“I wish I was still in the army, so that I could kill the f****** lot of them”
We received a report today from a Muslim female which outlined the shocking and openly bigoted statements that are being made to some Muslims in our country today. A Muslim female reported in that she...
View ArticleIntersectionality That Deserves Our Understanding
Today we were contacted by a young woman who recently converted to Islam and who has been through a number of issues, not of her own doing, though where she is struggling to be accepted. A few months...
View ArticlePrevent: Our Responsibility to the Public
We have been asked by members of Muslim communities about Prevent and whether people can report in cases where they think that there has been anti-Muslim prejudice in Prevent related work. We have...
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Bournemouth Incident Shows Aggression Towards Hijabis
All of the data that we have accumulated to date shows that at a street level, visible Muslim women are the ones that are predominantly targeted for anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes. We received...
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British National Party Facebook Page Draws in Threats Against Mosques
The fascist group, the British National Party, posted the ‘No more mosques’ poster with a view to play to the fears of some individuals in our communities. As is expected from such Facebook pages, they...
View ArticleMuslim Family Abused & Husband Made to Clean the Toilet in Seaside Resort
Having worked with about 4,000 individuals in the last 3 years, there are times when a case is shocking and we were contacted by a Muslim family who were humiliated after spending a few hours at the...
View ArticleCar Tyres Slashed in Essex. Owner who is Visibly Muslim Believes Anti-Muslim...
Essex based Muslim, (who is visibly Muslim), reported in what he believes is an anti-Muslim targeted hate crime. The individual had parked his vehicle at a seaside town and there were several cars that...
View ArticleTackling anti-Muslim Hate in Educational Establishments & Schools is Key
This is an example of why work is needed with young people and we have raised this issue a number of times previously. The key is to ensure that young people understand that anti-Muslim hatred is just...
View ArticleTwitter’s Abysmal Record Demonstrated Here
Earlier today we highlighted the sad death of Mushin Ahmed, a senior citizen, who passed away from his injuries after going to the mosque for Fajr prayers. Clearly a devout man, who would have thought...
View ArticleMosque Attacked in Woodford Green, Redbridge
We have received a report from a member of the public that a brick was thrown through the front door of a proposed mosque in Woodford Green in the London Borough of Redbridge. A new mosque and...
View ArticleFor the Second Time in a Few Months, Muslim Graveyard in Odense, Denmark,...
For the second time in a few months, a Muslim graveyard in Odense, Denmark, has been attacked. The Muslim cemetery in Odense had 50 gravestones that were vandalised and the gravestones had, it seemed,...
View ArticleBeautiful Response from Young Niqabi Shows the Reality of Anti-Muslim Hate
This report was received into Tell MAMA yesterday afternoon. The names and location regarding the incident have been changed. “My name is Shaida Rizvi and I am 16 years old and currently have entered...
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Abuse Directed at the British Muslim Youth Shows Targeting of Organisations
This is the abuse that has been directed at the British Muslim Youth – a Rotherham based, national organisation which works on empowering young British Muslims. The founder of the organisation, Muhbeen...
View ArticleSpectator is Simply Wrong on This. Anti-Muslim Hate (vs) Anti-Semitism is Not...
Do media outlets and leftists care more about Islamophobia than antisemitism? Brendan O’Neill made the case in a recent Spectator column; yet the article is a rather lazy and divisive argument. There...
View ArticleThis is Why We Tackle Anti-Muslim Hate. To Help the Voiceless.
This response was received today from a Muslim woman and mother and who was harassed and racially and religiously abused for over 4 years in the Midlands. The abuse and the anti-Muslim hate placed...
View ArticleSickening Reality of anti-Muslim Hate – Child Abuse
Another day, another anti-Muslim incident that simply shocks. After many years of listening to victims, logging their cases, advocating for them and empathising with them, the cases that are the most...
View ArticleRefugee Crisis Used in Anti-Muslim Rhetoric as Mosque Worshippers Abused
Over the last two months, the refugee crisis taking place with waves of refugees from Syria, has also shaped the anti-Muslim rhetoric that is being reported in. Just as Charlie Hebdo, the Rotherham...
