A racist killer was feared to be on the loose in Birmingham last night after a 75-year-old Muslim, retired baker with five daughters, two sons and 22 grandchildren, Mohammed Saleem had lived in Little Green Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham, with his wife, for 40 years. The man was murdered on his way home from evening…
A Muslim woman was attacked by Ian Brazier, a 26 year old man in a busy shopping centre, in Solihull, West Midlands. In an unprovoked attack Brazier ripped apart Farhana Chughtaia’s veil, after his frustration that his favourite movie was not showing. He pleaded guilty to one charge of racially aggravated common assault in court…
19 November 2010 Demonstrations by far right groups like the English Defence League (EDL) act like recruiting sergeants for Islamic militants across Britain, the head of a regional counter terrorism unit said on Friday. Detective Superintendent John Larkin from West Midlands police said EDL marches and counter-demonstrations often ended in violence, with evidence they end…
30 September 2010 A secret police operation to place thousands of Muslims living in Birmingham under permanent surveillance was implemented with virtually no consultation, oversight or regard for the law, a report found today. Project Champion was abandoned in June after an investigation by the Guardian revealed police had misled residents into believing that hundreds…
It was supposed to be a “peaceful” protest by a group opposed to Islamic law and what it perceives as radical Islam. Or at least that is how the right-wing English Defence League (EDL) would have liked Saturday’s demonstration to be received. But many had their doubts. Chief among them, the West Midlands Police, which…
