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Anti-Shia Poster Stuck onto Premises for Shia Ahlubayt Centre
This is the poster that was sent to us which seems innocuous except for the fact that the Shia element is underlined in the poster in a derogatory manner. So is the following statement: “You have...
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What Does TELL MAMA Actually do?
We thought that we would list what TELL MAMA actually does for the public and to also highlight some of our successes and how our information in TELL MAMA is used. We have highlighted the activities...
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Katie Hopkins Felt That She Wanted To Hurl Her Radio Through A Halal Only Subway
We are back to Katie Hopkins since whilst her views are ill-informed, ill-judged and on some occasions, inflammatory, we think that she has finally topped the leader board in making up facts as you go...
View ArticleRacist nurse struck off for anti-Muslim Facebook posts
Do you think posting online hate has no offline consequences? Think again, a nurse at South Tyneside Hospital was struck off after her racist anti-Muslim Facebook rants were reported to hospital...
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Anti-Muslim Graffiti on Wall in Putney
This graffiti was reported to us by a member of the public on a building called the Ashlone Wharf in Putney Embankment, London, SW15 The graffiti which was likely painted overnight had a picture of...
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Liverpool Fan Abuses Muslims as They Pray During Match Break
We have previously raised the scandal of football fans abusing Muslims who decided that they wanted to pray in a quiet corner during a match. Sadly, the following abuse meted out on-line towards...
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More Threatening Anti-Islamic Statements on Birmingham Campus
We have had the following reported in this morning. The threatening and highly inflammatory graffiti seems to have appeared on a campus site of the University of Birmingham. The statements are similar...
View ArticleAbuse Against Simon Danczuk MP Shows Bigotry, Whilst Katie Hopkins Wades in...
It all started when the member of Parliament for Rochdale, Simon Danczuk, tweeted out this innocuous tweet on the national day for Pakistan. He was seemingly celebrating the raising of the Pakistani...
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Anti-Muslim Graffiti Affects Cathcart Cemetery in Glasgow
Even cemeteries are not out of bounds to haters and bigots. Over the last two years, Jewish and Muslim cemeteries have come under hate incidents leading to a sense of fear and anger within both...
View ArticleAssault Against Pregnant Muslim Woman In France Shows Gender Targeting
The violent assault against a pregnant Muslim woman in southern France rightly made headlines globally. But below that worrying headline is other stories of recent violence against visibly Muslim women...
View ArticleHannah Yusuf Speaks Out on Islamophobia After Her Recent Article
Hannah Yusuf recently penned a poignant piece for the Independent Voices and we had the opportunity to interview her for TELL MAMA. We are grateful for her responses and for the time that she took in...
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Paul O’Rourke, Strood North UKIP Council Candidate Wants to ‘Hit the Burka’
Previous data that we have released has shown how UKIP sympathisers have been highlighted in statements made to victims of anti-Muslim hate. For example, in statements made to victims by perpetrators...
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Online Islamophobia: A Brief Self-Help Toolkit of Key Information
This brief toolkit on on-line Islamophobia has been put together by TELL MAMA and Dr Imran Awan of Birmingham City University. The leaflet is a self help leaflet to help people to understand on-line...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Bigots – A Gurdwara & a Mosque are Different
Dear Sir (and you are most probably male), We are sickened by the Islamophobic and bigoted graffiti that was scrawled onto the Central Gurdwara in the West End in Glasgow. However it is clear that you...
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Creeping Islamicization Through…..the Giving of Roses? French Mayor’s Barmy...
You simply cannot make this up! After the murders of Charlie Hebdo staffers, Turkish Muslims in the area of Montargis (Loiret) in France, decided to hand out roses to passers by as a symbol of love and...
View ArticleIslamophobia in the Limelight, Post Lutfur Rahman
Islamophobia: Given the newspaper headlines following Richard Mawrey’s findings against the ex-Mayor of Tower Hamlets and given that the topic of Islamophobia has been headlined, we felt the need to...
