The recent Race Disparity Audit revealed rising employment rates across all ethnic groups, with the highest national employment rate since 2004. However, the report also showed that Asians are severely disadvantaged in term of participation in the labour market. Pakistani and Bangladeshi...
The Government’s latest figures on the controversial Prevent and Channel policies have been released, indicating that the expansion of the policies are continuing to have a disproportionate impact on Muslims. A total of 7,631 people were subject to a Prevent referral in 2015-16, with less than 1...
Regional paper Newcastle Chronicle reports that offensive graffiti featuring a swastika and the words “F*** ISLAM” was found on a street in the east of the city. The graffiti was painted white onto a brick wall in Coppice Way in the Sandyford area of Newcastle, and was reported to police on...
On Saturday 4 November, children in an Islamic school based in the Didsbury Mosque in South Manchester were placed on lockdown for several hours after a threatening letter containing a loose white powder was delivered to the mosque. Manchester Evening News reported that the letter also...
MEND launched Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) 2017 at a packed Boothroyd Room in Parliament on Wednesday night. An array of speakers and organisations lined up to support the event hosted by Stephen Kinnock MP, including MPs, NUS, Byline Media, Spinwatch and Hacked Off. The evening started...
There is currently a co-ordinated right-wing media attack on MEND, that is being fuelled by selective quoting and misrepresentations by a selection of primarily neoconservative and Islamophobic groups and individuals. MEND is currently in the process of compiling a comprehesive document which fully...
Mend response to Henry Jackson Society Report; “Mend ‘Islamists masquerading as Civil Libertarians’ The Henry Jackson Society have published the aforementioned report. Whilst the document is long, it is thin on detail. It attempts to paint a picture of an extremist organisation due to our...
ITV News reports that Paul Hepplestall, a 39-year-old from Liverpool, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for posting a video online in which he spoke about blowing up mosques and attacking Muslims. Hepplestall, who is seen to wear a plastic grenade and also hold a large sword in the video, was...
The Guardian reports that Lancashire County Council has voted to ban non-stunned meat from schools following the proposal of Conservative County Council leader Geoff Driver. Councillors voted 41 to 24 to ban non-stunned meat from county-run schools, which currently cater for up to 12,000 children...
The Times reports that anti-Islamic extremist Tapan Ghosh was hosted in the House of Commons by Bob Blackman, a Conservative MP from Harrow East who is also a member of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) committee. Tapan Ghosh, an Indian Hindu-nationalist who claims to...
