On Wednesday 27th January, 2021, MEND Preston delivered two sessions on Islamophobia to the community teams at Preston Police Station. Minority communities in the UK often have tense relationships with local forces and it is essential for steps to be taken to foster trust between the two and start...
In the midst of a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of identifying and tackling the structural inequalities that minority communities face, the urgency of investigating issues of structural and institutional Islamophobia is of ever-greater importance. Central to understanding the way...
The Trade Bill that is currently going through Parliament is a potentially valuable instrument for holding countries committing genocide to account. Essentially, proposed amendments provide a mechanism for Parliament to scrap trade deals with states found by the High Court to be committing such...
”Islamophobia -what does it mean to you?” This aptly named event brought IAM 2020 to a close and, despite behind the scenes efforts of a fairly novice team, provided a nuanced and meaningful addition to the preceding events. With an intention to raise awareness of Islamophobia locally and...
India: From Partition to Persecution Leicester MEND WG conducted an interview, with world-renowned journalist CJ Werleman and human rights activist/ film producer Dr. Manisha Nathaniel Maganji unraveling the situation on the ground for Muslims and other minorities in Modi’s India. Dr....
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill provides for the modernising, consolidating and extending of hate crime legislation in Scotland. This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 23 April 2020. At stage one of the Bill’s...
Today, the Government announced that William Shawcross is to be the new Independent Reviewer of PREVENT. This comes as a devastating announcement to all those whom had hoped for a truly independent and transparent review into a fundamentally flawed strategy that continues to detrimentally...
Today, the Government announced that William Shawcross is to be the new Independent Reviewer of PREVENT. This comes as a devastating announcement to all those whom had hoped for a truly independent and transparent review into a fundamentally flawed strategy that continues to...
On Thursday 21st January, MEND presented its corporate version of it’s ‘Causes and Cures of Islamophobia’ presentation to Forward Trust, which helps people with drug and alcohol dependence move towards, achieve and maintain drug and crime-free lives. Forward Trust have been working towards...
British Muslims form the second largest faith group in the UK. The Office for National Statistics released figures estimating at least 3.4 million British Muslims, constituting 5.9% of the total population of England (ONS 2018; ONS 2020). Britain’s Muslims are younger in age compared with the...
