** 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,...
Cornwall Live reports that a 63-year-old man is under investigation for allegedly writing on his Facebook wall that he would have “no worries about ending the life of any Muslim”. On September 15, Eric King, from Cornwall, shared a Britain First’s Facebook post headlined “While Christianity...
Manchester Evening News reports that on Sunday the 24th of September, Doctor Nasser Kurdy was stabbed in the back of his neck outside the Altrincham and Hale Islamic Association at around 17:50. Nasser Kurdy, who is a 58-year-old orthopedic surgeon, was stabbed on his way to the mosque,...
A Palestinian student, Mohammed Awad, is losing hope of starting his Masters degree at Goldsmiths this term because of delays in approvals from the Israeli government, The Independent reports. Twenty-eight year-old Awad lives in the Gaza Strip and has been diligently pursuing his dream of...
On 27 September, eleven men were arrested across England and Wales for suspected involvement in National Action, a right-wing terrorist organisation banned by the UK government last year. Five of the men were arrested for allegedly planning acts of terrorism related to “threats against...
A survey conducted by YouGov and commissioned by Arab News evidences the concerns of British voters towards Arabs and Islam, underlying the tensions between different segments of UK society. The poll, which sampled 2,142 adults in August 2017, reveals that 63% of respondents believe that Arabs...
MEND ran a hugely successful fringe event on Tuesday at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on the topic of Labour and Muslim women’s empowerment. On the panel was a selection of highly inspirational speakers, including Diane Abbott, the Shadow Home Secretary; Naz Shah, MP for Bradford West;...
A new survey published last week by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shows that Muslims in Europe suffer discrimination in all areas of life. The study, which surveyed Muslim immigrants and descendants of immigrants in 15 European countries including the United Kingdom, shows...
The Birmingham Mail reports that a local councillor in Solihull has been suspended from the Conservative Party after retweeting a series of Islamophobic and xenophobic tweets. Solihull Borough Council’s Jeff Potts, a councillor for the Knowle ward, retweeted several offensive and...
MEND will be hosting a powerful line up of successful women speakers at our fringe event at the Labour Party conference today. The event, titled, Labour and Muslim Women Empowerment, will highlight the acute challenges Muslim women face in the spotlight of public opinion and in the workplace,...
A Muslim taxi driver in Leeds was falsely accused of sexual assault by aspiring police officer, Sophie Pointon, after he drove her home from a night out on 22 April, The Mirror reports. In the driver’s account, Pointon was highly intoxicated when she got into his car and became abusive...
