** 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,...
Dear Mr Speaker, Re: An event described as “the Danger of Islam” held on the parliamentary estate I write as Chief Executive of MEND, an independent organisation working to tackle Islamophobia and to strengthen the civic participation of British Muslim communities. Our attention has...
MEND has added its name to the joint statement calling on the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to reopen the case of the Birmingham 4 – Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain, Mohibur Rahman and Tahir Aziz. The four men were convicted in 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment after a...
A woman attacked with a glass bottle, a young man stabbed and a far-right mob attack on an innocent by-stander; these a just some the Islamophobic hate incidents which have taken place across Glasgow in recent weeks. On Wednesday 22nd July, a woman was attacked by a group of racist thugs who tore...
Re: Distribution of the film “Citizen Vigilante” to UK users on X (formerly Twitter) and the adequacy of the platform’s illegal-content systems and risk assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023 Dear Sirs, I write as Chief Executive of MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development), a national...
Keir Starmer’s resignation paves the way for the seventh prime minister in a decade. Another change of leader must not allow for the same substance to remain. We see in it an opportunity to move the country toward a better future, but only if the next leader breaks with the failures of the...
Four people were attacked and hospitalised across West Edinburgh and Leith last night. Several are Muslims. Our prayers are with them – may Allah grant them healing and protection. This did not come from nowhere. From footage circulated online, it shows the man arrested shouting...
12th June 2026 Dear Sirs Formal complaint: UK-registered charities funding illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – request for a statutory inquiry I am writing on behalf of Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) to express our grave concern regarding reports that...
MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) condemns the Conservative Party’s proposal to abolish the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) – a cornerstone of protection against discrimination for millions of people across England, Scotland and Wales. Kemi Badenoch says the Equality Act...
Henry Nowak’s murder was a tragedy that could have been avoided. Our hearts are with his family and with all who loved him. His family deserves to grieve in peace. Instead, their loss has been hijacked. When Henry’s killer was sentenced, his father, Mark, asked that his son’s...
Sir Mark Rowley QPM Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police New Scotland Yard Victoria Embankment London SW1A 2JL RE: Formal request for written legal assessment – “Unite the Kingdom” Rally, London, 16th May 2026 Dear Commissioner Rowley, Introduction Muslim Engagement and Development...
