The UK is bracing itself for one of the most controversial visits by a head of state in recent times. Mr Trump, the 12th US President to make the trip, arrived yesterday, Thursday 12th, for a two day-visit to England, before setting off for a weekend of golfing in Scotland. Friday’s agenda...
After many months of hard work by the local volunteers, MEND Nottingham had its launch event in Nottingham on Friday 30th June, at the Lenton Business centre. The boardroom at the business centre was full with local people keen to learn about Mend’s work tackling Islamophobia. Police...
In the heart of England and at the epicentre of Muslim Britain Mend held an event in Birmingham, titled Challenging Islamophobia in Schools. The half day presentation was attended by School teachers and parents from as far afield as Manchester and Leeds. The head of Mend’s schools team Shahab...
Mend’s Islamophobia Response Unit (IRU) held a listening exercise in Walsall, in The West Midlands. The event was a first of this type of activity for the IRU. At a local Council owned centre Muslim women gathered to speak with Huma Malik of the IRU and Councillor Sabina Ditta. There...
TV programmes and films play a special role in our lives, helping us escape the busy mundane reality of Mondays and Tuesdays for a more exciting space of possibilities. They make us feel happy, inquisitive, angry, sad, amazed, fearful, inspired, surprised, annoyed, and a host of other emotions –...
Andrew John Emery, 45, was found guilty by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court of inciting religious hatred against Muslims, having posted several chilling Islamophobic messages on Facebook. The defendant sought to advocate violence against, and murder of, members of the British Muslim community, claiming...
Providing another example of the immense talent of Muslim women in our society, Rakaya Esime Fetuga, a Black Muslim woman, has won the 2018 Roundhouse Poetry Slam competition which aims to give a stage to the “next big names in spoken word and the freshest voices around”. The final, held on the...
The UKIP Peer, Lord Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch, has once again ignited controversy as he calls for the Government to dismiss the term “Islamophobia” claiming that it is perfectly “reasonable” to be afraid of Islam. Speaking in the Lords Chamber, 27 June 2018, Lord Pearson stated that:...
Assalamu Alaykum, Ramadan 2018 proved to be an eventful month for the Central London Working Group. This was particularly so with the different events which the Working Group did in collaboration with Ramadan Tent Project’s Open Iftar initiative. Its first event, during this month, was Aman...
The National reports on how Anas Sarwar, Labour MSP, has called for the Government to work quickly towards adopting a legal definition for “Islamophobia”. Mr Sarwar made national headlines early this year, 2018, when he spoke out about the racist and Islamophobic abuse he faced by other Labour...
