12th November, 2019 Try a Hijab stall This Islamophobia Awareness Month, MEND reached out to the general public by holding a ‘Try a Hijab Stall’ in Birmingham City Centre. The purpose of event was for non Muslims to gain knowledge and understand the ‘hijab’ experience. The stall...
IAM at the universities 2019 An interesting 5 days at Leicester and DeMontfort University. Speaking to students, Lecturers and even the local community police made for interesting conversations. It highlighted the fears of some students about the triple penalty that BAME muslim women...
University of Bristol & University of Bristol Islamic Society host 10 events on Campus during Islamophobia Awareness Month (November). IAM activities are an integral part of Students Union activities. A variety of events and topics addressed over the month included: Islam and Violence Does...
St Brendan’s Six Form College Diversity Week (11-15th November). The Bristol WG had the opportunity to arrange for the exhibition to be on campus for a few days during the Diversity Week. In addition, Dr Yusuf Abdul-Jobbar had the opportunity to speak to over 200 students about Islam, Muslims and...
‘Being good to neighbours’ (12th November). Pupils from Andalusia Academy Bristol gave out roses/chocolates to members of the public in the Broadmead area of the Bristol City Centre. Very encouraging feedback was received including some members of the public posting on Twitter whilst others...
Meet, greet and educate the public about Islam, Muslims & Islamophobia (19th November). A unique event and a first of its kind for Bristol, bringing together important organizations across Bristol to fight the rise of Islamophobia, making Bristol a better place to live for everyone. Multi...
Empowering Muslims in a Climate of Islamophobia (3rd December). Masjid E Umar (Gloucester) held their first event on Islam, Muslims & Islamophobia. Gloucester has an established Muslim community that predominantly come from the Asian subcontinent with a large portion of Muslims from India &...
MEND Islamophobia exhibition was displayed at Swansea Waterfront Museum as part of hate crime week organised by Swansea City Council and victim support. The exhibition explores the history of Muslims in Britain by looking at how Muslims migrated and how they contributed and are still contributing...
Islamophobia is a unique form of Gendered Violence. 60% of MEND Islamophobia Response Unit (IRU) hate crime reports come from Muslim women. The number rises to 80% when just looking at physical assaults. Usually, these attacks on individuals have ripple effects within the family and wider...
On Thursday 7th November, the Riz Test team brought their workshop to Manchester Museum as part of Islamophobia Awareness Month. Under a glorious T-Rex, the founders of the test spoke about the academic theory behind it, some real life examples and, introduced high school students who had done...
