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Police trained on ‘Islamophobia’ by jihadist backers.
A Muslim group which has defended jihadists and led prayers for a “Palestinian victory” has trained police forces, universities and the NHS in “Islamophobia” since October 7, the JC can reveal.
The Islamist organisation Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend), which denounced the Home Office’s proposed blacklisting of terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir on its website, gave Islamophobia training to British Transport Police on 12 November.
On 10 February, the group delivered similar training to the South Wales Police. Two weeks later, Mend’s CEO Azhar Qayum gave a speech urging his audience to pray “for the defeat of the Israelis and the victory of the Palestinians”.
Last year, Sir William Shawcross’ review of the government’s counter-extremism programme found that Mend had “a well-established track record of working alongside extremists” and of “seeking to undermine the state’s considerable efforts to tackle all hate crime”.
Yet in addition to training the police, in the months since October 7, Mend has delivered courses to staff and students at universities including Hertfordshire, Bristol, Manchester Metropolitan and Huddersfield, as well as Cardiff Women’s Aid and the Lancashire branch of the Mental Health Charity Mind. On 12 December, Mend organised an online session attended by more than 80 NHS staff from Public Health Wales.
In his review of Prevent, Sir William warned that Mend had “used NHS hospitals to publicise their brand, distribute literature and promote their campaigns”, and “used these platforms to claim that the NHS is one of their partners”.
He pointed out that by law the NHS is part of Prevent and shares the “Prevent duty” to safeguard against extremism, which meant “it is incongruous for the NHS to partner with groups who campaign against Prevent”.
The disclosures raise serious questions about the extent to which Britain’s most important public institutions remain vulnerable to extremist influence.
Last night, Sir William told the JC that the government’s “lack of progress” on implementing the recommendations in his report left the public “in greater danger” (see p2).
Last week, Mend spearheaded attacks on Lord Austin for calling Hamas “Islamist murderers”, after which he was suspended as chair of the Midland Heart housing association. Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, said he was “deeply concerned” and demanded “an urgent meeting and explanation”….
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"palestine" Islamic Jihad will teach morality?
Police trained on ‘Islamophobia’ by jihadist backers.
A Muslim group which has defended jihadists and led prayers for a “Palestinian victory” has trained police forces, universities and the NHS in “Islamophobia” since October 7, the JC can reveal.
The Islamist organisation Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend), which denounced the Home Office’s proposed blacklisting of terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir on its website, gave Islamophobia training to British Transport Police on 12 November.
On 10 February, the group delivered similar training to the South Wales Police. Two weeks later, Mend’s CEO Azhar Qayum gave a speech urging his audience to pray “for the defeat of the Israelis and the victory of the Palestinians”.
Last year, Sir William Shawcross’ review of the government’s counter-extremism programme found that Mend had “a well-established track record of working alongside extremists” and of “seeking to undermine the state’s considerable efforts to tackle all hate crime”.
Yet in addition to training the police, in the months since October 7, Mend has delivered courses to staff and students at universities including Hertfordshire, Bristol, Manchester Metropolitan and Huddersfield, as well as Cardiff Women’s Aid and the Lancashire branch of the Mental Health Charity Mind. On 12 December, Mend organised an online session attended by more than 80 NHS staff from Public Health Wales.
In his review of Prevent, Sir William warned that Mend had “used NHS hospitals to publicise their brand, distribute literature and promote their campaigns”, and “used these platforms to claim that the NHS is one of their partners”.
He pointed out that by law the NHS is part of Prevent and shares the “Prevent duty” to safeguard against extremism, which meant “it is incongruous for the NHS to partner with groups who campaign against Prevent”.
The disclosures raise serious questions about the extent to which Britain’s most important public institutions remain vulnerable to extremist influence.
Last night, Sir William told the JC that the government’s “lack of progress” on implementing the recommendations in his report left the public “in greater danger” (see p2).
Last week, Mend spearheaded attacks on Lord Austin for calling Hamas “Islamist murderers”, after which he was suspended as chair of the Midland Heart housing association. Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, said he was “deeply concerned” and demanded “an urgent meeting and explanation”….
Police trained on ‘Islamophobia’ by jihadist backers
Controversial group Mend, which was criticised in Sir William Shawcross’ review of Prevent, also gave courses to universities and the NHS
