Ofsted Sued

Guardian, Birmingham Islamic school sues Ofsted after being failed for leaflet "Ofsted rated Birchfield independent girls’ school in Aston as “inadequate” after inspectors found an “inflammatory” leaflet about a 1994 Islamic conference in the library."

Mosque Safety

Recommended listening from Radio 4 on mosque safety and anti-Muslim prejudice. I hope this gets an outing on BBC World Service, as it deserves a wide audience. BBC Radio 4, 'My Name is Samayya: How Safe Are Our Mosques?'

'Joke about bombing mosque'

Derby Telegraph, Joke about bombing mosque lands chef with criminal record "Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard that Derby chef Michael Smith created the post on his "Fattie Wobbler" Facebook timeline writing "That's the bomb planted LOL". The mosque was tagged in the post."

'Islamophobia' prosecution

Apparently the police made the man write a letter of apology and pay the fare that was due.

An outrageously soft response from @StaffsPolice with regards to dealing with the Islamophobic attack!https://t.co/ZkkGNzbJnS https://t.co/G4xz0wkW9i

— DOAM (@doamuslims) January 20, 2020

Recall on police documentation

Metro, Terror police recall guidance listing ‘standard Muslim beliefs’ as signs of extremism "Human rights groups condemned the 12-page document produced by counter terrorism police in south-east England for undermining ‘free expression and discrimination’."

Doctor Who and Noor Inayat Khan

A belated follow up on this - great to see @bbcdoctorwho feature Noor Inayat Khan, albeit on a slightly different timeline. More info is here: https://t.co/hAG9nr5t4N Can I now include watching Doctor Who as part of my research?? https://t.co/XLtBZ5Im8a

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) January 13, 2020

UK Somalis 'racially profiled' over FGM

BBC News, UK Somalis 'racially profiled' over FGM "Parents are wrongly being arrested and having their children taken into care due to the stigma around female genital mutilation (FGM), members of the UK Somali community have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme. They say figures suggesting tens of thousands of girls are at risk in the UK are inaccurate."

Organ Transplantation discussion

Organ Transplantation article from Dr Mansur Ali (Cardiff)

British Iranians responses to crisis

BBC News - What British Iranians think about the rising tensionhttps://t.co/F14Fhg6GRb

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) January 8, 2020