New Co-Chair of TELL MAMA Hits the Ground Running
We are pleased to announce that our new co-chairman, Shahid Malik, will be carrying out a structural review of TELL MAMA to build on the existing foundations of our work. We believe that re-evaluating...
View ArticleCall for Advisory Group Members for TELL MAMA
As part of a restructure and re-organisation of the TELL MAMA project, we are looking to recruit active, experienced practitioners in hate crime work onto the TELL MAMA advisory board which will...
View ArticleYoung 19 Year Old Hijabi Muslim Student Suffers Anti-Muslim and Racist Assault
We have received a report today about an assault that took place against a visible Muslim female. The victim has agreed for her details to be listed in this article so that other Muslim women feel...
View Article5 Things You May Want to Know About TELL MAMA
1) Are you working with other organisations? We work in partnership with a range of mainstream and statutory organisations such as Victim Support, local police forces, advice agencies and with social...
View ArticleRecruiting for an Outreach Officer for the West Midlands Region
We are recruiting for a part-time Outreach officer within the national TELL MAMA project. This is a well recognised project and the role will involve reaching out and working with Muslim communities in...
View ArticleStatement from TELL MAMA on the Chapel Hill Shooting
Regarding the Chapel Hill Shooting in North Carolina, USA Thursday 12th February 2015 Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) project were shocked to learn of the tragic murders...
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What Does TELL MAMA Actually do?
We thought that we would list what TELL MAMA actually does for the public and to also highlight some of our successes and how our information in TELL MAMA is used. We have highlighted the activities...
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Online Islamophobia: A Brief Self-Help Toolkit of Key Information
This brief toolkit on on-line Islamophobia has been put together by TELL MAMA and Dr Imran Awan of Birmingham City University. The leaflet is a self help leaflet to help people to understand on-line...
View ArticleIslamophobia in the Limelight, Post Lutfur Rahman
Islamophobia: Given the newspaper headlines following Richard Mawrey’s findings against the ex-Mayor of Tower Hamlets and given that the topic of Islamophobia has been headlined, we felt the need to...
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TELL MAMA 2014/2015 Findings on Anti-Muslim Hate
Some of the key findings in the TELL MAMA 2014/2015 report include: – 548 verified incidents (of 729) reported to Tell MAMA (a number that broadly reflects the 2012/2013 report when 584 incidents were...
View ArticleTELL MAMA – Our Relevance & Our Efficacy – Examples
We usually hear the following comments from detractors and those looking to utilise anti-Muslim hate to build support for their own polarised narratives in Muslim communities. They say that third party...
View ArticleResponse from the Prime Minister’s Office on anti-Muslim Hate
This is a letter received from the Office of the Prime Minister in response to our briefing on anti-Muslim hate which we sent through. The letter is a timely reminder of what binds us all in the United...
View ArticleCall for National Advisory Group Members for Tell MAMA
We 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...
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Infographic on Racially Aggravated Harassment Offences Collected by BTP
This is an infographic that we have put together on racially aggravated harassment offences recorded by the British Transport Police (BTP) in 2014 and 2015. BTP have been pro-active in responding to...
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Unmasked for the Thugs That They Are – The #EDL Fascists
People have been discussing whether the English Defence League are really a threat to the security of the United Kingdom, whilst others have taken the position that they are not so bad as ”those...
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 ArticleSpeech in St Paul’s By Tell MAMA on National Hate Crime Awareness Week, #NHCAW
“Islamophobia – a term that encompasses a range of meanings, though in general it is a term which means a fear of Islam and Muslim communities. People can fear many things, but the targeting and abuse...
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Morpeth Town Councillor David Clarke Refuses to Resign After Anti-Islam Comments
Morpeth Town Councillor, David Clark, has refused to resign after making a number of Facebook comments that were reported into us by members of the public. Speaking to the Morpeth Herald yesterday, he...
View ArticleTeacher in Rotherham Under Police Investigation for Alleged Anti-Muslim Bigotry
A TEACHER at a school in Rotherham is under police investigation after it was reported that he called a 14-year-old boy a “terrorist” in a lesson three days after the Paris attacks. The parents of Aman...
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