Kick-boxer, Calligraphy Artist, Dentist, Doctor, Embroidery Artist, Language Teacher, Poet and more. These are the Welsh Muslim Women who were showcased in Ayesha Khan’s Photo-gallery Ayesha is a photography graduate and one of MEND volunteers in Cardiff. Art Council of Wales in Collaboration...
We at Wakefield MEND held our first coffee mehfil today, 17th November 2018, a gathering for ladies in the local mosque – Jamia Masjid Swafia. We aimed to kick off IAM by making our local Muslim ladies as aware of Islamophobia as we could. We had ladies from Wakefield Stand up to Racism come in...
“Police were called at 00:35hrs on Wednesday 19th September 2018 to reports of a car which struck a number of pedestrians on Oxgate Lane in Brent. Local Borough Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and two people were taken to hospital for treatment; two of those injured are males...
MEND is appalled to hear that another mosque has been attacked only weeks after a mosque in Birmingham had its windows smashed by ball-bearings and a mosque in Leeds was firebombed. The most recent attack occurred outside the Al-Majlis Al-Hussaini Islamic Centre in Cricklewood, North-West London,...
A new Hacked Off report is published today to mark the fourth anniversary of the sham press regulator “IPSO”. It details a number of recent cases of press abuse, demonstrating that nothing has changed since IPSO was set up. The report includes quotes from recent victims of press abuse,...
In a Times article on the 12th of September, Tony Blair accused MEND, an independent and community funded initiative, and others seek to present the Government as a “hostile force” is a misrepresentation of our work to encourage civic and political participation of British Muslims and our...
The Cornwall Live reports on Steve Rowell, Cornwall Council’s preventing extremism/terrorism lead, warning that there has been a surge of support for far-right extremist groups recently. Mr Rowell warned Cornwall councillors that “We are seeing a rise in extreme right-wing activists...
Over the bank holiday weekend, 24th to the 27th of August, MEND attended the second iteration of the Byline festival and hosted a festive reception, multiple thought-provoking discussions, and networked with guests to raise awareness of the rising problem of Islamophobia in the field of...
On the 23rd of June MEND in Cardiff organised a stall at human appeal Grange Gardens Eid Bazaar, to recruit new volunteers and to raise awareness about MEND services that includes the Islamophobia Response Unit (IRU). IRU is a free and confidential advice service for those affected by Islamophobic...
On Sunday 19th of Aug, MEND Bristol working group organised a stall at Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS) annual summer fayre to recruit new volunteers and to raise awareness about MEND services.
