07 July 2014

Muslims gather to inaugurate new body to tackle Islamophobia

Around 1000 religious leaders, politicians, academics, journalists, social and political activists, and Muslims from around the country attended events in London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester to welcome the launch of a new British Muslim organisation, MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) set up to tackle Islamophobia is all its varied forms.

Building on the significant shifts in policy and practice achieved by its predecessor iENGAGE over the last few years, from police recording of Islamophobia as a category of hate crime to community training workshops, MEND’s CEO, Sufyan Ismail, explained the purpose and vision behind the new brand: [Islamophobia Watch] Read more