Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 21-27 July 2014

• Crisis in Britain First – Dowson quits, Golding calls off mosque invasions  27 July 2014
• Racist protest outnumbered in Marrickville  26 July 2014
• FIBA to review ‘discriminatory’ ban on headgear  26 July 2014
• Muslims should be treated the same as Hitler, DFer says  25 July 2014
• ‘Trojan horse’ scandal wrecked community cohesion – study  25 July 2014
• ‘Nazi’ cop Leanne Rissman, aka Sharia Anne, still on beat  25 July 2014
• Police fear arson after Sweden mosque fire  25 July 2014
• Regulator’s views on Islam come under close scrutiny  25 July 2014
• Bristol Muslim woman’s shock at being spat at and verbally abused  25 July 2014
• Petition set up against Britain First, who denounce it as fascism  24 July 2014
• Middlesbrough football fans banned for life after Qur’an was torn up  24 July 2014
• Long Beach police investigate attack on woman wearing hijab  24 July 2014
• Strictly Come Dancing star repudiates Britain First  23 July 2014
• Muslim Council of Britain rejects findings of Trojan horse report  23 July 2014
• Lord Pearson: ‘Government should stop claiming Islam is religion of peace’  23 July 2014
• Interfaith leaders denounce anti-Muslim harassment in Brooklyn  23 July 2014
• Salma Yaqoob: Stigmatising Muslims won’t solve problems in Birmingham schools  22 July 2014
• Courageous bus passenger praised for speaking out against ‘racist rant’ by EDL supporter  22 July 2014
• Brooklyn Muslims targeted in series of hate crimes  22 July 2014
• Iceland: More Progressives leave party over mosque issue  21 July 2014
• CAIR-NY calls for hate crime probe of attack on Muslims outside mosque  21 July 2014
• Lansing: Muslim woman attacked in mall  21 July 2014
• Thornhill, Ontario: Islamic centre vandalised  21 July 2014
• US terrorism prosecutions: Trials of American Muslims rife with abuse  21 July 2014
• Coffee County commissioner: Muslim challenger opposes American flag, public prayer  21 July 2014
• Raping Palestinian women would deter attacks on Israel, says Geller ally  21 July 2014