View ArticleNational Conference on Anti-Muslim Prejudice on October 15th 2015
The Tell MAMA project will hold a free event on October 15 to discuss how communities and police forces can respond to anti-Muslim hate crimes. This discussion coincides with National Hate Crime Week,...
View ArticleEquality Means Equality for All. Organisations are Either In or Out of this...
Nick Cohen highlights some of the issues that colleagues within Tell MAMA have been grappling with for some time. Apart from being the target of far right campaigns, Tell MAMA has also become the...
View ArticleWe Welcome the Prime Minister’s Drive to Ensure All Forces Categorise...
It was in fact the Home Secretary who initiated this proposal just prior to the last general election and clearly, the momentum is growing within this administration. Tell MAMA warmly welcomes the lead...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Bigotry – Caught on Camera
If you thought that individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities did not get involved in bigotry – think again! This video has come to light of a woman from a BME community group who...
View ArticleWe Understand the Fears in Muslim Communities, But Our Country is Still One...
It would be foolhardy to state that recent events of anti-Muslim abuse on buses in London have not had an impact on Muslim communities in the capital and beyond. They have and given the way that the...
View ArticleMohammed Saleem – Three Years Have Passed Since His Killing
On the 29th of April 2013, a grandfather and family man Mohammed Saleem, was returning back home after prayers at the local mosque. On his way home, he was targeted by the Ukrainian neo-Nazi...
View ArticleSome Muslim Women Are Taking Off Their Hijabs
Over the last two years, we have seen a new and depressing phenomenon; that of some Muslim women taking off their Hijabs and wearing hats or taking them off altogether. In a society that values the...
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Anti-Muslim Hatred on Student Campuses
Higher education campuses are places of learning, social engagement and interaction. They are environments within which dissent, free thinking and dialogue are supposed to enhance the learning and life...
View Article65 Year Old Taxi Driver in Rotherham Racially Abused & Told to ‘Go Home’
Elderly Muslim Taxi Driver Has Abuse Hurled At Him Whilst Servicing Customers A 65 year-old taxi driver was abused in Rotherham, a town that has suffered an intense media focus after a grooming scandal...
View Article#MakeaMovieIslamic Hashtag Shows Hows Race and Religious Bigotry is...
Yesterday evening, (27th August 2016), was a perfect example of how race and religious bigotry is normalised for some who chose Twitter to promote their prejudiced views through. There are some who...
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Want to see what Twitter Does Not Remove After Being Informed to?
This is now the third day that Twitter has not acted on this account which is a clear example of the problems that beset the social media platform. Members of the public have raised objections to this...
View ArticleStatement from Tell MAMA on the Conservative Party Conference
Today is a key day for the Conservatives with the Prime Minister making a key-note speech which will affect each and every one of us in our country in the future. The Prime Minister is someone who has...
View ArticleFive dead in Quebec City mosque shooting – mosque president
Five people were killed after gunmen opened fire in a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers, the mosque’s president told reporters on Sunday. Earlier, a witness told Reuters that up to three gunmen...
View ArticleTrump Has Brought Jews & Muslims Together in the US. In the UK We Must be Bold
For years, we have been stating that antisemitism, wherever it is found, must be challenged. It extends beyond Muslim communities, though sadly, we also saw it rear its head prominently during the Gaza...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Hate Did Not Reach High Peaks After the Westminster Terrorist...
Something notable took place on the streets of London after the attack on Westminster Bridge which was carried out by Khalid Masood. The usual picture has been that after a major terrorist attack,...
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Comments by Members of Public on Bacon on Car Handle Should Raise a Smile
Yesterday we highlighted the following case which we reported on where a member of the public who happened to be Muslim, came to find that someone had put a piece of bacon on his car handle. The...
View ArticleGood Samaritans Turn Out to be Abusers of Visible Muslim With Glass Bottle
We have received a case where a group of young people flagged down a vehicle that was being driven by a Muslim who was wearing a Muslim prayer cap. The young men were walking along a street and shouted...
