The London region kicked of Islamophobia Awareness Month by taking the stage on MEND’s Facebook live feed on the evening of the 30th of October with a number of fantastic guests. We were first joined by Sian Berry a member of the London Assembly and the Green Party who spoke about the...
After a horrific Islamophobic incident in 2015, where an old man pushed a hijab wearing Muslim woman towards a train, there has been an unfortunate significant increase in what is referred to as ‘train track anxiety’. Many muslim women to this day stand back and seek precaution when...
In an Express and Star article littered with inaccurate accusations against a former MEND employee and purposeful misconstruing of a speech by the MEND head of policy, Mr Sohal is quoted furthering Islamophobic tropes about MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) How can Mr Sohal hope to be a...
After this year’s Scotland school exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers were asked to estimate a grade for each pupil. These results were then modified by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), which led to 125,000 estimated grades being lowered – a quarter...
Bismillah! Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) 2020 kicked off in the West Midlands on Tuesday 3rd November with an incredible launch event featuring a lineup of inspiring and insightful speakers. Hosted by Shuaib Afzal, MEND Birmingham Working Group Chair and facilitated by Hina Junejo, MEND...
In the midst of the pandemic IAM East Midlands was launched online! It was an informative, thought provoking and inspiring event where the MEND Leicester team brought together vital stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to discuss and challenge islamophobia. Leicester Police’s Head of Hate...
The second of two Scotland MEND events for black history month, we welcomed an expert panel to discuss anti-racist education. Pran Patel – International Keynote TEDx speaker, blogger and Mental Health and BAME advocate, speaks on teacher well-being, workload, stress, unconscious and implicit...
In September, an individual entred a London law firm and carried out a “violent, racist” knife attack on an immigration lawyer, an act which the law firm believed to be inspired by Priti Patel’s comments days earlier that “removals [of migrants] continue to be frustrated by activist...
Last week our Kirklees Working Group hosted Barry Sheerman MP on our webinar series, MEND Report Yorkshire. Barry Sheerman, Member of Parliament for Huddersfield, spent some time discussing Islamophobia and Racism with our Kirklees volunteer Saqib, who hosted the session. The discussion started...
MEND is shocked by reports of the appalling knife attack in a church in Nice that has left three people dead. Our thoughts remain with the victims and their families. We now call for calm as the details of the event continue to unfold. It is for political leaders in both France and around the...
