The Times Newspaper Apologises for Yet Another Story Scapegoating Muslims 11 April 2018 The Muslim Council of Britain today welcomed the ruling of press regulator IPSO who forced The Times to apologise for its inaccurate front-page story of 28 August 2017, headlined “Christ... Media Media Misreporting Apr 12, 2018
Sunday Times Uses Highly Inappropriate ‘Muslim Attacks’ Term On 5th April 2018, the Sunday Times corrected an article after alluding to two murders as ‘Muslim Attacks’. After, Assistant Secretary General of the MCB, Miqdaad Versi, raised this with the Sunday Ti... Media Media Misreporting Apr 5, 2018
Islamic Relief encourages British Muslims to speak out against the worldwide abuse of women and girls Islamic Relief UK has today (Wednesday 4 April 2018) launched a major faith-inspired advocacy campaign to tackle all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), both internationally and domestic... Community Stories Apr 4, 2018
BBC Uses Misleading Picture Connecting Muslims to Unrelated Story On 6 March 2018, in an article on child marriages, the BBC used a picture of Muslim girls learning how to read Arabic to illustrate child marriage – when the article relates to India and sub-Saharan A... Media Media Misreporting Apr 4, 2018
BBC Uses Appalling Term on Muslims On March 7, in an article related to the sentencing of the heads of the far right group, Britain First, the BBC wrote about how their crimes took place during a trial, calling it a ‘Muslim gang-rape t... Media Media Misreporting Apr 4, 2018
Sunday Times Bigotry – Like Muslims are Different? On 25 March 2018, the Sunday Times amended Rod Liddle’s latest bigotry about Muslims where he claimed that “even” the Muslims were upset about anti-semitism. After this was challenged by Miqdaad Versi... Media Media Misreporting Apr 3, 2018
Leave.EU Pretends to Fight Anti-Semitism by Deploying Islamophobia Yesterday the Leave.EU campaign chose to publish a shocking tweet scapegoating Muslims. Supposedly put out to fight against anti-semitism, the tweet instead deployed Islamophobic tropes to garner supp... Islamophobia Press Releases Mar 30, 2018
MCB 20th AGM – Call for Candidates Every two years the MCB appoints its office-bearers: a Secretary General (SG), a Deputy Secretary General (DSG), a Treasurer, three Assistant Secretary Generals (ASGs) and a Deputy Treasurer. The SG a... MCB Updates Mar 29, 2018
Aziz Foundation Scholarships at Goldsmiths University of London Aziz Foundation Scholarships at Goldsmiths, University of London Developing Community Services Professionals from British Muslim Communities The Foundation is offering two Masters scholarships for the... Community Stories Mar 27, 2018
Clarification on Guardian’s ‘Alternative to Prevent’ Article A report in The Guardian (22/03/18) incorrectly stated that the Muslim Council of Britain is backing an anti-radicalisation programme called ‘Safe and Secure’. We are not backing or endorsing any spec... General News Mar 23, 2018
Counter Terrorism National Listening Exercise – London Event The MCB is launching a National Listening Exercise on issues around counter-terrorism, seeking the views of the different Muslim communities across the UK. We will be running listening events and focu... General News Muslims Security Terrorism Mar 22, 2018
Call For Scholarship Applications For Masters In Public Policy Aziz Foundation Scholarships: Developing Public Policy Practitioners from British Muslim Communities The Foundation is offering a scholarship for the 2018-19 academic year for an exceptional student a... General News Mar 20, 2018