On Friday 5th July, MEND brought together over 30 Masaajid for a Roundtable event with the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. More than 70 representatives came We began the evening with an update on MEND’s work over the last 18 months, highlighting the important role that Masaajid can...
On Monday 10th June, MEND Manchester delivered the first of two Islamophobia sessions to Student Ambassadors and Diversity Champions at the University of Manchester, as part of the Students’ Union’s Speak Up! Stand Up! campaign. MEND were tasked with delivering on the topic of...
MEND Manchester hosted an Iftar dinner with leading business contacts, and their families, from across the Greater Manchester region (and one all the way from Birmingham!). It was an opportunity for our founder, Sufyan Ismail, to bring people up to speed about the current work of MEND and to give...
The Labour MP, Tanmanjeet Singh Dheshi, has become something of a parliamentary hero in recent times. Few could have missed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s significantly less than perfect record in his dealings with minority communities throughout his career. However, in a powerful speech...
“Those who believe and do good deeds – the Gracious God will create love in their hearts”. – Qur’an, 19:96. Over recent years, heavy criticism has been levied against the Government, including by UN representatives, for failing to tackle major socioeconomic problems – such as urban...
The government appointed a new law commissioner Prof David Ormerod to review the adequacy of the protection offered by hate crime legislation. Hate crimes are acts of violence or hostility directed at people because of who they are. The police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), in general, record...
On July 23rd 2019, leading brexiteer, Boris Johnson, became the UK Prime Minister. He is an individual well known for making crude, racist, and misogynistic comments such as referring to veiled Muslim women as “letterboxes” and “bank robbers” and referring to black people as...
In 2018, Facebook banned the page of Britain First, an organisation founded and led by individuals with links to the British National Party (BNP), and which manufactured and propagated numerous myths about Muslims. The hateful rhetoric that Britain First spread about Muslims led to harassment and...
A society and work environment free of discrimination still remains an aspiration for many in the UK. This is particularly so for Muslim women, but severely impacts all women from a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) background. Studies have shown that Muslim women face what has been termed a...
Sport has a longstanding reputation of being a tool for breaking down barriers and building bonds across society. This cohesive potential can be seen in the references to Islam and the prominence of Muslim players in England’s recent Cricket World Cup-winning team. Academics have often pointed to...