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Anti-Muslim Hate Letter Shakes Family in South London
This letter was put through the letterbox of a family and who are now concerned for the elderly relatives in their home, given the threats made on the document. Tell MAMA spoke to one of the family...
View ArticleThreatening Letter With Anti-Muslim Abuse & a Hanging Person Sent to Post Office
This note, with dabs of red ink, was left at a local post office in an attempt to intimidate the owners of it. The material is also with the police and the event has clearly shaken up the owners of the...
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Locals condemn racist, anti-Muslim graffiti in Birmingham
Update II: Birmingham City Council has removed the graffiti. (Original story below). Locals in the Small Heath area of Birmingham have covered up and condemned racist and anti-Muslim graffiti, after...
View ArticleJayda Fransen Shares Platform & Friendship with Firebrand Antisemitic Former...
We reported on the recent far-right demonstration in Warsaw, which was organised by the National Radical Camp which has its roots in Nazi ideology and which openly promotes antisemitism, anti-migrant...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Graffiti in Birmingham Threatens Harm to Muslims
We have received information about the following graffiti that was emblazoned on Hob Moor Road in Birmingham. The person in the picture is Naveed and the group, ‘the Bearded Broz’ (Brothers), set about...
View ArticleBritish Muslims Trying to Help Clear a Road Vehicle Accident are Abused in...
A group of Muslim men, who attended the scene of a car accident, were racially abused when directing vehicles away from the wreckage. The incident occurred on May 20, at around 8 pm, in Tinsley,...
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We called for an inquiry by the Conservatives into Anti-Muslim Prejudice in...
At Tell MAMA we have always stood against anti-Muslim hatred, Islamophobia, and racism in all its forms. A recent article suggested that our role is “to expose anti-Muslim bigotry in the Tory Party”...
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Tell MAMA Submission – A Working Definition of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim...
Click to View Tell MAMA is delighted to contribute to the APPG on British Muslims inquiry into a working definition on Islamophobia/anti-Muslim hatred. We hope that our submission can help further the...
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Understanding Hate Incident Patterns After the Westminster Terrorist Attack...
Click to View Early intervention and involvement of the Muslim/other community and police plus civil society groups could reduce hate crimes following a terrorist incident, says Britain’s leading...
View ArticleFar Right Symbols Possibly Linked to Attacks in New Zealand Painted on Wall...
Far-right symbols “possibly linked to the attacks in New Zealand” were spray-painted on a wall near a school, police said. Thames Valley Police is investigating after the graffiti appeared in Cheney...
View ArticleMan Charged with Attacks on Birmingham Mosques
A man has been charged with religiously aggravated criminal damage after five mosques had their windows smashed in Birmingham. The investigation, which involved counter-terrorism officers, began in...
View Article12 on trial in Germany over ‘plot to attack Muslims and overthrow government’
Twelve Germans have gone on trial accused of being part of or supporting a far-right group that plotted to carry out deadly attacks on Muslims with the aim of stoking civil unrest and overthrowing the...
View ArticleFour-fifths of Muslims in Scotland ‘directly experienced Islamophobia’
Four-fifths of Muslims in Scotland have directly experienced Islamophobia, according to a new report. The Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Tackling Islamophobia organised the first...
View ArticleMore Politicians Need to Speak Up & Counter Anti-Muslim Hate
We have just launched the most detailed study of anti-Muslim hatred in the country. It covers a decade of work supporting Muslims who have been targeted by anti-Muslim hate and with over 16,000 cases...
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‘I was terrified’: Islamophobic incidents up by 600% in UK since Hamas attack
ITV News Correspondent Rebecca Barry spoke to three people who are fearful for the future amid a rise in Islamophobic incidents in the UK Figures shared with ITV News show a sevenfold increase in...
View ArticleGreatest Rise in Reported Anti-Muslim Hate Cases to Tell MAMA since Oct 7th
Greatest Rise in Reported Anti-Muslim Hate Cases to Tell MAMA since Oct 7th (Tell MAMA has recorded a 335% increase in anti-Muslim hate cases, comparing the last 4 months to those in...
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