The Ask 

• Multiple campaigns and high-level interventions - the General Election 2019 ‘Muslims Vote’ campaign, submissions of dossiers detailing Islamophobia in political parties to the Equalities & Human Rights Commission (see below), or our ongoing rapid COVID-19 response campaign 


• We keep Muslim-led organisations and communities informed and prepared in the face of crisis, whilst offering representation and advocacy at the highest levels. 


• Several additional work streams that aim to address issues affecting Muslim communities, including: Women In Mosques Development Programme, Proudly Muslim & Black and our National Listening Exercise exploring impact of Counter Terror legislation. 


• Your donation will help expand our capacities to protect, represent and advocate on behalf of 500+ Muslim organisations, Muslim communities of which they are a part, and strengthen our collective voice

MCB Acts to Protect Muslim Communities: COVID-19 Crisis  

6th March - First safeguarding guidelines issued across our networks 

13th March- Safeguarding guidelines translated in several languages and disseminated across the UK

14th March - Premiere COVID19 Community Briefing Call  

14th March - Community Briefing published online - all community briefings since have been published on our YouTube channel, see here, here, here & here

16th March - MCB becomes first faith institution to call for suspension of congregational activities, including prayer in UK mosques & Islamic centres, Mayor Of London acknowledges leadership role  

18th March - Mutual aid volunteer response portal launched 

20th March - Increasing majority of Mosques paying heed to MCB call

23rd March - Most mosques have declared suspension of congregational activities ahead of Government lockdown

21st March - Prospect of cremation of Muslim & Jewish COVID-19 deceased arises; MCB begins engagement of parliamentarians over burial measures in COVID emergency legislation, see here & here

23rd March - Burial legislation reviewed by government, Muslim & Jewish burial customs protected by law, see here & here

25th March - COVID Lockdown Toolkit launched, Mayor Of London acknowledges impact 

8th April - Sir Keir Starmer, newly elected leader of Labour Party, engages MCB  

9th April - Government minister signposts MCB’s COVID-19 response work

20th April - Ramadan At Home campaign launched, associated guidance pack on observing Ramadan at Home published 

Secretary General MCB, Harun Rashid Khan, launches 'Ramadan At Home' live on Sophie Ridge [Sky News] 

MCB Acts to Defend Muslim Communities: Challenging Islamophobia  

Documenting Islamophobia in the Conservative Party

The Muslim Council of Britain first reported the Conservative Party to the EHRC in May 2019. It provided evidence of Islamophobia and anti-Islam remarks from 150 Party members. The EHRC has thus far failed to respond to the Muslim Council of Britain and has given no indication as to whether it intends to investigate.

Re-Submission 

The MCB renewed its call to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to investigate the Conservative Party over allegations of Islamophobia on the 5th of March 2020. The call was accompanied by an updated dossier of Islamophobic incidents involving over 300 individuals, including councillors and party members, new MPs and even Number 10 special advisers.

Read the MCB’s full submission to the EHRC

Primetime coverage of our Islamophobia Dossier [Channel 4 News]

Watch Channel 4 News coverage

Spokesperson MCB, Miqdaad Versi, appears on BBC News presenting case for re-submission of Islamophobia dossier to EHRC

Since becoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has made a number of strong statements against Islamophobia and against the tolerance of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. He has claimed the Party has a “zero tolerance approach… we have one bounce and we deal with it approach to this.” The Party has also separately confirmed anti-Islam comments “have no place in society”. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case, with scores of incidents showing a pattern of behaviour ignoring complaints of Islamophobia and allowing those found to have engaged in Islamophobia to retain their membership, and often, their elected positions. We will, therefore, continue to engage this in a robust manner.