Title: Challenging Anti-Muslim Bigotry and Challenging All Forms of Bigotry, Within and Against Muslim Communities

November 3, 2014 Article

Over the last 3 years, I have been involved in formulating, implementing and managing the TELL MAMA project that has built up a substantial amount of information and expertise in the monitoring, mapping and measuring of anti-Muslim hatred or Islamophobia. Our work has supported over 2,000 people nationally since mid-2012 and has also filled a Read More

European Results Show a Collapse in Liberal Democrat Support

May 26, 2014 Article

It seems that two parties on polar ends of the political spectrum on Europe have been the losers and winners in the EU elections. UKIP romped home with major gains across the regions whilst the Liberal Democrat vote failed to shore up or even turn out in any force. The result was a Liberal Democrat Read More

TIMOTHY MARTIN BURTON FROM THE WEST MIDLANDS AGAIN

May 18, 2014 Article

Last Thursday, I highlighted the case of Timothy Martin Burton who targeted me for over 10 months because of my perceived faith. Here are full details of the targeting that took place, by Burton.However, here is some background that has come to light on Timothy Martin Burton aka @catstrangler1012013 article about HuT: “First of all, Read More

Timothy Martin Burton, aka ‘M-CAT’ @catstrangler101 and the Targeted Campaign

May 15, 2014 Article

The Tweets Over the last 10 months I have been subjected to a hate campaign that involved a West Midlands based Timothy Martin Burton, who through a variety of accounts, targeted me because of my faith and on the back of a series of articles highlighting the TELL MAMA Islamophobic monitoring project. Whilst Timothy Martin Read More

Speech by Fiyaz Mughal at the TELL MAMA (Measuring anti-Muslim Attacks) Dinner

May 8, 2014 Article

This is a full transcript of the speech to be given by Fiyaz Mughal OBE at the TELL MAMA annual fundraising dinner on countering anti-Muslim prejudice and hate: “Secretary of State, Minister of State, Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for attending our second annual fundraising dinner for the TELL MAMA project. The core principles Read More

Young People and the Pulls of Syria

April 25, 2014 Article

I facilitated a discussion today on the pulls of Syria on young people and the passion and energy in the room really was moving. The room was made up of a large number of young Muslims who clearly were passionate about doing something to help the refugees and the lives of innocent Syrians caught up Read More

The Power of the Human Spirit

April 22, 2014 Article

A little while ago I was confronted with an event that positively challenged some of the ignorance that I have around the plight of transgender individuals. For most of my life I have campaigned on issues of faith, race and sexuality and have written on such issues such as Muslims and LGBT communities working together. Read More

The Trojan Horse Affair & Subsequent Investigations

April 21, 2014 Article

Much has been written about the recent OFSTED investigations into the ‘Trojan Horse’ incidents in Birmingham schools and I am not going to repeat the whole chain of events that have been widely reported on. What I want to comment on was the fact that statements on this wholly bizarre and depressing set of events Read More

Jewish & Muslim Links Which Run Deep

January 9, 2013 Article

How many people realise that the turning point of social action against the British National Party in 2010 involved joint co-operation and a desire to defeat the Far Right by Muslim and Jewish business people in the United Kingdom. The individuals shall no doubt remain nameless and faceless, yet their courage and their willingness to Read More

A re-writing of history based on a narrow and prejudiced view of Muslims

December 13, 2012 Article

Well, well, well. One of the reasons behind the production of the educational booklet, the Role of Righteous Muslims was to counter the sheer chutzpah of a growing number of people who attempted to re-write history and suggest that the vast and overwhelming majority of ‘Arabs’ and ‘Muslims’ (note the vast sweeping statement), were behind Read More

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