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Byline Times coverage of the weaponisation of anti-Muslim hatred by the populist far right, and how those prejudices are embedded in the media, laws and institutions.
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Edinburgh Attacks Expose ‘Two-Tier’ Coverage of Racism in UK, New Data Shows
The Edinburgh attacks on five Muslim men received seven times less coverage than a comparable antisemitic attack in London two months earlier, reports Hugh Wilkinson
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Reading the Riot Act: Reform UK’s Makerfield By-Election Candidate During the Summer of Trouble
The archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024
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‘Why I’m Concerned the Government’s Definition of Anti-Muslim Hostility Won’t Help Most Victims’
The chief executive the Islamophobia Response Unit has some reservations about the Government’s definition of ‘intent’ in the new definition
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Sadiq Khan Urges New Yorkers to Reject ‘The Politics of Fear’ and Vote for Zohran Mamdani
Source close to the London Mayor accuses Mamdani’s political opponents of “weaponising” his Muslim faith in an “uncanny” repeat of Conservative attacks against Khan
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‘The Government’s Call for Evidence on Islamophobia is a Rigged Box-Ticking Exercise’
Ministers are effectively blocking the voices of victims, while ‘soliciting those of the perpetrators’, argues the CEO of Muslim Engagement & Development, Linsay Taylor
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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
