MEND in collaboration with Young Muslim & Community Organisation (YMCO), organised the first Media masterclasses in Newport on the 14th of April 2018. The masterclass covered topics such us the influence of the media, the regulatory bodies of print and broadcast media. It also, included...
Mr Connor Ward has been convicted for life for planning terror attacks against mosques by the High Court in Glasgow today, 12th of April 2018. The police had found a number of weapons at Mr Ward’s house that were capable of committing serious injury to a large number of people. These...
A UKIP councillor, Mr Philip Winter, has attracted significant criticism after claiming that violent youth crime in London is primarily due to the mentally-challenged BME community. Mr Winter made the claims in an email to Bristol Live. He stated: “I believe the violent youth crimes in London and...
A recent article by libcom has reported on Generation Identity (GI)’s intention to hold a conference in London this weekend, 14th and 15th of April 2018. GI has been described as a trans-European pseudo-academic far-right white nationalist group that recruits young people and holds camps to...
A recent article in the Middle East Monitor reports on how 30 students from the University of Westminster group ‘Students Not Suspects’ marched on the 6th of April, in protest of the manner in which PREVENT is being forced upon educational settings. The PREVENT duty, made compulsory by the...
An article in the Stoke Sentinel reports on how a group of young Muslim students were made victim to verbal abuse – with one being head-butted – on Thursday the 5th of April. The group of five female students were waiting at a bus stop at Newcastle Bus Station at around 7:20 pm when a […]
Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr Justin Welby, honoured Imam Mohammed Mahmoud for his “courageous and selfless intervention” when the Imam prevented violence against Mr Darren Osborne – also known as the ‘Finsbury Park terrorist’. Mr Osborne used a van to deliberately run over worshippers at...
Hacked Off, a group campaigning for “a free and accountable press”, reports that the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is being taken to court for the first time, due to IPSO’s inaction and ineffectiveness. Mr Jonathan Coulter, one of 30 people, complained unsuccessfully to IPSO...
The pro-Brexit campaign Twitter group, Leave.EU, notably backed by Mr Nigel Farage, posted a tweet on Tuesday, the 3rd of April 2018, and was forced to correct it. However, the corrected tweet is still completely inaccurate. The original tweet contained an infographic about London, called...
In response to “Punish a Muslim Day” on the 3rd of April 2018, MEND in Cardiff organised an open mic picnic for the local community. The event took place at Grange Gardens that were vandalised, couple of weeks before with Nazi slogans. The purpose of the event is to eradicate any...
