Islamophobia Follow

Abu Baker Deghayes and his family have faced persecution for the last 12 years.

Tory prime minister David Cameron has declared that members of Isis, the Islamist group that is advancing through Iraq, are doing more than just “taking territory”.

Could the ‘Trojan Horse’ witch hunt be just the start of a new period of worsening racism in our schools? Muslim parents, teachers and governors talked to Adam Cochrane and Sadie Robinson about why they are angry—and afraid

Islamophobic criticism of schools isn’t limited to Birmingham. Ofsted inspected Olive Tree primary school in Luton last month. Farasat Latif, the school’s chair of governors, told Socialist Worker why the report published on 4 June has caused a lot of anger

A Tory clampdown on schools in Birmingham has unleashed a torrent of racist filth.

The moral panic the Tories and their friends in the press are whipping up over the issue of Muslims and education is about racism. There was no “Trojan horse” plot of Islamic fundamentalists to take over Birmingham schools.

Thousands of anti-racists rallied in Belfast and Derry last Saturday after a spate of racist attacks in Northern Ireland.

The tabloids’ favourite terror suspect Abu Hamza was convicted of supporting terrorism in a US court this week. The British government used the case to extradite others, such as Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan, to the US. 

The anti-Muslim scare stories over Birmingham schools are falling apart, reports Sadie Robinson

Hype over a ‘Muslim plot’ to take over schools is part of a broader racist attack, writes Judith Orr

A wave of Islamophobic panic has followed claims that “Islamists” are plotting to take over Birmingham schools. Includes link to petition to stop the racist witch hunt in Birmingham schools

Trade unionists and migrants took to the streets of London, Glasgow and Cardiff, reports Ken Olende