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Huge Rise In The Proportion Of Young Black And Minority Ethnic (BME) Prisoners
A Guardian analysis of government figures released in April this year has revealed an alarming increase in the proportion of young offenders from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. The figures, issued by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), show that from 2014-15, 40% of prisoners aged under 18 were from BME backgrounds. The BME population as… Read More ›
Brighton Youth Commissioner Says Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Is A Daily Occurrence
The Argus reports on a Muslim law graduate and member of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner’s Youth Commission, Mageed Gharib, who says he has witnessed or personally experienced hate crime on a daily basis in Brighton. Gharib, 22, says he has been regularly confronted with prejudice dating back to his time at school and… Read More ›
Bradford School Refers Member Of Staff’s “Tasteless And Offensive” Facebook Post To Police
Bradford’s Telegraph and Argus reports on an investigation launched by South Yorkshire police after staff a member at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College allegedly shared a “tasteless and offensive” post from the far right group, Britain First, on her Facebook page. The post, which shows an image of women in niqab and states “share… Read More ›
Fascist Group Britain First Launch “Anti-Halal Operation” In Dartford
Kent Online reports that members of the far-right party, Britain First, have been accused of targeting restaurant owners in Dartford over the use of halal meat. Britain First leader, Paul Golding, was filmed in Dartford’s town centre last Friday saying that the organisation has started a nation-wide “anti-halal operation.” The 10-minute video, which deliberately… Read More ›
British Muslim Women Say They Were Racially Abused By National Express Driver
BuzzFeed News reports on a Facebook post describing an alleged incident of racial abuse suffered by a group of young British Muslim women which has gone viral. Yusra Ahmed, a student at the University of Leeds, described how she and a group of friends were left “humiliated and victimised”‘ after a National Express coach… Read More ›
Far-right Groups ‘Targeting New, Younger Generation’
A BBC investigation has found that new far-right groups are recruiting children and teenagers “encouraging [them] to hate” and be “radicalised online”. BBC News reports that the decline of large far-right groups, such as the English Defence League and the British National Party, has meant off-shoot groups with moreextreme views have formed. Many of… Read More ›
Boy, 16, In Court Charged With Murder Of Muslim Woman Who was Stabbed More Than 15 Times
The Daily Mail reports on a 16-year-old boy who has appeared before Chelmsford Crown Court charged with two murders; that of a Muslim PhD student, Nahid Almanea and a father-of-five, James Attfield, in Colchester last year. Ms Almanea, who wore a hijab, was brutally stabbed to death 16 times with a knife on the morning of June 17 and… Read More ›
Man Charged With Public Order Offence Over Pigs’ Heads Outside Solihull Centre
The Birmingham Mail reports on the court appearance of a man charged with a racially aggravated public order offence following the discovery of a bag containing pig’s heads outside Solihull Community Hub last April. Rumours that the building was being used as an ‘unauthorised’ mosque were in circulation earlier this year with the windows… Read More ›
London Primary School Bans Fasting During Ramadan
A primary school in East London has banned fasting during Ramadan, writes Roshan Muhammed Salih. Barclay Primary School made the announcement in a letter to parents yesterday, although a paragraph at the end of the letter hints that there may be exceptions to the rule. After announcing that the school appreciates that this is a… Read More ›
Under New Anti-Terrorism Law, UK Schools Target Muslim Students
Back in 2010, Representative Louie Gohmert spoke out on the House floor about an overlooked threat to American national security: “terror babies.” Muslim infants born in the United States to immigrant parents, he believed, would be taken overseas and radicalized. “And then one day, twenty, thirty years down the road,” he said, “they can be sent in to… Read More ›
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