** 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,...
A BME teachers conference organised by NASUWT found rising levels of covert racism in schools, with over half (54%) of attendees saying that they had experienced verbal or non-verbal racism in the last 12 months. A 2017 Runnymede Trust report similarly reported that more than twice the...
February 1st, 2020, will mark the seventh annual World Hijab Day(WHD) in recognition of and in solidarity with millions of Muslim women around the world who choose to wear the hijab. The movement was initially started by a New York resident of Bangladeshi origin, Nazma Khan, who came up...
Over recent decades, a number of high-profile cases have highlighted the continued prevalence of the sexual exploitation of children. These include cases from a range of contexts including the entertainment industry, the socio-political elite, and in small towns and cities. The idea of...
Newly released figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the Muslim population of England has increased by around 16% in five years, from 2.7 million in 2011 to 3.1 million in 2016. This means Muslims now make up 5.6% of England’s population. The positive contributions of...
In line with this year’s theme for Holocaust Memorial Day, MEND stands together with our Jewish brothers and sisters and all of those who suffer persecution, oppression, or abuse on the basis of their religious identities. It is essential that we stand together against the divisive discourse that...
Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) have questioned the decision to list Extinction Rebellion alongside extremist organisations within guidance it issued as part of its anti-radicalisation training under the PREVENT program. DCS Kath Barnes, the head of CTPSE, said: “I would like to...
Outgoing chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation, Alan Moses has acknowledged the disparity in reporting and biases against Muslims within media, stating; “I speak for myself, but I have a suspicion that [Muslims] are from time to time written about in a way that would simply not...
Recently revealed statistics show a reported 496 racism-related temporary exclusions from Primary Schools in the academic year 2017-18. This was an increase of more than 40% from 2006-07 when there were a reported 350 temporary exclusions of the same nature. Muslim pupils frequently encounter...
On the 4th of December, 14-year-old Muslim schoolgirl, Redena Al-Hadi, was assaulted on a bus in Sheffield while on her way home from school. Her attacker, a 40-year-old woman, was let off with a mere caution after the assault, which left the schoolgirl with heavy injuries and the fear of leaving...
Following last week’s general election, few could have missed the fact that the Conservative Party has emerged with a significant majority in Parliament. We hope their government sets their sights on tackling the inequalities, disadvantages, and prejudices affecting many in our society. Whilst...
