This article was originally published in The National on 29 September 2024. Riots broke out across the UK in August after Tommy Robinson and a number of far-right figures took to social media to incite violence towards Muslims. Though rioters were driven by anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant...
Press Release – Islamophobia Action Group (IAG) In light of the recent far-right riots, 80 Muslim organisations and community leaders have come together to demand immediate and concrete action from the government to tackle the growing threat of Islamophobia. The alarming rise in hate and...
MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who seem to...
** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT (MEND) CONDEMNS UNHELPFUL PUBLIC NARRATIVES AROUND FAR-RIGHT HATE MOBS Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) expresses its great concern at how a number of mainstream media outlets and politicians have spoken about the...
Media speculation and outright lies have surrounded a number of incidents in the last few weeks. These have led to attacks on mosques, commercial and residential property and people perceived to be Muslim. In recent days, a 17 year old of Rwandan heritage stabbed several children in Southport,...
MEND commends the new Labour government for earlier reinstating UK government funding to UNRWA. We also commend them on removing the Conservative Government initiated objection to the ICC’s application for arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals. We further welcome reports that the government...
Dear Mr Burnham, MEND is writing this letter to you with great urgency and concern regarding yesterday’s incident at Manchester Airport, in which a police officer for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) kicked and stomped on a young Asian man’s head at Manchester Airport. This was made all the...
This article was originally published in The National on 14 July 2024. Though Labour secured a victory in the general election, a number of constituencies have seen a significant decline in support for the party. With some major local Labour losses and independent gains, much attention has been...
On June 19 Reform UK President Nigel Farage declared at a speech in Blackpool that “Judeo-Christian values” are at the root of “everything” in Britain. The invocation of “Judeo-Christian values” is not a new move for Farage. Earlier in the year, he oddly claimed that the Gaza solidarity...
What was the connection of Muslims with The Kingdom of Mercia and the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 and more historical facts all in one place! Rights group Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) has released a new report showing the ways in which Islam and Muslims have had a deep and profound...
