The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Today is the fourth anniversary of one of the worst terror incidents in the recent history of Birmingham. On April 29, 2003, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem outside a mosque in Small Heath, in the hope of starting a race war.
THUGS. That is what we are dealing with. THUGS. Our world is being brutalized by the violence and ignorance of narrow-minded THUGS. Today, in my home town, I experienced the hatred and intimidation of THUGS.
A Muslim councillor from Birmingham has totally schooled an online racist after being told to “f*** off” out of the country. Cllr Mariam Khan, who represents the Birmingham Washwood Heath ward, was targeted by Facebook user ‘Dawn Lees’ in a vitriolic hate-filled attack posted publicly under a Birmingham Mail news story yesterday.
People are getting majorly ticked off after discovering a traditional British road sign in gloriously British Yorkshire has suddenly been adorned with Arabic translations for the names of several destinations. A photo circulating on social media which shows a road sign – believed to be in Yorkshire – with distance directions to Harrogate, Leeds, Shipley…
An event celebrating the diversity of Birmingham’s many racial, cultural and faith communities is to take place in Chamberlain Square this weekend as a show of unity against the planned EDL demonstration in the city centre on the same day. Following the disturbances caused by the recent riots in August and the announcement of the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMdqmzXks2U&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] EVENT: Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009 LOCATION: Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent DATE: Saturday 30th May 2009 DETAILS: Comedian Eddie Izzard speaks about Racism and the BNP (http://lmhrfestivals.com). http://www.iambirmingham.net MMIX © I AM BIRMINGHAM / ADAM YOSEF
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TxDxabNGbQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] EVENT: Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009 LOCATION: Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent DATE: Saturday 30th May 2009 DETAILS: Singer Beverley Knight speaks about Racism and the BNP (http://lmhrfestivals.com). http://www.iambirmingham.net MMIX © I AM BIRMINGHAM / ADAM YOSEF