After a horrific Islamophobic incident in 2015, where an old man pushed a hijab wearing Muslim woman towards a train, there has been an unfortunate significant increase in what is referred to as ‘train track anxiety’. Many muslim women to this day stand back and seek precaution when...
After this year’s Scotland school exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers were asked to estimate a grade for each pupil. These results were then modified by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), which led to 125,000 estimated grades being lowered – a quarter...
Bismillah! Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) 2020 kicked off in the West Midlands on Tuesday 3rd November with an incredible launch event featuring a lineup of inspiring and insightful speakers. Hosted by Shuaib Afzal, MEND Birmingham Working Group Chair and facilitated by Hina Junejo, MEND...
In the midst of the pandemic IAM East Midlands was launched online! It was an informative, thought provoking and inspiring event where the MEND Leicester team brought together vital stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to discuss and challenge islamophobia. Leicester Police’s Head of Hate...
The second of two Scotland MEND events for black history month, we welcomed an expert panel to discuss anti-racist education. Pran Patel – International Keynote TEDx speaker, blogger and Mental Health and BAME advocate, speaks on teacher well-being, workload, stress, unconscious and implicit...
Last week our Kirklees Working Group hosted Barry Sheerman MP on our webinar series, MEND Report Yorkshire. Barry Sheerman, Member of Parliament for Huddersfield, spent some time discussing Islamophobia and Racism with our Kirklees volunteer Saqib, who hosted the session. The discussion started...
Our Cardiff working group hosted a webinar on the 27th Oct on the topic of Islamophobia in Schools. Joining us on the webinar were Rahema Zaman, parent of 3 and vice chair of our Mend cardiff working group, Husa Osman caseworker at theiru.org.uk and Abu Bakr Madden al Shabazz a Historian,...
On Thursday 15th October 2020, our MEND Blackburn volunteer team were invited to Blackburn College to guest lecture on Islamophobia as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week. We presented to undergraduate and postgraduate law students, discussing Islamophobia and legislation surrounding this and the...
On Friday 23rd October 2020, MEND North West was invited to Rochdale Islamic Academy- Girls Division to deliver an Islamophobia workshop to their Year 9 students. As part of the work the year group had been doing on racism, MEND came to speak to the students about Islamophobia. During the session,...
Mend in partnership with Al Masaar a Fourth Valley based charity hosted an open round table dialogue which took an in depth look at racist bullying in our schools and the need for anti-racist education. The event had a particular focus on the Forth Valley area due to the level of racist and...
