The Independent reports that St Stephen’s, a top primary school in the borough of Newham, has banned girls under the age of eight from wearing the hijab in school, as well as forbidding Muslim pupils from fasting on school days during Ramadan. St Stephen’s head teacher, Neena Lall,...
2017 has been an extremely busy year at MEND for our staff and our hundreds of volunteers across the country. Our team has increased this year and three new full time roles have been created, including our Islamophobia Response Unit Caseworker and Media and Parliamentary officer. Below you can read...
Peers in the House of Lords have defeated the Government in a vote to launch the second phase of the Leveson inquiry into the behaviour of the press. The vote creates an amendment to the Data Protection Bill currently going through Parliament, calling for the Government to investigate “corporate...
Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Sally Holland, has urged schools to raise awareness of Islamophobia, BBC News reports. According to the Home Office, religious hate crime increased by 35% in 2016-17. During the same time, teachers from 16 of the 22 local authorities in Wales reported...
Gazette Live reports that a man who threatened to murder Muslims in Facebook posts following the Manchester Arena terror attack is facing a jail term of at least 12 months. Andrew Littlefair, a 50-year-old from Norton in Stockton-on-Tees, wrote a number of posts calling for people to burn mosques...
During Islamophobia Awareness month, the most prominent event was the Islamophobia Awareness Exhibition, which was placed at many university institutions across London. Universities have always been the main target audience and market for the Central London Working group and by reaching out to...
The editor of the British pro-Israel newspaper, The Jewish Chronicle, has come under attack for a joke about the Iraq-Iran war, Middle East Monitor reports. Stephen Pollard was accused of inciting hatred and bigotry after he compared a football game between Arsenal and Chelsea to the conflict:...
The Guardian reports that Katie Hopkins has joined Rebel Media, a Canadian website where EDL Tommy Robinson is also a contributor. Through her new website called Hopkins World, Ms Hopkins will contribute to Rebel Media with regular columns, video commentaries and even investigative reports. She...
What is Islamophobia Awareness Month? Established in 2012 by MEND and other British organisations, IAM aims to work with local governing officials, journalists and educational establishments to raise awareness and encourage both Muslims and non-Muslims to report incidents of hate crime that they...
Mosques across the UK are not only just places of worship and spirituality but are also a hub for social interaction for Muslims from all walks of life. For this reason mosques are incredibly important institutions in conveying the vision of MEND, which is to encourage British Muslims to be...
