The Middlesbrough Evening Gazette reports on the six month sentence passed on a teenager who repeatedly punched a Muslim taxi driver in the face before absconding without paying his fare. From the Gazette: “A teenager has been locked up for a “bizarre and outlandish” race hate attack on an...
The Guardian and Daily Telegraph today report on the video footage which shows four US marines in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans. The incident has sparked condemnation from all parties involved in the conflict in Afghanistan, including NATO, with the US Secretary of State for...
The BBC has won its case against the Ministry of Justice in its bid to film and broadcast an interview with Babar Ahmad. The High Court today ruled in favour of the right to film Ahmad on grounds of his case being of an ‘exceptional nature’. Ahmad has been detained without trial for 7 years...
We have now received a reply from the Home Office in relation to our letter of 1st November 2011 concerning the cancellation of a Civil Service careers evening event which was due to be hosted jointly by the Cabinet Office and FOSIS. We wrote to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, to raise the...
The ESRC/AHRC Religion and Society research programme is running a series of ‘Faith Debates’ from 8th February to 2nd May 2012 exploring the role of religion in public life and showcasing research outputs from some of the projects that have been funded under the programme.
The Independent on Sunday covered new disclosures in the Fox/Werritty scandal which have come to light following an FOI request submitted by Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan. Murray has been assiduously investigating the inadequacies in the report produced by Sir Gus O’Donnell...
You can still catch the Radio 4 debate on ‘Islam and the Veil’ here. BBC Radio 4’s Beyond Belief programme presenter Ernie Rea is joined by Fatima Barkatullah, writer and lecturer for the Islamic Education & Research Academy, Dr Shuruq Naguib, Lecturer in Islam at Lancaster...
The website Political Scrapbook reports on anti-Muslim remarks allegedly made by Lib Dem by-election candidate Dave Stones. Mr Stones, who will be contesting a local councillor position in the Redcar and Cleveland Newcomen Ward election for the Liberal Democrats on 19th January has made a...
The Observer yesterday reported on comments by an adviser to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry who stated that policemen who abuse stop and search powers to target Blacks and Asians should face prosecution for wasting police time and misusing public resources. From The Observer: “Officers who...
A local paper, the Reading Post, reports on the trial of five men accused of verbal abuse and physical assault on an Asian taxi driver, and smashing up his cab. The incident occurred in January 2011, with the five men now appearing in court on charges of racially aggravated assault and racially...
