MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who...
Press Release – Islamophobia Action Group (IAG) In light of the recent far-right riots, 80 Muslim organisations and community leaders have come together to demand immediate and concrete action from the government to tackle the growing threat of Islamophobia. The alarming rise in hate and...
MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who seem to...
Media speculation and outright lies have surrounded a number of incidents in the last few weeks. These have led to attacks on mosques, commercial and residential property and people perceived to be Muslim. In recent days, a 17 year old of Rwandan heritage stabbed several children in Southport,...
MEND commends the new Labour government for earlier reinstating UK government funding to UNRWA. We also commend them on removing the Conservative Government initiated objection to the ICC’s application for arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals. We further welcome reports that the government...
Dear Mr Burnham, MEND is writing this letter to you with great urgency and concern regarding yesterday’s incident at Manchester Airport, in which a police officer for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) kicked and stomped on a young Asian man’s head at Manchester Airport. This was made all the...
This article was originally published in The National on 14 July 2024. Though Labour secured a victory in the general election, a number of constituencies have seen a significant decline in support for the party. With some major local Labour losses and independent gains, much attention has been...
On June 19 Reform UK President Nigel Farage declared at a speech in Blackpool that “Judeo-Christian values” are at the root of “everything” in Britain. The invocation of “Judeo-Christian values” is not a new move for Farage. Earlier in the year, he oddly claimed that the Gaza solidarity...
What was the connection of Muslims with The Kingdom of Mercia and the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 and more historical facts all in one place! Rights group Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) has released a new report showing the ways in which Islam and Muslims have had a deep and profound...
MEND is pleased to announce the release of its new report titled, We Belong Here Too: A History of Muslim Contributions to Britain. The report provides a broad sweep of some key moments in which Muslims played seminal roles in either directly shaping, or indirectly influencing, the history of our...
Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) is the distinct form of prejudice and persecution Palestinians face on account of their ethnic, racial, and religious identity, as well as their indigeneity to historic Palestine. While APR has long existed, it has become increasingly recognisable in the current...
