** 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,...
There was something depressingly familiar about Mak Chishty’s article in the Times this weekend. What is depressing is that, once again, we have a person who has been in a position to positively influence the implementation and outcome of counterterrorism strategies, but is instead playing...
The Birmingham Mail reports on a police investigation underway after a Muslim mother was punched in the face and had water thrown over her during an alleged racist attack in the city. The victim, 31, was reportedly in her car waiting at a set of traffic lights in Heathfield Road, Lozells, with her...
The results from Thursday’s General Election suggest that while the Conservatives may still hold the levers of power, the Muslim community was influential in the Labour Party gaining seats from the existing Tory Government. The Conservatives lost their outright majority won in 2015, going from...
ITV News and local paper Evesham Observer report that two people have been arrested following the online posting of an offensive video earlier this week. The 30 second video, which was posted on Facebook on Tuesday 6 June, appeared to show a man burning a copy of the Qur’an. West Mercia Police...
The International Business Times reports on a mosque in Sutton, South London, which was vandalised following the London Bridge terror attacks last Saturday. Images posted on Twitter showed the wall of Sutton Islamic Centre daubed with the message “TERRORIZE YOUR OWN COUNTRY” in black...
The Telegraph and local paper Gazette Live report on the strong support provided to the Muslim community in Stockton-on-Tees following offensive graffiti being sprayed on the wall of a local mosque. The words “Muslim cowards” were daubed on to the wall of the Thornaby Muslim Association in...
The Daily Mirror reports that a hoax bomb featuring a note containing the disturbing threat “You are next” was left outside a mosque in Paisley in Scotland last weekend. The hoax bomb, which featured two canisters taped together with wire and wood was placed within a blue plastic bag,...
The Daily Mirror reports on a number of alleged reprisal attacks on Muslims in Barking following revelations that Khuram Butt, one of the three attackers killed by police during the London Bridge terror attacks, once attended a mosque in the area. Butt, who lived in Barking, is reported to have...
mend were proud to sponsor and attend the Byline Festival, the first festival of Independent Journalism that took place on 2-4th June 2017 at Pippingford Park, Ashdown Forest in Sussex. The idea behind the event was to share ideas and experiences as a reaction to the fake news, monopoly of the...
Fox News Channel has been forced to apologise for comments Katie Hopkins made on their show, Fox & Friends, during a guest appearance alongside Nigel Farage on Sunday. The broadcaster called Hopkins’ remarks “reprehensible” after she argued that the UK should introduce drastic measures to...
