The BBC covers the report published by the Home Affairs Select Committee which calls for the UK-US extradition treaty to be overhauled because of a lack of public faith in current arrangements. From the BBC: “British people are losing confidence in the UK’s extradition arrangements with the...
George Galloway’s by-election victory in Bradford West on Friday has unleashed a flurry of commentary by columnists in the last few days. There are those whose indignation is reserved for what they believe is a slide towards sectarianism in British politics. Among those most assertive of this...
The BBC, Daily Mail, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph have all reported on the far-right extremists’ rally which took place in Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday. The far-right rally was organised by the English Defence League to protest against the ‘Islamification of Europe’ and to create a...
The Northampton Chronicle and Echo reports on the guilty verdict passed on an EDL member who threatened a Muslim taxi driver because of his religion. Charles Dickie, will be sentenced at a later date for committing a religiously aggravated offence. From the local paper: “A man who claims to be a...
The BBC and the Daily Mail both report on a new Muslim-friendly uniform designed by the Scout Association. Around 2,000 young Muslims are members of the Scouts and the new uniform was designed to enable them to feel “comfortable without being restricted.” From the BBC: “Girl scouts have a new...
This report contains details of incidents of anti-Muslim hate crimes which have been reported in local and national media in the UK and which form part of our regular monitoring of such incidents for submission to the Office for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The incidents detailed here are...
Islamophobia Watch covers a report in the Dewsbury Reporter about four men who have been jailed for their attack on two Asian teenagers. From the Dewsbury Reporter: “Four men have been locked up after a teenager was slashed in the face in Thornhill Lees.
The Guardian reports on the Foreign Office’s fight to conceal a key transcript from a telephone conversation between then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the former US president, George Bush, made in March 2003, just days before to the US led invasion of Iraq. The Information Commissioner,...
The Church of England newspaper last week featured a review of the British Museum’s exhibition on ‘Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam’. Reviewer Brian Cooper wrote: “Latest of its major exhibitions on spiritual themes, it showcases pilgrimage artefacts, records and souvenirs down the...
BBC Newsnight last night broadcast a special report on the rising threat of a violent, militant and racist far-right movement in Germany. The movement has increasingly been the focus of media attention after it emerged that a neo-Nazi cell was responsible for a string of murders in the German...
