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...
With an estimated population of about 3.4 million in the UK contributing over £31 billion to the UK economy and wielding an incredible spending power of £20.05 billion, while also donating more than £100 million every year to charity in both national and international humanitarian causes; Muslim...
Brunel University in London has become the first UK University to offer a sports hijab as part of their university kit. The initiative stems from an investigation from the students’ union that found a gap in BAME female sports participation and that there were barriers to Muslim women taking part...
Muslim women have excelled and cemented their position as pioneers in the field of business over the last few decades, even in the face of significant discrimination. In 2016, a report by the Women and Equalities committee found that Muslim women face a triple ‘penalty’ of discrimination in...
The intellectual contribution of Muslim women to our society has often been minimised within previous patriarchal societies as well as the current patriarchy we live in. In fact, unsurprisingly, the contribution of Muslim women has played, and continues to play, an integral role within the Muslim...
Muslim women are steadily redefining their place in British society, challenging the ‘triple penalty’ of race, religion and gender which disadvantages them in employment, and in the high levels of reported hate crime. By taking roles that challenge negative stereotypes of the ‘oppressed’...
The far-right is mobilizing in the UK, and society looks set to suffer so long as politicians stay wilfully oblivious to the danger it poses. A suspected right-wing terrorist was recently arrested, serving as an apt reminder of the ongoing threat emanating from people who hold these beliefs. The...
The recent formation of ‘The Independent Group’ (IG) of MPs, made up of former Labour and Conservative party members, has come as a surprise to the political world. Some former Labour MPs cited the party’s slow response in dealing with anti-Semitism as a reason why they chose to break away....
20 years on from the Macpherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence, which branded the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) institutionally racist, we ask what progress has been made. One of the underlying findings of the 1999 report was that the police force was institutionally racist, and was...
In a move that counters their record of trying to be inclusive, Oxford University’s Somerville College Junior Common Room committee has banned certain types of halal and kosher meat from its menu citing “animal welfare” issues raised by students. The college’s Junior Common Room...
Hate crime is unique. It inflicts a fear on its victims which makes them question the extent to which they belong, or are wanted, in wider society. Such a crime threatens to undo a lot of the progress made in the last few decades to make British society a more cohesive, tolerant and inclusive one....
