Let them eat halaal meat
Yesterday the Daily Star (the Black Hole to you and me), a London tabloid from the same pig-sty as the Daily Express (AKA Daily Spew), ran a story about the “scandal” of the borough...
Category: Islamophobia
Christina Patterson again: London’s human zoo
Since my last entry on the bigoted ravings of Christina Patterson in last week’s Independent, Patterson herself has written a follow-up piece on all the demented people who have written to her and blogged...
Haredis and FGM: like a newly caught fish
I was alerted to an article by one Christina Patterson (former director of the Poetry Society and literary programmer at the South Bank Centre in London) setting out what she considers the “limits of...
Me @ MuslimMatters: How should we respond to the EDL?
I wrote an article on the English Defence League, the racist football hooligan gang that holds riotous "demonstrations" against Muslims around the UK, at the request of Amad at MuslimMatters regarding the rise of...
Tory think tank compared to “madrasa”
Today the Guardian carried a front-page story about how various Tory MPs and activists are being given training by an offshoot of the party’s youth wing, Conservative Future, named the Young Britons’ Foundation ([1],...
“Hijab gates” bring out the bigots
Various newspapers have reported that two sculptures to be erected at both ends of Brick Lane in east London, a narrow street which has become a trendy hang-out place and which is supposedly full...
The nasty party begins to re-emerge
In 2002 Teresa May, the chairwoman of the Tory party appointed by Iain Duncan Smith, told the party’s conference that people called her party the “nasty party” and that their base was too narrow...
The Spectator: where arrogant privilege meets bigotry
Rod Liddle has managed to outdo himself this past week, with two shockingly bigoted and ignorant articles on the Spectator's website the same day. One of them is in support of the ban on...
The Swiss minaret law and its implications
I've been asked to offer my opinion on the result of yesterday's referendum on minarets in Switzerland, perhaps inevitably. I had expected such a law to be passed, contrary to the opinion polls which...
“Connection with Allah” overrides Shari’ah, says columnist
Kevin Myers: 'Fear of Islamophobia stopped Hasan's superiors from disciplining him for his jihadist outpourings' – Kevin Myers, Columnists – Independent.ie Kevin Myers, a columnist on the Irish Independent (a paper whose website is...
He didn’t just call her a Paki
So, I’m sure everyone in the UK has heard that Anton du Beke (a BBC presenter and Strictly Come Dancing contestant) told his partner Laila Rouass, after she had applied a fake tan, “you...
Rubbishing the ‘Islamification’ myth
Mark Steel: So has anyone really been ‘Islamified’ against their will? – Mark Steel, Commentators – The Independent Mark Steel tears into the ridiculous myths about the ‘Islamification of Europe’ peddled by some on...
Another attack on a Muslim in Tooting
BBC NEWS | England | London | Man hurt in mosque ‘race’ attack Another Asian man has been attacked near a mosque in Tooting: this time, a 30-year-old, attacked by ‘youths’ after taraweeh at...
Pankaj Mishra on Islamophobia and integration
A culture of fear — from Saturday’s Guardian Pankaj Mishra had a lengthy article published on the rise of Islamophobia across Europe in Saturday’s Guardian which covers the gamut of issues raised by Islamophobia...
BNP Islamophobia not just a PR stunt
Martin Sullivan at Islamophobia Watch on his ongoing debate with Edmund Standing, a contributor to Harry’s Place and author of a recent think tank report which plays up the BNP’s anti-Semitism and plays down...
Boo hoo! Anti-Muslim social engineering rules hit white couple
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Enforced marriage law forces couple apart This is the story of a couple consisting of a British man and his Canadian bride, who married quite legally in...
Debunking Eurabia myths
Dispelling the Myth of Eurabia — Newsweek.com This is the lead article from the current edition of Newsweek, in which scare stories about Europe being taken over by Muslims by means of immigration and...
CSC report ignores Nazis’ shift to attacking Muslims
Sunny Hundal at Pickled Politics on the glaring omission from the latest report by the "Centre for Social Cohesion", The BNP and the Online Fascist Network (PDF), written by Edmund Standing, long-standing contributor to...
The price of bigotry (and it’s for real this time)
A few months ago I blogged a piece called something like "The Price of Vilification", regarding incidents of attacks against Muslims in the USA, one of which turned out to be a hoax and...
Fear, loathing and thuggery in Luton
Fear and Hatred on the Streets of Luton from the Sunday Times A very long and comprehensive article (you can also see it in four parts here: [1], [2], [3], [4]) on the unrest...