MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who...
The Government appointed counter-extremism commissioner, Sara Khan, released her much anticipated report titled ‘Challenging Hateful Extremism‘ on Monday the 7th of October. The report, which called for an overhaul of the Government’s counter-extremism strategy primarily focused...
Recent proposals by Russel Group universities to ‘decolonise’ their history courses, is an encouraging continuation of a current pattern amongst universities of acknowledging and confronting their historic association with colonialism. One such venture is that by Glasgow University which signed...
“Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to him, we will return” Quran 2:156 BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf, who defended the hijab in a series of articles written in 2015, as well as during an appearance on Good Morning Britain (GMB) in 2017, tragically passed away earlier this month at the...
A panel debate at the Conservative Party conference entitled “Challenging Islamophobia” has called into question the legitimacy of efforts by certain segments of society to tackle Islamophobia, highlighting a wider disconnect between official understandings of Islamophobia and the experiences...
MEND would like to extend its support to all those affected by this week’s devastating far-right terror attack against a synagogue in Halle, Germany, in which at least two people were killed. MEND stands in solidarity with our Jewish sisters and brothers to tackle all forms of hatred, including...
The Mercedes F1 team displayed great leadership earlier this year when they dismissed four people for the racist bullying of a Muslim member of staff. He had been called a “Muslim terrorist f**k”, and his former colleagues put up a poll during Ramadan on which they signed and dated...
The autumn season, typified by the shortening of days and the browning of leaves, is also the season of political party conferences – a gathering of party representatives, members, journalists, activists, and all those who wish to participate in the trajectory of Britain’s socio-economic and...
On the 12th of August 2019, the Home Office appointed Lord Carlile to carry out the much anticipated independent review of the UK’s controversial flagship counter-terrorism strategy, PREVENT. Upon his appointment, concerns were immediately raised regarding the neutrality of Carlile in leading...
The former leader of the English Defence League, founder of Pegida UK, and prominent far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (better known as Tommy Robinson) was released from prison on the 13th of September 2019 after serving nine weeks of a nine-month sentence at Belmarsh Prison for contempt...
“SuperSisters”, an online lifestyle website which targets Muslim teenagers in the UK was revealed by The Observer to be funded by the Home Office’s counter-extremism programme, Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT). BSBT describes itself as a programme providing...
