Fresh allegations of UK complicity in torture have emerged in the Guardian today. The paper reports that Omar Awadh Omar, a Kenyan businessman, “said he has been interrogated by British intelligence officers after being severely mistreated at a notorious prison in Uganda, in what appears to be...
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...
The Sunday Mercury website and the Birmingham Post reported yesterday that Liberal Democrat councillor, Martin Mullaney, has “apologised unreservedly” for accusing fellow councillor, Salma Yaqoob, of supporting “stoning people to death” wanting to “see Britain become an Islamic...
The Asian Image reports that an “extensive study of English data” by the University of Manchester, which analysed results from almost 25,000 respondents from the 2005 and 2007 Citizenship Surveys, has revealed that “multiculturalism is associated with strengthening the ties between...
Portsmouth local paper, ‘The News’, reported yesterday that “far right groups are thought to be one of the causes behind a rise in race hate attacks in Portsmouth.” From the paper: “New figures show that 455 incidents were reported to the city’s Racial Awareness Service over a...
The Ilford Recorder reported on Friday of an attack on worshippers and the imam of the Redbridge Islamic Centre: “The imam of a Redbridge mosque was injured yesterday after six people tried to smash their way through the front door moments before the final evening prayer. “Windows were...
In an article for his New Statesman blog this past Saturday, Dan Hodges informed us that the “Daily Star’s flirtation with extremist right-wing, if not right-wing, politics appears to be over.” His comments refer to the brief stint of articles in February which appeared to give the EDL...
The Staffordshire Sentinel and BBC News report that two men are due to appear in court today, having been charged with arson and intent to endanger life after an arson attack on a newly-built mosque in Stoke-on-Trent last December. From the Staffordshire Sentinel: “Simon Beech, aged 23, and...
A man who was charged with religiously aggravated harassment and theft following his burning a copy of the Qur’an in Carlisle city centre appeared at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The ‘News & Star’ reported that his solicitor told the court “he was protesting against...
Louise Bagshawe, Conservative MP for Corby, wrote in the Daily Telegraph of her grievance with the BBC over its reporting of the murder of the Fogel family, residents of an illegal settlement in the West Bank. She wrote of being “stunned at the BBC’s seeming lack of care [with] all the...