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Post May 7th, Anti-Muslim Hatred is an Issue That Needs Support to Tackle
The next few days or even weeks may bring together parties from various political positions into what could be a coalition or a minority Government, or even a loose agreement which votes issue by...
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Don’t Mix Islamophobia and Alcohol: An Infographic of Incidents
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View ArticleWe Should Welcome the Stance Taken by the Conservatives
As the new administration beds in and activities start to take off, it is important to reflect on some of the journey that work on tackling anti-Muslim hate has taken. The previous Coalition Government...
View Article‘Sand Monkey’ Taunts at Visible Muslim Female on Train
On a recent train to London, a Tell MAMA service user did not think about her faith, or her religious clothing on a routine train journey. But her visible Muslim identity mattered. Abusive football...
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Ryan Air Shirks its Responsibility to Act on Anti-Muslim Comments
The Daily Mirror highlighted the following story involving Ryan Air captain Iain Inglis who joked about running away from a young, bearded man that he had seen, “praying quietly to Mecca and kissing...
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National Express Incident Leads Us to Investigate Further
The following article was posted today on Religious Reader highlighting alleged racism and anti-Muslim bigotry that had been targeted at a group of four visible Muslim women who used the services of...
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We highlight the Possible Roots of anti-Shia Bigotry in Yorkshire
Yesterday, we were informed of a hate crime that took place against the Hussania Islamic Centre in Bradford. We have informed the police and it should be noted that the police and local councillors,...
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Oxford Stagecoach Complaint Highlights Public Transport Complaints Around...
One of the areas where victims consistently raise concerns about is around public transport and over the last 3/4 months, we have had a number of cases that have come in where individuals have reported...
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As MP’s Protest About Golders Green, Bonehill is Banned from Attending Demo
Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq has been at the forefront of pushing an early day motion in Parliament praising campaigners against the proposed far right rally on July 4th in Golders Green. She...
View ArticleTELL MAMA – Our Relevance & Our Efficacy – Examples
We usually hear the following comments from detractors and those looking to utilise anti-Muslim hate to build support for their own polarised narratives in Muslim communities. They say that third party...
View ArticleMember of staff at Bradford school under police investigation after allegedly...
A member of staff at a Bradford secondary school faces investigation from her employers and police after allegedly sharing an anti-Muslim Britain First meme. Angie Dunn, a member of non-teaching...
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Golding and Fransen Served with High Court Application for Injunction Banning...
Britain First had threatened to demonstrate in Luton this Saturday, (27th of June), on the same day as the community centred ‘Luton in Harmony’ event. However, the shrill on-line voices of Golding and...
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Bigoted anti-Muslim Graphics Start to do the Rounds
The following is an example of the kind of graphic that is doing the rounds after the terrible terrorist bombings in Kuwait, Tunisia and France. With 15 British nationals killed in Tunisia, at a time...
View ArticleResponse from the Prime Minister’s Office on anti-Muslim Hate
This is a letter received from the Office of the Prime Minister in response to our briefing on anti-Muslim hate which we sent through. The letter is a timely reminder of what binds us all in the United...
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Ahmaddiya Mosque Attacked in Wolverhampton
We have been informed of an attack on the Baitul Atta mosque in Wolverhampton on the 21st of June 2015. The incident took place at 4:15 am and CCTV pictures in the mosque picked up an Asian male...
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Banner Inciting Hate Unfurled by EDL in Sheffield
The EDL have also suggested that they are against ‘radical’ Islam. They have tried to suggest that they are not prejudiced and that they have been targeted, as if they have been hard done by. Each time...
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Anti-Muslim Bigot Is a Top Mortgage Broker Living in Bradford
Thanks to Sheffield Indymedia, it seems that we have found out who @bigsteve1911 is after he trolled the TELL MAMA account yesterday with the following tweet:...
