Tag: Zara Mohammed
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UK mosques allotted record security funding from hate crime scheme
Almost £3m issued to mosques and associated sites under places of worship security scheme in year to April 2023 A record amount of security funding has been issued to mosques in the UK via a government scheme to protect places of worship from hate crime. According to figures obtained by the Guardian via freedom of […]
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British Muslims deserve safety and belonging
“War in Gaza has made us fear we’ll lose both. The conflict has been manipulated to stoke hatred against us – this shouldn’t be a religious issue, but a human rights one.” Opinion by Zara Mohammed The reverberations of the Israel-Gaza conflict have been felt acutely by British Muslims in the year since the attacks […]
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‘Quite shocking’ lack of government contact during UK riots, says MCB head
Zara Mohammed calls for review of Downing Street’s non-engagement policy with Muslim Council of Britain The head of the Muslim Council of Britain has called for an explanation and a review of the government’s policy of non-engagement with the body after her appeals for contact during the summer riots were ignored. Zara Mohammed, who was […]
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Visit My Mosque 2024 Launch: “Sharing Stories”
This year, the MCB proudly launches “Visit My Mosque 2024,” a nationwide campaign where mosques open their doors to invite local communities in for tea, talks, and tours. The theme for the campaign “Sharing Stories” comes in the aftermath of national unrest and extreme far-right violence targeting mosques and refugee communities. This year, Visit My […]
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Lord Pearson accused of Islamophobia in House of Lords speech
Leading Muslim groups are lodging official complaints to the House of Lords about Lord Pearson of Rannoch’s speech A peer has been accused of Islamophobia after giving a “disgusting and outrageous” speech in the House of Lords. Lord Pearson of Rannoch claimed “radicals” plan to “take us over through the power of the womb and […]
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Muslim group calls for Tory inquiry into party’s ‘structural Islamophobia’
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) writes to Conservative chair over comments made by Liz Truss, Lee Anderson and Suella Braverman Britain’s largest Muslim group has written to the Conservative party to call for an investigation into “structural Islamophobia” within the party’s ranks. In a letter addressed to the Conservative chair, Richard Holden, the Muslim Council […]
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Banks accused of closing accounts belonging to British Muslims
Muslim Council of Britain calls for an impartial review examining why British Muslims are ‘disproportionately affected’ British Muslims have been “disproportionately” denied banking services and had their bank accounts closed “without adequate transparency and recourse”, campaigners have said. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which serves as the largest representative body for UK Muslims, sent […]
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes make almost half of religiously aggravated offences, says Home Office
Muslim organizations are working towards tackling Islamophobia and victims of the offences. Muslims have been the target of almost half of recorded religious hate crimes, according to a Census 2021 report from Home Office. Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Secretary-General Zara Mohammed condemned the “pervasive form of bigotry” and the threat it poses, especially to young Muslims. […]