As an East London MEND volunteer, I have been working with the Federation of Redbridge Muslims Organisations (FoRMO) as part of their COVID-19 support efforts, These efforts have been two-fold, primarily working with one of the local Masjids who have coordinated a substantial food drive with Mutual...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم As the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic hit the United Kingdom, we very quickly began to see the number of fatalities increasing at an alarming rate. This of course brought with it many different challenges. For the Muslim community in particular, there were...
During this global pandemic, local organisations have shifted their focus to countering the impact that COVID-19 has had on communities and individuals across the country. This work has been focused on ensuring that those most vulnerable are still able to access basic necessities and are provided...
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the virus has been used as a tool by the far-right to peddle Islamophobic hate by spreading stereotypes fuelled by conspiracy theories, memes, and fake videos, leading to a rise in Islamophobic sentiment online. Since the beginning of the outbreak, abuse directed...
One of our volunteers who works in the medical field kindly donated PPE masks and gloves to be distributed across Leicestershire’s community groups as a response to the Covid Aid call out they put out in order to help sustain their services for their local communities. MEND volunteers worked...
My name is Sabiha Sabur, a Global Business Analyst for pharmaceuticals by profession, but when coronavirus hit us there was a sense of a loss of control. Our whole lives changed. I lost control through being furloughed from work, from being unable to attend hospital for my own medical needs and...
The frequent battle cry of populist and far-right discourse centres around the “dangers” of immigration: the stealing of jobs; the loss of “our” identity; the threat of criminality. In light of this criticism that ethnic minorities are often confronted with, a viral video poem entitled...
A recently leaked internal Labour Party report appears to have revealed a disturbing past of Islamophobia and inaction within the party. The report shows former senior members of the party supporting Islamophobic views and discussing delaying investigations. Meanwhile, it provides evidence of...
Despite people from ethnic minority backgrounds comprising just 14% of Britain’s population, research by the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre has shown that they make up approximately 35% of over 3,000 critically-ill Coronavirus patients. Whilst the disease undoubtedly does not...
In Bradford, a number of organisations have come together to work in collaboration to aid the Bradford community during these difficult times. This partnership includes Bradford City Council, the Council for Mosques, The Faith Centre, and a number of other organisations. The Bradford Foundation...
