IAM2018 proved to be one of the most successful Islamophobia Awareness months to date for MEND. Nationally, working groups up and down the country engaged with their local community in delivering a wide and interesting range of events, with the key theme of highlighting the contribution Muslims...
Last week a disturbing video went viral featuring a man hurling racist abuse at school girls in Bow, East London. In the video, a man on a bus makes comments about a group of visibly Muslim young girls making their way out of school. The man then proceeds to get off and follows them, all […]
The first ever Muslim Market made its debut on the 26th of January at Broadway Academy in Perry Barr, Birmingham. The monthly market is a unique opportunity for Muslims to showcase their creativity and promote enterprises that they have established. The stalls were comprised of a range of...
Holocaust Memorial Day is a poignant reminder of the consequences of hatred and for the remembrance of brave figures such as Sophie Scholl. As engaged citizens, we all have a responsibility to oppose hatred in all its forms and confront prejudice wherever it is found. We, therefore, all should...
Our regional manager of South Wales and West England, Sahar Al-Faifi did many radio and TV interviews in response to Boris Johnson’s comments, comparing Muslim women who chose to wear the face veil to ‘letter boxes’ and ‘bank robbers’. Boris Johnson’s comments are Islamophobic and...
MEND organised a social media masterclass on the 29th of September at Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC). The participants learnt the effective use of social media for campaigning, facebook’s functions and uses, Twitter and how to optimise its use as well as the benefits and pitfalls of social...
Our regional manager of South Wales and West England, Sahar Al-Faifi was invited to a panel organised by Interculture at Malcolm X centre in Bristol on the 12th of Sept 2018. Sahar spoke about Muslim women’s dress, the reasons, purposes as well as individuality. The event was attended by over 50...
Disruption has become an increasingly important tactic within counter-terrorism programmes in recent years, used by authorities to intimidate a host of legal organisations, groups and individuals – often targeting Muslims. Such an approach involves using a range of methods to curb the...
As a result of the amendments to the Counter-Terror and Border Security Bill proposed by the House of Lords, the Government has conceded to an independent review of the PREVENT strategy. This review follows sustained criticism of the strategy put forward by experts from across society, including...
A 13% increase in homelessness and destitution, 658,000 people surviving on food banks, years of austerity causing real hardship to many families and our NHS in crisis. Nonetheless, it was the arrival of 220 migrants which home secretary Sajid Javid considered the national ‘crisis’ facing...
