Tariq Ramadan, the Oxford professor facing charges of rape in France, has been granted conditional release after ten months of imprisonment. Following an “impassioned argument for his release”, the Swiss scholar – who was forced to take leave from his position as professor of contemporary...
The 11th of November 2018 marked Remembrance Day commemorating a centenary since the end of the first World War. Tributes have been made over the weekend ranging from ceremonies involving world leaders to community-led procession with 10,000 people showcasing beautiful solidarity across the...
The PREVENT strategy has once again come under scathing criticism, after it was revealed that it had inadvertently led to the flagging of an essay at the University of Reading that was listed as “essential” reading for a module and is widely considered to be a mainstream leftwing political...
We understand that since attending the launch of our Islamophobia Awareness Month in Parliament, the Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith has issued a statement clarifying he does not support MEND. This does not particularly trouble us since supporting the issue of tackling Islamophobia, and more...
In October 2018, Home Secretary Sajid Javid tweeted about “sick, Asian paedophiles” in response to the news of 20 men arrested in Huddersfield as part of a grooming gang targeting young girls. Talk of the problem of ‘Asian Grooming gangs’ echoes Sarah Champion’s statements...
On Monday 5th November, footage shared on social media appeared to show a group burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, with paper figures in the window, as part of Guy Fawkes night celebrations. A group of men mock the victims of the fire, singling out an image of a woman wearing a niqab for specific...
MEND officially launched Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) in Parliament last night, 31st October; the launch was attended by Members of Parliament, alongside civil society organisations, community leaders, faith representative and individuals impacted by Islamophobia. Throughout November,...
The latest hate crime figures released by the Home Office, 16th October 2018, illustrate the continuation of a worrying trend affecting minority communities. This year’s figures, covering the period between April 2017 and March 2018 (2017/18), again depict a rise in the number of incidents of...
The Sunday Times has been widely condemned for running a column by Rod Liddle over the weekend in which he suggests extremists should blow themselves up in London’s Tower Hamlets, away “from where the rest of us live.” The piece has been widely criticised for inciting violence; with...
MEND’s Leicester Vice Chair spoke at a stand up to racism event at the Secular Hall. This event was attended by members of all faiths and nun. A large number of people were present at the event for example Union Members, Local Counselors and Council offices. All generations came together...
