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- 2. AGENDA In a<endance Opening Luton Mosques Kicking discrimina6on out Luton Town Football Club Islamophobia defined Sunni Council of Mosques Case studies ITN interview Hate crime and local policing Bedfordshire Police Survey results Luton Council of Mosques Confron6ng the excuse culture Lantern Women's group The wider context & na6onal effort MEND Local ac6on and areas of work Bedfordshire Islamophobia steering group Consulta6on and workshop – making Islamophobia unacceptable All Closing words and lunch
- 17. Q1. 17 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities How would you rate the current severity of Islamophobia (fear/hatred towards those from an islamic background)? No opinion Low Medium High Extremely high 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 5% 20% 1% 40% 33% 93%
- 18. Q2. 18 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities What impact has the following had on increasing Islamophobia? Media Government Far right groups Global events policies (EDL, Britain First, BNP, Pegida) 31 47 31 43 51 47 48 45 16 31 21 30 10 47 28 37 34 75 38 69 244 135 217 157
- 22. Q7. 22 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities If you didn’t report your experience, what was the reason? A lack of trust in the Police/authori6es I’ve been told that the abuse is jus6fied because of global events & na6onal security risk I'm just used to it happening these days Felt nothing would happen A bit of discrimina6on is expected. Shouldn't be. Chose to ignore It’s too lengthy a process Not sure if its worth repor6ng I’m unsure what to do What can the police even do? If there’s no evidence, no charges are made. Therefore, its a waste of 6me. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 19 28 144 157 [71% said they knew they could report to the police]
- 28. 28 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities REALITY • 86% of Bri6sh Muslims feel a strong sense of belonging in Britain, compared to the na6onal average of 83% • 91% of Bri6sh Muslims feel a strong sense of belonging in their local area, compared to the na6onal average of 76%. • Muslim popula6on is rela6vely evenly spread through England and Wales (Index of Similarity of 54%) • 10% more likely than non-Muslims to want to live in ‘mixed’ neighbourhoods • Bri6sh Muslims tend to be among the more ac6ve and engaged members of Bri6sh social and poli6cal life.
- 29. 3. Those who do integrate are REALLY dangerous 29 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities
- 32. 32 ChallengingIslamophobia,Strengtheningcommunities REALITY • More than 120 scholars pen an open le<er to Islamic state • Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) place a full page advert in the naXonal press • Birmingham Central Mosque publish ‘Terrorism Is Not Islam’ • Leading Muslim cleric, Tahir ul Qadri publishes a 512-page Islamic decree which demonstrates from the Quran and Sunnah that terrorism and suicide bombings are unjust and evil, and thus un-Islamic.
- 34. Understanding MEND MEND is dedicated to tackling Islamophobia by advocacy in the Media and Westminster as well as improving political and media literacy amongst grass roots British Muslims.
- 38. Minority Rights • Halal meat • Religious dress • Faith schools • Islamic finance • Human Rights Act, 1998 • The ”British Bill of Rights”? Pledge: Commit to preserving the Human Rights Act and the protection of minority rights.
- 39. Ofsted “Ofsted has provided no evidentiary basis for the claim t h a t t h e h i j a b s e r v e s t o ‘ s e x u a l i s e ’ y o u n g g i r l s . Furthermore, the Equality Act 2010 makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of religion or belief. Therefore, questioning children who cover their hair solely on the basis that they are Muslim would most likely be in breach of this legislation. The right to wear religious clothing is also protected by Article 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which guarantees freedom of thought, belief and religion.”
- 40. Pledges: Commit to developing teaching materials to educate young people on Islamophobia, racism, and antisemitism, and prioritise religious education in the national curriculum to prepare young people for life in a religiously plural society. Commit to strengthening the powers of teachers to deal with racist and Islamophobic bullying in schools, whilst supporting the education sector in developing Islamophobia awareness training programs designed to equip staff with the skills to identify and tackle hate incidents in schools. Muslim Youth and Education
- 42. Employment and Labour Market Participation Pledge: Commit to tackling religious discrimina6on in the workplace and address the low level of economic ac6vity among Muslims through targeted interven6ons at stages of recruitment, reten6on and promo6on, and improving access to employment for Bri6sh Muslim women in par6cular.
- 43. Media negativity and community integration Pledge: Commit to media reform and the full implementation of the Royal Charter on a Leveson compliant regulator.
- 44. The lack of diverse voices and stories displayed in broadcas6ng has led those from minority backgrounds to “switch off and retreat to fringe narra1ves, to bubbles online and some1mes even off to Syria… If we fail to represent, we are in danger of losing people to extremism… Bond, right? Have you seen some of those In the mind of the Isis recruit, he’s the next James Isis propaganda videos? They are cut like ac1on movies. Where is the counter-narra1ve? Where are we telling these kids they can be heroes in our stories, that they are valued?” - Riz Ahmed, Channel 4’s annual diversity lecture at the House of Commons, March 2017
- 46. Crime and Policing Pledges: Commit to improving BME recruitment to the police service including with affirmative action measures Commit to tackling the high number of Muslim prisoners through schemes to facilitate rehabilitation, cut re- offending and develop pathways for social inclusion.
- 47. Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties Pledges: Commit to fostering social cohesion and community resilience to all forms of extremism, and support de- radicalisa6on programmes that work with Muslim communi6es not against them. Commit to more third party repor6ng centres to give greater transparency to Channel referrals.