Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 6-12 May 2013

• CCIF on the left and Islamophobia in France  12 May 2013
• Imam William Suhaib Webb emerges as face of Boston’s Muslim community in time of crisis  12 May 2013
• Debating Bill Maher on Muslims, Islam and US foreign policy  11 May 2013
• Pig’s head thrown at mosque near Dijon  11 May 2013
• Muslims of America sues Christian Action Network for libel  11 May 2013
• Return of the anti-Muslim bigots  10 May 2013
• Edmond, Oklahoma: mosque expansion plan backed by planning committee  10 May 2013
• Teenager locked up over Walsall EDL disorder  10 May 2013
• Stevenage Muslim speaks out after mosque hate crime  9 May 2013
• CAIR-WA to seek ‘maximum penalties’ for threats to Muslim family  9 May 2013
• Review of Richard Seymour’s ‘Unhitched’  9 May 2013
• Sydney: pig’s head thrown over wall of Islamic school  9 May 2013
• Qaradawi visits Gaza  9 May 2013
• Mosque objectors’ shock at SDL march  8 May 2013
• Melanie Phillips on Islam, multiculturalism and immigration  8 May 2013
• Catholic soldier says her Muslim-sounding name made her a target for harassment in US Army  8 May 2013
• Pew survey of US attitudes to Islam published  8 May 2013
• BBC responds to Leyton Sharia Council’s criticism of Panorama exposé  8 May 2013
• Islamophobia on the rise in France  8 May 2013
• The American Islamic Congress and its pro-Israel funders  8 May 2013
• French ministers refuse to attend conference with Tariq Ramadan  7 May 2013
• Queensland: CCTV of man who abused Muslim woman over hijab  7 May 2013
• Boston Muslim attacked by drunks who called him a terrorist  7 May 2013
• Edinburgh: headscarves torn off two Muslim women  7 May 2013
• Liverpool seminar on anti-Irish racism and Islamophobia  6 May 2013
• It’s time to face up to the problem of sexual abuse in the white community  6 May 2013
• Police investigate anti-Muslim graffiti on Brooklyn sidewalk  6 May 2013
• Dumfries rallies against SDL  6 May 2013