Let’s Stop Cyberbullying!
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Impact of Bullying
To find more information on Anti-Bullying Week and how to deal with bullying, or, asking for help, please visit the link in our bio for the Anti-Bullying toolkit booklet. For more info, please contact ELREC.EMAIL: admin@elrec.org.ukPHONE: 0131 556 0441 #antibullyingweek#saynotobullying#edinburgh#elrec
Mohamed Saleh: The Egyptian King In Britain
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed.Salah started his senior career with Egyptian club Al Mokawloon, departing shortly […]
Riz Ahmed: The Representation of Muslims
Riz Ahmed, also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Independent Film Awards.British […]
Islamophobia: It’s Different for Men and Women
Women and men do not experience Islamophobia in the same way. Women are more likely to experience anti-Muslim sentiment, particularly if they are wearing a headscarf, hijab or burka. In fact, 61% of Islamophobic incidents reported to Tell MAMA in 2015 were against women, and 75% of these victims were visibly Muslim. For Muslim men, […]
Remembrance Day: The Forgotten
Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War on 11 November, 1918. The day, also known as Poppy Day, is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, and other conflicts that followed it. However, today we are remembering those who […]
Islamophobia: The impact of Structural Inequalities
Unfortunately, Islamophobia overshadows many areas of British life. The structural challenges facing Muslims are well established. For example: o Employment: – A job seeker with an English-sounding name was offered three times the number of interviews than an applicant with a Muslim name. One in five Muslim adults in full-time work, compared with 35% of […]
Islamophobia: Crime, Policing, and the Criminal Justice System
Institutional racism and discriminatory practices ingrained within the criminal justice system require examination due to both their disruption to many Muslims and BAME communities’ lives and the long-term consequences on their future social engagement as equal members in society. Institutional racism is not a new concept within analyses of criminal justice systems across the UK, […]
Islamophobia: Youth and Education
Due to British Muslims’ young age demographic, attention must be paid to the disproportionate impact of educational policies on these communities. At the same time, it is important to explore how accommodating religio-cultural identities positively impact the development of children from minority backgrounds, with the provision of Islamically-compliant student loans and state funded faith schools […]
How Does Islamophobia Impact Scotland?
Islamophobia is an “everyday issue” for more than a third of Muslims in Scotland, a public inquiry has revealed.The nationwide survey found that 83.4% of Scottish Muslims had experience Islamophobia, with 78.8% saying the problem was getting worse.Two thirds stated they had been verbally abused, while six in ten had changed their behaviours as a […]