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Sadiq Khan will support memorial statue of Stephen Lawrence in London
Islamophobia monitoring group Tell Mama launched an online petition asking the mayor for a memorial in Trafalgar Square, which has been signed by over 76,000 people.
Police say sorry to Uber driver over hate crime caution
Mohammed Shafaq, from Lidget Green, Bradford, was driving through the city on August 25 when he came to a stop at traffic lights outside the Punch Bowl pub, in Lowther Street, and was confronted by a man who was smoking outside.
Tommy Robinson supporter spat at girl, 4, because her mother was wearing a hijab
The man also chanted the English Defence League founder’s name in the child’s face and made an obscene gesture at the pair when they saw each other again on the street
KKK incident at Islamic centre is hate crime, say Belfast police
At least eight people posed in Ku Klux Klan outfits outside an Islamic prayer centre near Belfast at the weekend, in an incident that is being investigated as a hate crime.
Rod Liddle lambasted for calling on Islamic terrorists to ‘blow themselves up’ in Tower Hamlets
Muslim campaigners and Tower Hamlets council have come out in force against against “sickening” and “Islamophobic” comments made by Rod Liddle in this week’s Sunday Times in which he said he hoped British Islamists committed terrorism in the borough.
Rod Liddle condemned over Sunday Times column encouraging British Islamists to ‘blow themselves up’ in London
The independent press regulator has received more than 10 complaints about Rod Liddle’s article in The Sunday Times, which suggested British Islamists should “blow themselves up” in east London.
Forget Boris’s bluster, the real story coming out of Birmingham is how spooked the Tories are by Labour
This was my second visit to a Conservative Party conference and I felt like an explorer in a faraway land, discovering a new species. It was a very different crowd to the Labour gathering at Liverpool last week.
‘Islamic England’ Wall Street Journal Column Slammed By Tower Hamlets Council And Campaigners
A column decrying “Islamic England” printed in a US newspaper has been branded “shameful” by campaigners, with the author accused of “spreading misconceptions” by Tower Hamlets council.
Islamophobia Petition Seeks Inquiry Following Reported Spike In Anti-Muslim Hate
A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures in just two days.
It comes in the wake of outrage at Boris Johnson for comparing Muslim women who wear the burka to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”.
Armed police called after catapult attacks on two Birmingham mosques during evening prayers
Local Muslim leaders previously raised fears of a surge in Islamophobic attacks following Westminster incident
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