Via zoom, as is the norm these days, we came together to discuss the Hate Crime Bill in Scotland, Islamophobia and what the community can do to tackle it. The event was organised by Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council, an organisation who works to tackle hate and prejudice in all its...
Over the past few weeks Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) and MEND were featured in The Gryphon (the official newspaper of the University of Leeds) and in Leeds Now (a news site produced by Leeds Hacks, the students of BA (Hons) in Journalism at Leeds Beckett University). An article titled...
Pressure mounts for the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester to step down after a student was racially profiled, amidst anger over the universities mishandlings of the Covid-19 lockdown. First-year student Zac Adan was pinned to the wall by a security officer and made to present ID...
We have become aware of two historical tweets authored by our CEO, Dr Shazad Amin. In recognising the hurt caused by the tweets, which may be construed as anti-Semitic, Dr Shazad Amin has deleted the tweets and issued the following statement: “I wholeheartedly apologise for any offence that may...
With a sudden change in plans Southwark Constituency Labour Party were left without a speaker just a day before their Islamophobia Awareness Month meeting. They were able to get in contact with MEND and book a speaker on such short notice. The London Regional Manager joined the virtual meeting...
The first ever MEND online boxing event was a huge success! A staggering 54 people registered from as far as Glasgow, Dorset, Birmingham, Manchester and not to forget London. Participants were taught a range of self defence techniques. Giuletta from Salaam Peace provided a detailed explanation of...
IAM 2020: Causes and Cures of Islamophobia at Masjid Esa Ibn Mariam, Birmingham MEND Birmingham were invited to host a Causes and Cures of Islamophobia Session for Masjid Ibn Easa online, to educate the Muslim community on what Islamophobia is, how Islamophobia manifests itself in society and what...
Anti-Islamophobia is not a political issue, it’s an issue of basic human rights and equality for all. We as individuals will come across Islamophobia in all sections and walks of life, unfortunately this is an undeniable reality. It is important that we can raise the discussion of the impacts of...
Bystander intervention, what it is, how it looks and what we can do as the bystander when witnessing discrimination. This is what the team at AMINA took us through when we joined their workshop for IAM 2020. So often when we talk of islamophobia and hate crime we talk about the victim or the...
Climate change is an issue for all of us, so why are so many of us being left out of the conversation. This was the topic we discussed when we were joined by an expert panel at our recent webinar. Panel: Zarina Ahmed – Climate Change and Environment Officer at CEMVO and named on the […]