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Anti-Muslim Hate Ten Years After 7/7 – 7 Infographics on 7/7
A decade after the trauma of terrorism hit London on July 7 2005, the anti-Muslim backlash quickly took hold in London. The Met Police recorded 68 “faith hate” crimes in the three days that followed...
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‘Your are responsible for Tunisia’– Take Away Owner in Scotland Targeted
We are aware that taxi drivers and take away owners suffer anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes on a regular basis and many fail to report them in. We recently received a phone call from a take-away...
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How is this Not Inflammatory? Posts on Britain First’s Facebook Page
How many times has the extremist group Britain First skirted right to the edge of the legal limit? How many times have its ‘supporters’ and those anti-Muslim bigots gone over the line and made...
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‘Grooming’ Leaflets Targeted at Stirring Community Divisions Circulated in...
This leaflet was circulated today on social media by an anti-fascist campaigner who suggested that these leaflets are being circulated in the North Shields area of Newcastle. The text reads – “Muslim...
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Anti-Muslim Graffiti Rears its Ugly Head
Some say ‘so what if there is graffiti, no-one got killed did they,’ as they brush aside the impacts on perceptions and fear that such graffiti can have on communities. Alternatively, they choose not...
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Aryan Brotherhood Social Media Site Proposing Action Against Prisons
The following far right Twitter and social media account was brought to our attention a few days ago. The account know as @whitebriton (the Aryan Brotherhood) has the following tag-line which is...
View ArticleRegina (State) vs Paul Golding (2014) – Counter Terrorism Division of the CPS
We have highlighted the following case to show the actions of far right groups like Britain First who intimidate people and who, thankfully, have been successfully prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution...
View ArticleWill Twitter’s new safety policies tackle online hate?
Twitter’s new ‘Safety Centre‘ offers a streamlined service for users concerned about online abuse. The promotion of “good digital citizenship” points you in the direction of extended FAQs relating to...
View ArticleIntersectionality That Deserves Our Understanding
Today we were contacted by a young woman who recently converted to Islam and who has been through a number of issues, not of her own doing, though where she is struggling to be accepted. A few months...
View ArticleBeautiful Response from Young Niqabi Shows the Reality of Anti-Muslim Hate
This report was received into Tell MAMA yesterday afternoon. The names and location regarding the incident have been changed. “My name is Shaida Rizvi and I am 16 years old and currently have entered...
View ArticleWe Welcome the Prime Minister’s Drive to Ensure All Forces Categorise...
It was in fact the Home Secretary who initiated this proposal just prior to the last general election and clearly, the momentum is growing within this administration. Tell MAMA warmly welcomes the lead...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Bigotry – Caught on Camera
If you thought that individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities did not get involved in bigotry – think again! This video has come to light of a woman from a BME community group who...
View ArticleExtremist Far Right Group Britain First State ‘London is Finished as a...
Just when you thought that they could not top their bizarre rhetoric any more, along comes the following comment which Britain First’s Paul Golding circulated today in an electronic flyer. It seems...
View ArticleWhy the latest poll won’t tell us what all British Muslims actually think
Channel 4 commissioned ICM to poll Muslims in Britain on a range of issues from women’s rights to marriage equality. But did the poll titled “What do British Muslims really think?” answer its own...
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Tell MAMA and GMB launch an Anti-discrimination Self-Help Guide For the...
Click to view We are proud to launch this document with the GMB branch of Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. The booklet, entitled, the ‘Anti-Discrimination tool-kit’ is a guide for the workplace and is a...
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Conservative Cllr Mike Franklin suspended over Islamophobic retweets
A councillor has been suspended from the Conservative Party after historic retweets of Islamophobic and anti-Muslim content resurfaced. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi provided screenshots of the historic...
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Northumbria Police investigating menacing letters sent to Muslim woman
Northumbria Police are investigating two menacing anti-Muslim and Islamophobic letters sent to a Muslim woman, one of the letters included the ominous statement, “we will watch you burn alive”. Copies...
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