Boris Johnson’s anti-Muslim sentiments highlighted as he wins Prime Minister leadership contest in the UK

The conservative leadership contest in the UK for Prime Minister has come to an end, with Boris Johnson being elected Prime Minister. The contest has heavily featured discussion around Islamophobia, specifically centred around Johnson. In an article published during the lead up in the Huffington Post titled  “What a Boris Johnson Premiership Means for British…

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New project for Media Monitoring of Islamophobia releases first report: Most UK news coverage of Muslims is negative

The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM), a new Muslim Council of Britain project, has conducted a major study that has examined over 10,000 articles and clips referring to Muslims and Islam, coming to the conclusion that these stories in the mainstream media are contributing to Islamophobia. Among the findings are that 59% of all articles…

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Artists withdraw from Bradford Literature Festival after Counter Extremism funding revealed

Six writers and activists pulled out of the Bradford literature festival[BLF], which took place 28th June – 7th July 2019, after it was revealed that it was funded in part by the UK Home Office Programme, “Building a Stronger Britain Together [BSBT]”, part of the 2015 counter-extremism strategy that funds and supports groups “involved in…

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Religious Groups respond to the introduction of Relationships and Sex Education in the UK

An intense debate is taking place in the UK between religious groups in the context of  what has been described as the introduction of ‘LGBT equality’ lessons and the announcement by the UK government that from September 2020, relationships and sex education (RSE) will become statutory in all secondary schools in England. Relationships education will…

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Muslim Hate crimes have increased by 593% one week after the NZ shootings

While New Zealanders may have come together in solidarity with the Muslim community after the Mosque attacks, the United Kingdom has seen a disturbing trend which suggest that the attacks have only encouraged explicit acts of hate. Five mosques in Birmingham have had their windows smashed in the early hours of Thursday, March 21, in…

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