Tag: hate

Far-Right Thinks Bacon/Cancer Story Is A Muslim Conspiracy

The World Health Organisation says bacon is carcinogenic and right-wingers think and believe it’s a Muslim conspiracy. Yes you read that right. I am sure if Muslims wanted to take over they would actually encourage you right-wing lunatics to eat more bacon so they can they can bring in Shakira law sooner than later 🙂… Read More ›

Cumbria Police Investigate Race Hate Attack At Indian Restaurant In Carlisle

Cumbria Police and the News and Star report on a police investigation into an alleged incident of racially-aggravated harassment towards a staff member at an Indian restaurant in Carlisle. The incident was caught on CCTV and involved a group of young males who were shown banging on the window of the Indigo restaurant at approximately 9.30pm on… Read More ›

Syrian Refugee “Flood:” Fearmongering Ignores Facts

In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis, which has forced more than four million people to flee that country’s civil war, fears over the geopolitical fallout have gripped some quarters of the American public. Amid intense conversations about how to deal with the throngs of stranded people seeking shelter and safety in the West, right-wing… Read More ›

Suspected White Supremacist Planned To Bomb Black Churches Arrested

Federal agents have busted a plot by two racists who intended to bomb black churches in order to begin a race war. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. “The Federal Bureau of Investigations has arrested two Virginia men they believe were plotting to bomb black churches as part… Read More ›

Man Jailed For Vicious Assault On Customer In Kebab Shop

  The Western Telegraph reports on the sentencing expected in the case of Anthony Rees, 32, after he pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault at Haverfordwest Magistrates on 13 October. Rees was charged following an attack on Hussain Yossaff at a kebab shop in Milford Haven on 15 February. Rees was said to have headbutted Yossaff… Read More ›

State-Sanctioned Genocide Targeting Rohingya Muslims In Myanmar

Myanmar is hosting its first free and fair election in 25 years, but is it really free and fair for the 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims who are deprived of statehood? Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit uncovered disturbing details about the conditions that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar. There is “strong evidence” of state-sanctioned genocide against Rohingya… Read More ›

Two Men Jailed For Assault In Exeter City Centre

  The Exeter Express and Echo reports on the jailing of a former boxer and a body builder following a fracas outside a nightclub in Exeter city centre in which a Sri Lankan man was physically assaulted and subjected to Islamophobic abuse. Christopher Jackson, 27 and Craig Lee, 25 were both charged with causing actual… Read More ›

Man Sentenced For Threatening Muslim Customer In Ilford Chicken Shop

  The Ilford Recorder reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused and threatened a Muslim customer at a chicken shop in Ilford. Ian Bradley, 32, appeared at Barkingside Magistrates Court on charges of racially aggravated abuse and threatening behaviour over an incident at the SSS Chicken shop in Ilford on 20 October…. Read More ›

Jay Smith’s Racist, White-Supremacist + Xenophobic Links Exposed?

Yahya Snow writes: “I hope our allies at Unite Against Fascists can keep an eye on Jay Smith’s ‘apologetics’ group he calls the Pfander Centre for Apologetics (co-founded by Beth Grove). Folk have been linking Islamophobes with racists, fascists and xenophobes here in Europe and beyond for a while. Well, Jay Smith dropped his guard… Read More ›

Here Are the (Many) Muslim Condemnations of ISIS You’ve Been Looking For

We’ve all heard it before. In the wake of violence carried out by Muslims, a proverbial echo: “Why aren’t Muslims speaking out? Why aren’t they condemning these acts, done in the name of their religion?” It’s a common exhortation, one that is ever the more amplified in the age of ISIS. Begged in earnest by… Read More ›