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‘Reform UK and the Rising Threat to Muslims and Minorities in Britain’
The rise of Reform should worry all of those who value justice and equality and the democratic fabric of this country
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British Muslim Network Launches Amid Rising Far-Right Threat and Record High Islamophobia in the UK
Initiative backed by Baroness Warsi and Nusrat Ghani MP aims to bring Muslim perspectives to issues beyond just extremism and security
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Amsterdam Violence: ‘How the Media Fell Into Benjamin Netanyahu’s Trap’
How did media outlets allow the narrative about this story to become so quickly dominated by one side?
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Islamophobia Has Surged in the UK — Here’s How You Can Help Fight It
Islamophobia Awareness Month is a campaign which hopes that small, collective efforts can lead to large, systemic changes #IAM
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Why Yvette Cooper’s Claim That Middle East Conflict is Behind UK Hate Crime Spike ‘Completely Misses the Point – The Problem Runs Far Deeper’
A Home Office report on October 10 found that nearly 40% of religiously motivated hate crimes in the UK target Muslims
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Labour Needs the Muslim Vote to Stabilise its ‘Sandcastle Majority’
Sufyan Gulam Ismail offers some advice on how Labour can win back British Muslim voters after losing so many over the issue of Gaza
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Hate Sells: ‘The Spectator Cannot Defend Douglas Murray But It Won’t Sack Him’
Cutting ties with the controversial columnist and the magazine’s Associate Editor would be bad for business – and it is hard not to conclude that it must agree with him, writes Brian Cathcart
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‘How the Conservative Party Helped Cause the Riots and why Their Islamophobic Rhetoric Won’t Change’
Ironically, the riots during a leadership election give the party a unique opportunity to turn a page and turn their back on Farage-type populism. The signs are they will not take that opportunity
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‘I Predict A Riot: The Manufacturing of Islamophobic and Anti-Migrant Hate On Our Streets’
We must be honest about the fact that it is not only fringe rabble-rousers who have engaged in this damaging rhetoric, writes Adeeb Ayton
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Tell MAMA: Why Is Government-Funded Group Under-Reporting Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes by More than 90%?
In part two of his investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a Government-funded organisation provides a statistically distorted picture of the national crisis of anti-Muslim hate crimes
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Government-Funded Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Monitor Accused of Focusing on ‘Extremism’
In the first part of this two part investigation, Members of the House of Lords question Tell MAMA’s transparency and governance. The organisation stands by its work.
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GB News Presenter Darren Grimes ‘Playing Into Far-Right Tropes of a Muslim Takeover’
The host posted a series of AI-generated memes featuring Labour leader Keir Starmer in Islamic dress alongside Muslim women
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Special Investigation: Society’s Reluctance to Acknowledge the Scale of Child Sexual Abuse and a Lack of Political Support for Its Survivors is Keeping the Vulnerable At Risk
Part Four: The far-right is able to present itself as ‘filling the gap’ left by a lack of services with its own range of ‘support’ for survivors
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Special Investigation: ‘Muslim Grooming Gangs’ – An Old Conspiracy Mainstreamed by Today’s Politicians and Press
Part Three: In 2020, a two-year study of crime data and academic research by the Home Office concluded that ‘group-based offenders are most commonly white’
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Special Investigation: The Network of Far-Right Groups Exploiting the Survivors of Child Sexual Exploitation
Part Two: The interconnectedness of far-right groups reflects the extent to which those holding extreme beliefs have used the issue of child sexual exploitation to further their own ends
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Special Investigation: ‘The Far-Right Is Cynically Taking Advantage of Child Sexual Exploitation Survivors’
Andrew Kersley spent five months speaking to survivors of child sexual exploitation and experts on the ‘grooming’ of vulnerable women by far-right groups to understand why it is happening
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How Nigel Farage, Major Media Outlets and Ofcom ‘Normalised Islamophobia and Then Justified It’
Farage would be cancelled if he said the same things about Jews as he does Muslims – yet he gets endless airtime
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Susan Hall Campaigns with Tommy Robinson Supporting Anti-ULEZ Activist Who ‘Applauds’ Vandals and Believes Islamists are in Charge of Britain
The Conservative candidate against London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined a series of events with the extreme anti-ULEZ campaigner
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Policy Exchange Insider Labour MP Who Attacked Islamophobia Definition Privately Told Baroness Warsi Think Tank is ‘Dangerous’
Leaked WhatsApp messages between the Conservative peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Khalid Mahmood MP reveal distrust of the think tank, which has links to a ‘white genocide’ believer
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‘Keir Starmer’s Condemnation of “Terror” in Gaza is a Step Forward — But Just the Beginning’
Starmers speech at a recent Iftar in London is a seismic shift in the Labour Party’s approach to both the Middle East conflict and anti-Muslim prejudice in the UK
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Michael Gove: The Extremist
Whether laughing at racism, or associating with the promoters of eugenics and anti-Muslim think tanks, the Communities Secretary is indicted by his own definition
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Politicising Dissent: Michael Gove’s New Extremist Definition is ‘an Attack on Civil Liberties’
The head of community engagement at MEND responds to the Government classifying the organisation as ‘extremist’
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‘The Extremist Islamists are Coming! Sunak Cries Wolf to Criminalise Dissent’
The CEO of one of the organisations likely to be targeted by the Government’s forthcoming ‘extremism’ definition speaks out against its chilling effects
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The Political Extremists Embraced by Rishi Sunak
The Conservative Party’s defence of their donor Frank Hester, who made racist comments about Diane Abbott and black women, reveals the double standards at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s anti-extremism plans, reports Adam Bienkov
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Patriotic Alternative: The Threat from the Far Right
A revitalised Europe wide white supremacist movement is growing in the UK, gaining recruits through social media and online gaming
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Downing Street Backtracks on Appointing its Chosen Anti-Muslim Hatred Advisor Who Suppressed Conservative Neo-Nazi Ties – After Byline Times’ Inquiries
Nafeez Ahmed reveals the inside story of how Tell MAMA founder, Fiyaz Mughal, suppressed an investigation into Conservative links with the far-right in Europe
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‘Who Are the Extremists Who Would Tear Us Apart?’
