Why Is There A Quran Page on the Floor in Fireman Sam?

July 26, 2016 Article

Fireman Sam and his firefighters usually ensure that the residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy are safe and protected against fires. The community oriented fireman has been in existence since 1987. A well-known brand, Fireman Sam has also promoted fire safety and generally has stayed away from issues of controversy given that

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If your name is Islam, you may want to read this

July 20, 2016 Article

Teacher Told to Turn His Hoodie With His Name On It, Inside-Out – ‘Don’t Be Seen Or Heard’ Seems to Be What Some Want for Muslims So, a 32 year old British Asian male decided to go to the Coach and Horses pub in Hertford. A school teacher from Hatfield, he had been undertaking the

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Turkey’s Hizmet Purge Is Seeping into the UK Creating Fear in Some Communities

July 18, 2016 Article

Over the weekend, we have received 5 reports from individuals who are involved in the delivery of social services here in the UK and who are of Turkish heritage. Law abiding citizens, they have been involved in voluntary service and interfaith activities and have started to receive texts, from within Turkey and beyond the country

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Appropriating Tragedies to Promote Further Bigotry – the LGBT Stockton on Tees March

July 17, 2016 Article

Anyone coming across this page would rightly think that this silent march was something that would not only show solidarity against the senseless murder of so many people enjoying a night out in the US, it would also provide an opportunity for communities to come together. Nothing on this Facebook page would point to the motives

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65 Year Old Taxi Driver in Rotherham Racially Abused & Told to ‘Go Home’

July 13, 2016 Article

Elderly Muslim Taxi Driver Has Abuse Hurled At Him Whilst Servicing Customers A 65 year-old taxi driver was abused in Rotherham, a town that has suffered an intense media focus after a grooming scandal that rocked it and which affected the lives of over 1,400 young girls. The visibly Muslim taxi driver with a prayer

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Visit to the GP Ends in Anti-Muslim Bigotry

July 13, 2016 Article

We received the following case from a member of the public today. The young female who wears a Hijab went for her blood test results and her GP went through the results and responded that the patient’s Vitamin D blood test results had come back normal. All well and good apart from the fact that

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Muslim woman spat on and nobody intervened to help

July 13, 2016 Article

The day should have fallen by the wayside, productive if uneventful, where nothing out of the ordinary occurred. It was a Saturday after all, a day to relax. But for one Muslim woman, who we will call A, reflecting on the events of this day are a source of pain. It was July 2, 2016,

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Response to Dispatches ‘Racist Britain’ Programme Lifts the Soul

July 12, 2016 Article

Yesterday evening, Channel 4’s Dispatches aired the following programme, entitled ‘Racist Britain.’ The programme highlighted the racist and anti-Muslim hatred which blights the lives of some people who are targeted by perpetrators with openly racist and bigoted views. The programme provided an insight into bigoted activities in our country which deserve nothing but contempt and

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Walsall halal butchers shop arson has ‘ruined’ lives

July 8, 2016 Article

An arson attack at a halal butchers has left a family searching for answers. On June 28, at about 5:20pm, fire ravaged the Kashmir Meat & Poultry shop in Pleck, Walsall. A relative contacted Tell MAMA for support and to share this story. Minutes before the attack, the suspect had allegedly peered into the shop.

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Anti-Muslim Hatred on Student Campuses

July 5, 2016 Article

Higher education campuses are places of learning, social engagement and interaction. They are environments within which dissent, free thinking and dialogue are supposed to enhance the learning and life chances of young people. On occasions, they have also sadly been targeted for hatred and prejudice in a desire to send out a perverted and twisted

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