MEND is deeply concerned with revelations regarding statements previously made by Mr Gareth Bryant. We have, therefore, taken the decision to cancel the event A Critique of Anti-Blackness Via Muslim Religio-Scholarship that was scheduled to feature Mr Bryant on Thursday...
Our Cardiff working group hosted a webinar on the 27th Oct on the topic of Islamophobia in Schools. Joining us on the webinar were Rahema Zaman, parent of 3 and vice chair of our Mend cardiff working group, Husa Osman caseworker at theiru.org.uk and Abu Bakr Madden al Shabazz a Historian,...
On Thursday 15th October 2020, our MEND Blackburn volunteer team were invited to Blackburn College to guest lecture on Islamophobia as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week. We presented to undergraduate and postgraduate law students, discussing Islamophobia and legislation surrounding this and the...
On Friday 23rd October 2020, MEND North West was invited to Rochdale Islamic Academy- Girls Division to deliver an Islamophobia workshop to their Year 9 students. As part of the work the year group had been doing on racism, MEND came to speak to the students about Islamophobia. During the session,...
Mend in partnership with Al Masaar a Fourth Valley based charity hosted an open round table dialogue which took an in depth look at racist bullying in our schools and the need for anti-racist education. The event had a particular focus on the Forth Valley area due to the level of racist and...
MEND recently hosted a webinar titled ‘Black and Muslim in Academia’, an enlightening discussion on the lived experience of three Black Muslim academics working in the UK Higher Education sector. Research by the Equality Challenge Unit in 2017 showed not only the existence of a university...
On Saturday 3rd October MEND held new volunteer inductions for the MEND Derby Working Group. The Derby WG is one of MEND’s new groups that has started to form this year to empower and encourage British Muslims within their local community to be actively involved in British media and politics...
Last week MEND’s Yorkshire and Humber Regional Manager delivered a presentation on Islam to the 1st Leven Scout Group based in Leven (the East Riding of Yorkshire) over Zoom. This presentation was delivered in order to help the scouts earn their ‘World Faith Badge’ in which Islam was the...
During National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2020 (October 10th– October 17th) MEND’s Yorkshire and Humber Regional Managers delivered presentations centred on Islamophobia to students at Bradford College. In each session, MEND’s ‘Causes and Cures of Islamophobia’ presentation was delivered...
In light of rising hate crime in Scotland, the Scottish government recently announced that it is making amendments to its proposed hate crime legislation in a bid to ease concerns over its alleged impact on free speech. Initially, the bill, which was introduced in response to Lord Bracadale’s...
