Topic: Racism

Government appoints new body to monitor Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate

British Muslim Trust will be led by Akeela Ahmed, who was made co-chair of the British Muslim Network earlier this year, and replaces Tell Mama

Anita Mureithi
Muslim Council of Britain urges government to mandate faith pay gap reporting

Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella organisation has joined calls already made by the Sikh Council UK for a change to the law

Samir Jeraj
Labour MP Naz Shah demands action over racism claims in British ju-jitsu

Backbencher brings up claims by Bradford ju-jitsu club about bias and safeguarding issues — including boy who was made to fight much heavier opponents

Anita Mureithi

Muslim emergency workers welcome new law closing loophole on abuse

Ambulance and fire workers say criminalising abuse from the public is a worthwhile step — but that more must be done to fix internal culture too
Equalities committee hamstrung by lack of Islamophobia definition, says chair

Labour MP Sarah Owen says UK’s failure to define Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred has led to underreporting of attacks on women
We need to build an island of neighbours

Scapegoating immigrants won’t improve anyone’s life or create the affordable housing we desperately need
Muslim soldiers played a vital role in liberating Europe from the Nazis

The valour and sacrifice of those who fought in the second world war holds many lessons for us now
Revealed: Yorkshire Tory council hopeful once shared stage with Enoch Powell

Anthony Murphy was kicked out of the Conservative party in 1989 after handing out anti-immigration leaflets warning of a ‘civil war’ in Bradford
A Bulgarian artist’s journey to unearth her family’s forbidden Muslim name

Vera Hadzhiyska’s multimedia project recovers her family’s names that were erased in Bulgaria’s forced assimilation campaigns of the 20th century