Mustafa Al-Dabbagh argues that it is the Government, not those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, which is using extremist and divisive rhetoric
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‘Nothing Will Change for Muslims Unless there is a Reckoning with Britain’s Normalised Islamophobia’
As Rishi Sunak talks of ‘mob rule’, political and media discussion of the violence in Gaza appears to be triggering an increase in hostilities towards Muslims here in the UK
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‘People in Ashfield are Sick of Hearing Our Community Mentioned Every Time Lee Anderson Makes a Prejudiced Comment’
Arran Rangi, who lives in Lee Anderson’s Ashfield constituency, explores his MP’s effect on his home town – and the racism he thought was in the past
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‘The “Dangerous Muslim” Trope is Being Weaponised to Avoid Scrutiny’
Faisal Hanif argues that increasingly desperate politicians are stoking Islamophobia for their own ends
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‘The Normalisation of Politically Expedient Racism: Rishi Sunak Cannot Call Out Something He Has Been Complicit In’
Lee Anderson’s claims that the Muslim Mayor of London has handed the city to Islamists is another unsurprising example of the political culture the Conservative Party has normalised, writes Hardeep Matharu
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‘Why We Must Stand Up Against Those Fanning the Flames of Hate’
Labour MP Naz Shah received a wave of hatred and abuse after resigning as one of Keir Starmer’s Shadow Ministers over the issue of a ceasefire in Palestine
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‘The Anti-Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions Bill is Another Way to Silence Pro-Palestinian Voices’
A bill to restrict public bodies from making ethical financial decisions based on the conduct of foreign states makes no distinction between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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Former Conservative Party Chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to Argue ‘Muslims Don’t Matter’ to Politicians and Media in Damning Speech
Amid rising attacks on Muslims in the UK, the former Faith Minister launches a thinly-veiled broadside against Sunak’s Government, and calls for a new civil rights movement in Britain
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Terrorist Narratives: The Biases in ‘Prevent’ Training Show How Counter-Extremism is Politicised
The 11 minute awareness course mandatory for many public service workers is in danger of turning into a propaganda tool
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‘GB News, Grooming Gangs and Suella Braverman’s Racialised Tropes’
Why were sufficient numbers not outraged when the troubled broadcaster was giving a platform to dangerous views claiming Pakistani men are the main perpetrators of this form of child sexual abuse?
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Former Amnesty Employee Appealing Employment Tribunal Decision in Navalny Controversy
Aisha Jung, who had worked for Amnesty International for 17 years, told Byline Times that she took on legal action after objecting to the award of the prisoner of conscience status
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‘The “Independent” Reviews on Race and Ethnic Minorities that Simply Mirror the Conservatives’ Divisive Party Line’
The strategy being employed by the Government seems to be clear: using the veil of impartiality provided by ‘independent’ reviews to legitimise its agenda, Adeeb Ayton argues
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‘The Irony of the Hate Crime Funding Application that Includes Engaging with Prevent’
Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants’ Rights Network, explains why her charity did not want to apply for funding from the Mayor of London to tackle hate crime and extremism
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Rishi Sunak’s New Far-Right Ally and the International Authoritarian Elite
Sunak’s warm welcome of the far right Italian Prime Minister exposes the increasingly authoritarian direction of his own Government, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
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Lee Anderson’s Culture Wars: How the Conservative Party is Flirting with Far-Right Hate to Appeal to its Base
Max Colbert documents the weaponisation of xenophobia among Tory politicians, with evidence suggesting the Government is encouraging extremism rather than countering it
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Islamophobia Awareness Month: ‘Where There is Hate, Freedom Dies’
With religious hate crimes on the rise, Afzal Khan and Benedict Rogers, a Muslim and a Christian, call on the Conservative Party to protect lives and religious freedom
