MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development), came together with Stand Up to Racism and other community organisations and MSPs Foysol Choudhury and Daniel Johnson to mark UN’s International Day to Combat Islamophobia. International Day to Combat Islamophobia was established by the United Nations in...
On Wednesday 15th March, MEND took part in a panel discussion on Islamophobia, Youth and Identity hosted by the University of Strathclyde. The event, organised by the Centre of Sustainable Development, aimed to raise awareness of the UN Day to Combat Islamophobia. The event, open to both staff and...
15th March has been designated the UN Day to Combat Islamophobia. Stroud District Council marked the day to show their commitment to combating islamophobia, and follows their adoption of the APPG definition of Islamophobia last year. The event was led by Councillor Robin Drury-Layfield. He invited...
Recently, the British government has announced plans to play a more active role in regulating Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curricula taught in schools, particularly relating to one hot-button issue: LGBTQ content. Specifically, Prime Minister Sunak announced that by the summer, schools...
In what appears to be becoming a yearly occurrence during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Israeli police violently raided Al-Aqsa Mosque for two consecutive nights and attacked worshippers observing night prayers. Distressing videos circulating on social media show heavily armed Israeli police...
Recently, the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, announced her intentions to crack down on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). In doing so, Ms Braverman rehashed the largely discredited and contentious phrase “Pakistani grooming gangs”. Over recent decades, several high-profile cases have...
MEND is appalled by the video circulated of a heinous and cowardly attack on an elderly Muslim man on York Road in Kings Heath, Birmingham, yesterday. We urge West Midlands Police (WMP) to treat this matter with the utmost urgency, bring the perpetrators to justice and reassure the Muslim community...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce a new controversial asylum bill which has been described as “nauseating” and “unworkable”. The new bill, set to be launched by the prime minister and home secretary, will ban migrants entering the UK via small boats from claiming...
Whilst we welcome this review, we note with concern the conspicuous absence of any mention of Islamophobia within it. While MEND applauds the attention given to other forms of discrimination, including misogyny and homophobia, it is alarming that bigotry targeted exclusively at Muslims, simply by...
A rise in Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied territories has escalated to alerting levels to a point where the UN has mentioned settler attacks are at an all-time high since 2006. In certain cases, Palestinians are in fear for their own lives after recent settler attacks on the...
