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 community centre was recently approved by the local authority and local newspaper reports have suggested that a proposal
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Continue ReadingWe are currently in the process of reconstituting our National Advisory Group on Tell MAMA which will consist of experienced hate crime campaigners, programme organisers, key activists and individuals who represent a range of bodies with links to hate crime work. As our work goes from strength to strength, we understand that Muslim women experience
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Continue ReadingThe North West Infidels, an extremist group that has taken aggressive positions towards Muslims and Islam, marched in Manchester yesterday, trying to show the public that they are a greater force than they are. In reality, this small group of mainly football hooligans, many of whom are ageing adrenaline junkies trying to reclaim the days
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Continue ReadingEarlier 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 his family would now be mourning his death. We received the following tweet, shown above, from an account that stated,
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Continue ReadingCustomers were shocked to find the following A4 poster (below) hanging in a Wetherspoon’s pub – the Moon on the Square – in Feltham in Middlesex. Using the WW1 iconic picture of Lord Kitchener pointing to the viewer saying, “Your Country Needs You“, the poster in the pub had a headline saying, “Muslims – Are
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Continue ReadingDanish police arrested a man for incitement in response to a recent Islamic Centre arson in Copenhagen. Facebook breifly shutdown ‘No to mosques – sincerely’ (Nej til moskéer – oprigtigt) as police investigated a slew of hateful messages. “I’m happy to donate a can of gasoline,” wrote one individual. Another posted “Good. Respect. Burn down that camel shit,” comments that brought about incitement charges. In a local radio interview, the individual expressed a desire to ‘shoot all the Muslims’ with an assault rifle. Police charged the man under article 136, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. The page recycles the myth of Islamisation in Denmark. It maintains that Islam is a political ideology, not religion. One post rallied their right of free speech until ‘the last mosque is torn down’ and the last Muslim ‘returned’. Upon returning to Facebook, the admins posted “We welcome you back after a minor bump on the road towards a Fatherland free of mosques and Islam”. Memes compare mosques to the human cost of tsunamis. One post promotes the far-right Danskernes Partie (The Danes’ Party), founded in 2011 by Daniel Carlsen. Carlsen used to be a member of the neo-Nazi Danish National Socialists (DNSB). At [...]
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Continue ReadingFor the last 3 years, TELL MAMA has built up evidence on the language of anti-Muslim hatred. Key terms and words that are used and targeted towards Muslims have been collated through our work and we have worked with partner agencies to explain the meanings of the terms, their links to Muslim communities and the
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Continue ReadingThis 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 the same as other forms of prejudice, hate and intolerance and needs to be tackled. This is the
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Continue ReadingEssex 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 were also parked next to his. He came back to find that his vehicle had had its tyres slashed and there
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Continue ReadingWe have been informed by a female Muslim victim of an assault that took place against her on Saturday after the Arsenal and Chelsea game in Wembley. At around 6 pm, a mother was sitting at a bus-stop in Wembley Central. She was wearing the Hijab and some Chelsea fans walked by her and then
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