The BBC is challenging the decision of the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, to deny the corporation permission to conduct a taped interview with Babar Ahmad. From the BBC: “The corporation wants to speak to Babar Ahmad, 38, who has been detained for more than seven years without trial.
Leo McKinstry in his column in the Daily Express yesterday wrote to convey his disdain at what he perceives as ‘political correctness’ in the judicial system and its ability to dispense “Britain’s traditional concept of justice”, in response to the suspended sentenced handed down to a...
The Leicester Mercury reports on the religious and racial abuse endured by a Muslim couple in Leicester who are only now able to move on with their lives as the perpetrators face trial. From the Leicester Mercury: “Sabana and Salim Amod left Leicester’s Saffron Lane in June, after two...
The trial of an ex-soldier and his accomplice, who were accused of attempting to blow up a mosque in Stoke on Trent, has concluded with both being sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. From the Daily Mail: “An [sic.] soldier who tried to blow up a mosque has been jailed for ten years.
Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to a story from the weekend on ‘honour’ killings in the UK and the various attempts to portray the crimes committed against women as a ‘Muslim’ issue. As we covered previously, the story was rather shamefully misreported in the Daily Mail as...
1. Assaults or attacks on persons of Muslim Background Man who urinated on Muslim’s trainers found guilty of religiously-aggravated common assault, Get Bracknell, 19th December 2011 Male gang abuse Muslim woman in Telford, Shropshire Star, 1st December 2011 Muslim graduate alleges racist attack...
Local paper, This is Staffordshire, covers the court case of British soldier, Simon Beech who is on trial on charges of attempted arson. He is said to have plotted with co-conspirator, Garreth Foster, to blow up the Central Mosque in Hanley, Stoke on Trent last December. From the local paper:...
The New Statesman follows up on the Muslim Brotherhood’s strong lead in the recent election in Egypt with a discussion piece on ‘Tackling the Islamists’. The magazine posits the question, “Several British groups stand accused of acting as fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood. Should the...
The House of Lords held a debate on the Prevent Strategy last Wednesday evening prompted by Lord Gulam Noon’s question to the Government: “What are the implications for integration and extremism in the United Kingdom of their Prevent strategy?” Interesting among interventions made by...
Over the weekend there was widespread coverage of statistics released showing that 2,823 honour attacks were recorded by the police in 2010. The statistics, obtained by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation, came from 39 out of 52 police forces, and comparative statistics from 12...
