Anjem Choudary’s release from Belmarsh on Friday 20th October and the resulting media storm tells us a lot about the problems of current counter-extremism approaches by the current UK Government. The contrast between the way that ideologues such as Choudary are treated with that of far-right...
Since September 2016, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen and JMW Turner have all featured on new notes from the Bank of England, and now a new £50 note is being discussed with the face unknown at present. In a climate where intersectionality is increasingly important, the new face of the note should...
The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL) has recommended that the police should review the impact of conducting large-scale investigation on communities. The recommendation comes as part of Max Hill QC’s, terror legislation watchdog since 1st March 2017, final report as part his...
MEND is deeply concerned by the significant increase of religious and racially motivated hate crime as revealed in the latest Home Office figures for 2017-18. The year-on-year rise of religious hate crime is a clear indication of the problem of religious prejudice prevalent in our society. The...
The British Army has launched an investigation into a video that surfaced which seemingly showed young British soldiers or cadets cheering far-right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson. Robinson, the ex-leader of the English Defence League (EDL) and current...
On the 29th September 2018, Mending Communities was launched in Birmingham. MEND hosted a community event at full capacity, approximately 70 people, coming together to support a minority within a minority, reverts to Islam. ‘Rejected and Reformed; A Revert’s Tale’ was attended by...
Last week, Tony Blair attacked several Muslim organisations, accusing them of promoting “extremist ideas”, orchestrating a “propaganda barrage” towards counter-terror strategies and attempting to present the Government as a “hostile force”. Putting aside the hypocrisy of Mr....
Mend’s new group in Nottingham held their first Masterclass in the Nottingham Islam Information centre. Hosted at one of Nottingham’s most forward looking and accessible venues for all sections of the community, the masterclass attracted a large audience The two speakers, Aman Ali, Head of MEND...
The MEND Leicester working continued their work with the City’s diverse mosque network by holding an event with Masjid Abrar and the local Sri Lankan community. Both Men and women attended the mosque event, where MEND’s Leicester Chair, Shockat Adam Patel, delivered a presentation on...
On the 24th of September, MEND hosted its fringe event in collaboration with Hacked Off at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The event, entitled: ‘Media Manipulation of Minorities and Other Press Abuses’, dissected the impact of the media portrayal of Muslims, and other minorities, on...
