** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
MEND Press Release 38 Muslim and equalities organisations have signed an open letter, calling upon all political parties in Scotland to make a commitment to place more Muslim candidates in winnable seats for the Holyrood elections in 2021, as part of the fight against Islamophobia. (The letter and...
We, the undersigned, urge all of Scotland’s political parties to commit to taking tangible actions to address some of the issues raised by the recent findings of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on tackling Islamophobia. The CPG found some serious issues, namely that 83% of Muslims had experienced...
MEND is concerned with reports that we have received from Hindu and Muslim individuals who are involved in the struggle against politically motivated Hindutva hatred. A female campaigner has been threatened with rape and murder and “slut-shamed” because she has dared to stand up for justice for...
Today marks the three year anniversary of the murder of Makram Ali by Darren Osborne in the Finsbury Park terror attack in 2017. Meanwhile, the threat of the far-right continues to rise, with last weekend seeing 137 arrests made following “sickening” violence by far-right...
Tomorrow will see three years since the murder of Makram Ali by Darren Osborne in the Finsbury Park terror attack in 2017. Meanwhile, the Home Office’s consultation into protecting places of worship closes next Sunday, 28th June 2020. MEND strongly urges mosques, individuals, and...
The Black Lives Matter movement continues to shine a light upon the tragic and preventable deaths of too many people, as well as the role of police in both the deaths themselves and the manner in which these deaths are investigated. Meanwhile, the inquest into the drowning of schoolgirl Shukri...
Coming weeks will bear witness to a series of painful anniversaries that are poignant reminders of the dangers of the far-right. Today is the fourth anniversary of the murder of Jo Cox by Thomas Mair in 2016, while Friday will see three years since the murder of Makram Ali by Darren Osborne in the...
Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tragedy. We recognise that the deaths were not inevitable. Instead, they were the consequence of a long sequence of socio-political and economic choices made at the expense of vulnerable communities. Austerity measures, introduced by...
In May of this year, 40-year old British Muslim, Raffia Arshad, became the first hijab-wearing woman to be appointed as a deputy district judge on the Midlands circuit. The newly appointed judge says she wants young Muslims to know they can achieve anything they put their minds to and wishes to use...
The Government recently unveiled the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill, saying that it: “will ensure that the sentences served by terrorists reflects the severity of offending and will strengthen the tools for monitoring them in the community.” However, the new bill has been met with much...
