Four men have been arrested following an alleged attack on an elderly Muslim man. The victim, 79, who lives locally, was on his way to the Islamic Centre in Cowley Mill Road, Uxbridge, when he was allegedly assaulted in Chiltern … Continue reading
When I was a kid back in the 1950s our family regularly took our summer holidays in the North Wales resort of Llandudno, and over half a century later I still have pleasant memories of playing on the beach there. So … Continue reading
ENGAGE reports that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has confirmed that hate crimes against Muslims in London rose from one to eight per day in the immediate aftermath Lee Rigby’s murder. Hogan-Howe stated: Following the terrible murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich … Continue reading
A Grimsby solicitor has launched a scathing attack on the media and politicians for “inflaming” hostility towards Muslims after the brutal murder soldier Lee Rigby in London. Ghaff Khan strongly criticised the use of words like “Islamists” and “Islamic – … Continue reading
A Jewish “police force” has offered protection to mosques in Hackney, following a spate of violent attacks on mosques. Shomrim, a uniformed Jewish patrol in Stamford Hill who are trained by the Met, patrol the area regularly looking for anti-Semitic hate crimes, and … Continue reading
The Islamophobic myth that Muslims are engaged in the gradual but inexorable conquest of the West takes different forms, depending on where you live. In Tea Party circles in the USA you’ll encounter bizarre conspiracy theories about Muslim Brotherhood operatives … Continue reading
A lawsuit challenging the questioning of Muslims about their religious beliefs at the U.S. border can continue, a U.S. district court judge in Detroit ruled Tuesday. The lawsuit names FBI Director Robert Mueller III, former acting Customs and Border Patrol … Continue reading
Fears of heightened community tensions following fires at two London faith buildings have triggered police to step up patrols around East End mosques. Met chiefs announced a 24-hour surveillance around “at risk” sites last week. And marked police cars have been … Continue reading
Racist graffiti has been daubed on a former pub that is being turned into an Muslim-run community centre in Leeds. Unknown vandals spray painted Islamophobic remarks and racist jibes on the walls and windows of the long-abandoned Lingfield pub, in Lingfield … Continue reading
This is a crosspost from Socialist Unity The Sunday Telegraph of 2 June featured an article by Andrew Gilligan, “The truth about the ‘wave of attacks on Muslims’ after Woolwich murder”, in which he dismissed the idea that the Muslim … Continue reading