** 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,...
On the 31st of January Green Lane Masjid & Community Centre (GLM) in Birmingham launched their Winter Freeze Project and opened their doors to the homeless as evening temperatures become freezing. The idea stemmed from the concerns of Head of Welfare Services at GLM, Humayun Saeed, regarding...
The Telegraph released an article reporting that a second Muslim scout has been suspended following a Telegraph investigation alleging that some mosques hosting scout groups have potential links with extremism. Hussain Al Rawni, who manages the 304th Birmingham Scout group in conjunction with the...
Belgium’s regional legislation to outlaw religious slaughter recently came into force on the 1st of January 2019. At a federal level, religious slaughter is not prohibited, but two of three regions within Belgium issued decrees mid-2017 requiring animal stunning to be practised, regardless of...
Last week a disturbing video went viral featuring a man hurling racist abuse at school girls in Bow, East London. In the video, a man on a bus makes comments about a group of visibly Muslim young girls making their way out of school. The man then proceeds to get off and follows them, all […]
The first ever Muslim Market made its debut on the 26th of January at Broadway Academy in Perry Barr, Birmingham. The monthly market is a unique opportunity for Muslims to showcase their creativity and promote enterprises that they have established. The stalls were comprised of a range of...
Holocaust Memorial Day is a poignant reminder of the consequences of hatred and for the remembrance of brave figures such as Sophie Scholl. As engaged citizens, we all have a responsibility to oppose hatred in all its forms and confront prejudice wherever it is found. We, therefore, all should...
Disruption has become an increasingly important tactic within counter-terrorism programmes in recent years, used by authorities to intimidate a host of legal organisations, groups and individuals – often targeting Muslims. Such an approach involves using a range of methods to curb the...
As a result of the amendments to the Counter-Terror and Border Security Bill proposed by the House of Lords, the Government has conceded to an independent review of the PREVENT strategy. This review follows sustained criticism of the strategy put forward by experts from across society, including...
A 13% increase in homelessness and destitution, 658,000 people surviving on food banks, years of austerity causing real hardship to many families and our NHS in crisis. Nonetheless, it was the arrival of 220 migrants which home secretary Sajid Javid considered the national ‘crisis’ facing...
The independent advocacy group CAGE has recently published a report titled ‘CCE Exposed: The Islamophobia Industry Policing Thoughts and Beliefs,’ revealing how the theoretical frameworks underpinning the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) methods to identify and tackle ‘extremism’...
