Since the MSP open letter where MEND Scotland and 35 other organisations called on Scottish political parties to: publicly acknowledge the manifestations of Islamophobia that result in the under-representation of Muslims within the political sphere; declare their commitment to tackling Islamophobia...
Following the fiasco with the Exam results here in Scotland and rest of the UK, MEND like many organisations jumped in to action to see how we could support students and raise our concerns to politicians about the immediate and long-term effects on all students, but especially those students from...
On Saturday 15th August, MEND Oldham’s first webinar was broadcast on our social media. The webinar sought to platform individuals to speak about Muslim Experiences in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The reason the working group felt this was an important topic that needed to be addressed...
On Thursday 13th August, volunteers from our MEND Preston Working Group, who form part of the Deepdale Community Association, met with the neighbourhood police in their locality to discuss some of their concerns. The WG felt it was important for the Muslim community to engage positively with the...
Our MEND report Midlands took place Live on Facebook, 13th August 2020. The show looked at how the local community had responded to the lockdown in Leicester and discussed the multitude of challenges they faced. Hosted by, one of our newer volunteers, Nisar Navsariwala, joined by 4 fantastic...
Earlier this month, two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following what was described as a “hit-and-run” attack on a black NHS worker in Bristol, which left him with a broken leg, nose, and cheekbone. The police are treating the attack as racially-aggravated because of...
Parallel to the revelation of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s (now thankfully disrupted) plans to send royal navy warships to block asylum seekers from crossing the Channel, the leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, has spent the last few weeks tweeting videos and posts expressing outrage at a...
Over the past few months our volunteer and staff book club has been reading through Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman. Since it’s publication this text has been hugely influential in understanding the relationship between the state...
On Wednesday 19th August our Yorkshire team held an online Induction for prospective volunteers to attend in order to get them on board with our local initiatives in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. In Yorkshire we currently have Working Groups in… Leeds Bradford Sheffield Kirklees Wakefield...
In 2017, Imam Is’Haaq Jasat’s family sat down in a park on a beautiful sunny day to enjoy a picnic celebrating Eid as part of a local community event. At the time, a keen photographer, with permission of the family, took a photo of them to publicise the event and highlight how the local...
