A Guardian editorial today reflects on the detention awaiting deportation status of visiting Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Sheikh Salah has been the subject of articles in various newspapers this week (Daily Mail – front page story, Daily...
The BBC this week covers news of four men being charged with causing racially or religiously aggravated alarm, dissent or distress and racially aggravated criminal damage for daubing racist graffiti at the site of a proposed mosque in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. From the BBC: “Christopher...
Local paper, The Argus, reports on a mosque in Brighton receiving a suspicious package akin to those that have been sent to several other mosques in the UK. From the local paper: “The Brighton Al-Quds Mosque in Dyke Road received a suspicious package in what police are treating as a racially...
The Guardian on Tuesday published an interview with Matthew Goodwin, author of a new book on the BNP, ‘New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party’. The interview contains interesting reflections on the BNP’s abuse and exploitation of anxieties against ethno-racial communities,...
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi this week delivered a speech at the Organisation for Islamic Conference’s Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, the first time a UK Minister has been invited to address the OIC. Excerpts from Lady Warsi’s speech: “We in Britain recognise the...
As the Observer this weekend covered a feature length article on Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far right party, Front National, Matthew Goodwin of Nottingham University and author of ‘New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party’, pens an opinion piece for Policy...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender (CRG) yesterday released a groundbreaking report on Islamophobia in the US entitled, “Same Hate, New Target”. From the CAIR press release: “This groundbreaking...
As fashion designer John Galliano faces up to charges in court relating to his anti-Semitic outburst earlier this year, there’s an interesting piece of news in the Daily Express today on the Israeli PM’s son reportedly posting disparaging remarks about Islam and Muslims on Facebook. From the...
The BBC reports on the acquittal of Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims. From the BBC: “Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been acquitted of charges of inciting hatred against Muslims. “Mr Wilders had described Islam as...
The Times Higher Education Supplement this week contains a review of Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin’s new book, ‘Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation After 9/11’. The book is a comparative study, though with a predominant UK focus, on the caricatures and stereotypes used by the...
