Redbridge working group hosted a Women’s Open Forum on Islamophobia at Albert Road Mosque. The event drew in a crowd of frustrated locals ready to have their complaints heard. Local MP Wes Streeting and Superintendent Mark Long were all ears, encouraging everyone in attendance to participate in...
The Waltham Forest working group ended Islamophobia Awareness Month with a games night. The working group had local members from the borough including members from Stand Up To Racism, Waltham Forest Momentum, the Liberal Democrats and a local women’s badminton team, Silver Smashers. The event...
On the 21st of November a dialogue was opened about workplace discrimination at a ground-breaking event at KPMG. Founder of MEND Sufyan Ismail spoke alongside the Head of People for KPMG Anna Purchas and KPMG ISOC partner Siddiq Musa. Sufyan highlighted some of the challenges Muslims face in...
MEND @ RamadanTent Blog by Mohammed Abu-Asi MEND volunteer for Central London Working Group Last Saturday 19th May 2018, 3rd Ramadan 1439 AH, at the Ramadan Tent in Malet Street, Aman Ali- Head of Community Development & Engagement talked about MEND’s work on tackling Islamophobia across the...
On Monday, 21 May 2018, Channel 4 aired a poignant documentary titled ‘Manchester: A Year of Hate Crime’ that investigated the impact of the Manchester Arena bombing on community cohesion and the rates of hate crime, hate speech and Islamophobia in Greater Manchester. Filmed over a...
Sports has always been renowned for bringing people together regardless of colour, race, religion or any other label; however, it too exhibits racism, discrimination, and prejudice. Therefore, when steps are taken to address these incidences, discriminatory policies are overturned or when new...
Assalamu Aalykum and Ramadan Mubarak I hope you are doing well in this blessed month! This short blog will outline a recent event delivered by the Central London Working Group. On the 12th of May the Central London Working Group helped organise and deliver a politics masterclass at Goodge Street...
British Muslims are getting involved in all areas of public life. They are doctors, nurses, teachers, taxi drivers and any other profession you can think of. While Muslims have been historically underrepresented within British politics, it is clear that there is no limit to the enthusiasm for...
MEND Cardiff organised stalls and delivered a Islamophobia resilience workshop as part of well-being week at Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) for learners and staff on Friday 18th of May 2018. The learners learnt about what to do if they have been subject to hate crime or witness one. They also...
In the latest series of backlashes against the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, PREVENT, academics from SOAS, UCU and UNISON have signed a statement urging the SOAS Board of Trustees to vote down the implementation of PREVENT-minded strategies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)....
