This week is Hate Crime Awareness Week where voices of hate crime survivors are heard and actions are undertaken to tackle racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate crime. Over 200 Mosques and Imams across Britain will be denouncing hatred in their weekly Friday sermon as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week. The mosque sermons […]
Islamophobia MINAB is launching a campaign to raise awareness about Islamophobia (i.e. statements and actions based on a sentiment of hatred of Islam and Muslims). With the rise of far-right extremism, there has been a significant increase in hate crimes committed against minority communities, in particular Muslims. Last year saw a record number of anti-Muslim […]
On the 18th of September, worshippers were leaving a lecture as part of an Ashura gathering, commemorating the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) grandson Imam Hussain (AS), at the Al Hussaini Islamic Centre in Cricklewood when a car mounted the pavement outside the Centre in Oxgate Lane. The red Nissan indiscriminately drove into the worshipers […]
The inaugural Beacon Mosque Awards was an incredibly uplifting and encouraging event that celebrated the incredibly positive contribution and remarkable achievements of many Mosques across Britain. Indeed, as a community we have a lot to improve on but at the Awards event there were some truly inspiring winners and finalists who made us proud! […]
The MINAB wishes a happy, healthy, prosperous and fulfilling new year to all Muslims throughout the world. We ask Allah Almighty for goodness, kindness and well-being in the coming year 1440 Hijra. We pray that this new year brings renewed hope for our communities and gives Mosques’ leaders the courage and confidence to make mosques […]
The inaugural Beacon Mosque Awards are a celebration of the incredibly positive contribution and remarkable achievements of many Mosques across Britain. There are some truly inspiring nominees and finalists and the communities that are part of those over 200 nominations should all be proud of them. The Beacon Mosque Awards initiative is a fantastic opportunity to […]
MINAB welcomes the news of cancellation of the controversial Draw Muhammad cartoon competition in Netherlands by Dutch hatemonger Geert Wilders. The controversial cartoon competition was a stunt to gain publicity, on the one hand and an attempt to incite hatred and violence and to unite far right individuals into Wilders anti-Islam cause on the other hand. […]
MINAB’s response to the hate crime attacks in Birmingham Assalamu Alaikum, On Wednesday the 15th of August during evening prayers, two Mosques, Masjid Qamarul Islam and Al-Hijrah mosque in Small Heath Birmingham were attacked and had their windows smashed by catapults. These incidents are being treated as hate crime incidents by West Midlands Police. MINAB strongly […]
We would like to inform you about the Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme. The funding is available for places of worship including mosques that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to hate crime attacks, to provide protective security measures such as CCTV, fencing and lighting. Given that Islamophobic attacks are on the rise […]
The Mosques & Imams National Advisory Board calls on mosques to remember the genocide of Bosnian Muslims by holding a special prayer during Friday sermon on 13 July. Over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred in July 1995, and between 20,000-50,000 women were raped. Thousands of women, children and elderly people were forcibly […]