the next council meeting for her...
Peter Oborne in an article in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph explored some of the issues he probes in the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary to be aired tonight on ‘Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 Billion Deal’. Oborne’s article addresses the dubious relations between David Cameron, and members of...
The Daily Mail and Independent both report on the Coalition’s plans to introduce legislation criminalizing forced marriages. From the Independent: “The Prime Minister will announce that forced marriage will be made a criminal offence following reports that up to 8,000 Britons are made to marry...
The Huddersfield Examiner covers the case of an ex-British soldier who has been fined for racially assaulting an Asian female police officer and telling her to “Go back to your own country.” From the local paper: “A Bradley man has admitted racially assaulting an Asian police officer....
