Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 20-26 May 2013

• Petrol bomb attack on Grimsby mosque  26 May 2013
• York: Students and community unite in opposition to EDL  26 May 2013
• EDL stirs up hatred and makes risk of attack ‘more likely’, says poll  26 May 2013
• EDL riot in Bristol  26 May 2013
• Muslim groups urge consultation over government plans to combat extremism  26 May 2013
• Kent police declare ‘zero tolerance’ to hate crime  26 May 2013
• Young woman spat at as charity reports rising anti-Muslim incidents after Woolwich murder 26 May 2013
• YouGov poll: 80% say most Muslims are peaceful and terrorist threat is low  26 May 2013
• The English Defence League visits Newcastle  25 May 2013
• Arrests during protest outside Portsmouth mosque  25 May 2013
• ‘Muslim scum’ daubed on wall of Bournemouth mosque  25 May 2013
• Daughter of murdered Muslim says brother was threatened by EDL, criticises police  25 May 2013
• Poll reveals rising fears of clashes in wake of Woolwich killing  25 May 2013
• Swansea: NF tries to exploit Lee Rigby murder  25 May 2013
• EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold  25 May 2013
• Two in court over attack on Poole mosque  25 May 2013
• Three arrested ahead of Newcastle EDL march  25 May 2013
• Wolverhampton: EDL blocks busy main road as Lennon tries to set Sikhs against Muslims  25 May 2013
• Murder provokes backlash across UK  25 May 2013
• Hastings: Man charged over offensive Facebook message  25 May 2013
• Attack on Grimsby mosque condemned by community leaders  25 May 2013
• Bolton man arrested over Facebook comments  25 May 2013
• Thugs attack chicken shop run by Muslim family in Upton Park  24 May 2013
• Woman arrested after abusing worshippers at Gillingham Mosque  24 May 2013
• Nick Griffin turns up in Woolwich to exploit killing  24 May 2013
• Lincoln man charged over alleged racist Facebook comments  24 May 2013
• British Muslim representatives condemn terrorism, Islamophobic violence  24 May 2013
• Teenagers held after mosque attack in Grimsby  24 May 2013
• Milton Keynes: Arson attack on Islamic centre  24 May 2013
• Poole : Two arrested after mosque attacked  24 May 2013
• Police on guard at Ahmadiyya mosque in Morden after threats made to burn it down  24 May 2013
• Four mosques attacked in Germany in 10 days  24 May 2013
• Two bailed after arrest over Woolwich attack Twitter comments  24 May 2013
• Paint bomb attack on Belfast Islamic Centre  24 May 2013
• Lincolnshire residents warned against inciting racial hatred in wake of Woolwich terrorist attack  24 May 2013
• Police step up patrols at Scottish mosques  24 May 2013
• Quilliam on the ‘lessons of Woolwich’  24 May 2013
• Study finds Muslim women wearing headscarfs face job discrimination  24 May 2013
• ‘Burn the Koran’ man denounces Islam as ‘sick religion’  24 May 2013
• More than 1,200 extra police on the streets to guard ‘key locations’ as EDL thugs exploit tragedy  24 May 2013
• Police promise ring of steel for EDL march in Newcastle  24 May 2013
• Anti-Islam graffiti sprayed on Bolton mosque  24 May 2013
• Braintree mosque attack man charged  24 May 2013
• Bacon left at Welsh mosque as Muslim Council of Wales warns of inter-racial tensions in wake of Woolwich murder  24 May 2013
• Extra police still out in force in Kent for Friday prayers to prevent reprisal attacks on Muslim community  24 May 2013
• Demonising Muslims won’t help  24 May 2013
• Fox News responds to London attack with Islamophobia  24 May 2013
• Mosque vandalised in Maidenhead  24 May 2013
• CAIR denounces arson attack on Vancouver mosque  24 May 2013
• Message of hate daubed on Mitcham bridge in wake of Woolwich slaughter  23 May 2013
• Anti-fascists outnumber EDL at Sheffield demonstration  23 May 2013
• Another EDL member threatens violence over Woolwich attack  23 May 2013
• EDL spreads lie that Muslims celebrated Woolwich murder  23 May 2013
• Police probe ‘racist’ Facebook UKIP councillors in Lincolnshire  23 May 2013
• Unite Against Fascism statement on Woolwich murder  23 May 2013
• ‘Two black savages hacked a man to death while shouting Allahu Akbar; that’s really all you need to know’ – Rod Liddle on the murder in Woolwich  23 May 2013
• Newham council secures injunction over ‘mega mosque’ site  23 May 2013
• PQ delays introduction of Charter of Secularism  23 May 2013
• Woolwich terror attack: Muslims shouldn’t have to distance themselves  23 May 2013
• Gillingham mosque attacked after suspected terror attack in Woolwich  22 May 2013
• Masked English Defence League supporters flood Woolwich: Far-Right clash with police near scene of killing  22 May 2013
• Braintree: Man arrested on suspicion of knife possession and attempted arson outside Islamic Centre  22 May 2013
• Islamic School of San Diego threatened: Authorities investigate threatening messages  22 May 2013
• Evidence doesn’t support fears of Islam in the West  22 May 2013
• Bay Area Muslims still face Islamophobia, study finds  21 May 2013
• More problems for UKIP: Another racist Islamophobe exposed  21 May 2013
• Islamophobia increases worldwide: Report  21 May 2013
• Hundreds of Texas school districts will stop using curriculum accused of promoting anti-American, pro-Islam values  21 May 2013
• Muslims, democracy and liberty  21 May 2013
• Police, locals deny claim that part of The Hague is a ‘Sharia triangle’  20 May 2013
• EDL to hold protest in Newcastle  20 May 2013
• Three in court after mosque protest in Dumfries  20 May 2013
• NYPD messages to Muslim informant: ‘Get pictures’  20 May 2013
• Golden Dawn threatens mass mobilisation against Athens mosque  20 May 2013
• Novelist sees nothing wrong with gender discrimination when the victim is a Muslim woman  20 May 2013
• Taj Hargey jumps on ‘Muslim grooming’ bandwagon  20 May 2013
• Mohsin Hamid: ‘Islam is not a monolith’  20 May 2013
• Obama is antisemite with ‘Muslim perspective’, claims Virginia Republican politician  20 May 2013