This week, the Islamic Society at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) held the first of their events for Islamophobia Awareness Month. The aim of it was to give their members a baseline awareness of what Islamophobia is. It was presented by MEND and gave the attendees an opportunity to...
On Wednesday 11th November, MEND presented at the Brighton/Worthing SUTR online rally for Islamophobia Awareness Month. During the webinar, we heard from Brian Richardson from Stand Up to Racism, Amirah Mulla from MEND and Councillor Henna Chowdhury from Worthing. During the evening, Brian spoke...
This Islamophobia Awareness Month, Preston City Council will be getting involved with the campaign following conversations and activities across Preston with local councillors on the importance of showing support for IAM. The MEND Preston volunteer team have been setting up conversations with...
On 4 Nov 2020 an Islamophobia Causes and Cures presentation was delivered at Newham College by a volunteer from MEND’s Central London team. There were 58 attendees in total, and this was delivered via Microsoft Teams. Throughout the presentation, students engaged with MEND and put forward...
After a warm welcome and introduction by Imam Shakeel, the floor was open to brother Moustapha Bechir who spoke to the audience about MEND and the objectives which MEND aims to achieve. The audience found the facts about islamophobia very shocking to hear. It was great to hear about how MEND...
On 5 Nov 2020 in conjunction with Goldsmith University’s Student Union, MEND delivered an Islamophobia Causes and Cures presentation. Although the turnout was not very high- the engagement level was much more focused as a result. There was a good level of engagement, with deliberation on how...
To raise awareness of IAM2020, Outreach West London organised an online Zoom Muslim footballers trivia quiz night on the 8th of November. The quiz had some great prizes up for grabs- a £150 amazon voucher for 1st place, a £50 amazon voucher for 2nd place, and a £25 amazon voucher for 3rd place....
When racism happens; it hurts, when homophobia happens; it hurts, when islamophobia happens it also hurts but there is also the new question of what actually it is. One definition of islamophobia states that it is an exaggerated, irrational fear, hatred and hostility towards Islam and Muslims...
We launched Islamophobia Awareness Month in the North West on Wednesday 4th November with a series of conversations around Islamophobia. For our first conversation, Raahim, who volunteers for MEND in Oldham, interviewed Cllr Rabnawaz Akbar, who represents the Rusholme ward in Manchester. During the...
The London region kicked of Islamophobia Awareness Month by taking the stage on MEND’s Facebook live feed on the evening of the 30th of October with a number of fantastic guests. We were first joined by Sian Berry a member of the London Assembly and the Green Party who spoke about the...
