The Islamophobia watch group, TellMAMA, reports of a threatening letter campaign reported to the organisation and the police numerous times on Friday 9th March and over the following weekend. The campaign publicises so-called ‘Punish a Muslim Day’, a day of violence against Muslims on April 3rd. The letter has been distributed in London, the Midlands, and Yorkshire[1]. The … [Read more...] about Islamophobic letter campaign, titled ‘Punish a Muslim Day’, circulated throughout UK
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Police dress up in burkhas ‘to improve community relations’
Two sergeants and a community support officer dressed in head-to-foot burkhas and other traditional clothing and went out shopping. Meanwhile a group of Muslim women were invited into police cells, a CCTV control room and shown other daily duties of a police officer. The move was part of a police initiative dubbed "In Your Shoes" taking place in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. … [Read more...] about Police dress up in burkhas ‘to improve community relations’
Lord Ahmed to be charged over fatal ‘text message’ crash
A Labour Peer is to be prosecuted after he allegedly sent a text message from his mobile telephone shortly before a fatal motorway crash, it was reported. Lord Ahmed, 51, was driving his Jaguar X-type on the M1 on Christmas Day last year when it hit an Audi A4 which had stopped in the outside lane. The driver of the other car, Martyn Gombar, 28, was killed instantly. South … [Read more...] about Lord Ahmed to be charged over fatal ‘text message’ crash
Britain’s first Muslim peer faces charges over text message he sent shortly before fatal car crash
Labour peer Lord Ahmed could face charges over a text message allegedly sent from his mobile phone shortly before a motorway crash in which a 28-year-old man died. He was driving his gold Jaguar X-type on the M1 on Christmas Day when he smashed into a car which had spun out of control and had come to rest in the fast lane facing the wrong way. The 50-year-old peer was badly … [Read more...] about Britain’s first Muslim peer faces charges over text message he sent shortly before fatal car crash