In May of this year, 40-year old British Muslim, Raffia Arshad, became the first hijab-wearing woman to be appointed as a deputy district judge on the Midlands circuit. The newly appointed judge says she wants young Muslims to know they can achieve anything they put their minds to and wishes to use...
Our staff and volunteer Book Club has completed its second book, It’s Not About the Burqa, which is a collection of essays by Muslim women edited by Miriam Khan. Attendees of the Book Club have expressed how much they are enjoying these sessions as they are able to express their own thoughts on...
After seeing photos of NHS workers with painful bruises behind their ears from wearing surgical masks for long hours due to COVID19 pandemic. One of the MEND volunteers, Ismatara and her children decided to buy headbands and sew colourful buttons on them. These buttons helped to hook the surgical...
Mend Scotland has been leading the way with MEND report, where we have interviewed several leading Muslim MSPs. We have also been actively involved in MEND’s Islamophobia Response Unit fundraiser. All of these have been livestreamed on Facebook where they have engaged the Muslim community...
The Virtues of Lockdown series was introduced by the MEND Leicester Working Group to celebrate the very British quality of making the best of the Covid 19 Lockdown situation. Bringing together the community exploring COVID 19 and the impact it is having on our families and friends. This series...
The Path to Success series have now come to an end. The final session explored ‘Me, myself and Allah’ reflecting on ourselves to better understand our purpose and how we move forward to achieve it. The session was truly insightful and meaningful. To view it please follow the link.
MEND in the Midlands are well on the way to inducting and recruiting new members to join the MEND team. Online inductions are scheduled across the region starting with Leicester, Loughborough and Nottingham alongside Derby and Coventry. Our next one is due to take place for Nottingham working...
MEND in Scotland is continually over whelmed by the amazing work that the Muslim community continues to carry out to support all of the Scottish communities as they deal with life in lockdown. This spirit of support and generosity can be seen from Mosque kitchen in Edinburgh who have been providing...
Stand Up To Racism held a socially distanced event at clock tower in Leicester to coincide with the take a knee protest to mark the brutal murder of George Floyd and other innocent black people around the world. MEND’s Leicester Chair Shockat Adam Patel was humbled to have been asked to speak...
The Government recently unveiled the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill, saying that it: “will ensure that the sentences served by terrorists reflects the severity of offending and will strengthen the tools for monitoring them in the community.” However, the new bill has been met with much...
