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Wednesday 02 Dec 2015 - 13:26 Makkah mean time-20-2-1437
Image from South Leeds Life news.
Beeston, England (IINA) – The Hamara Healthy Living Centre and the Muslim Community Safety Forum (MCSF) jointly organized an event recently in Beeston town in England as part of the national Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM).
It was prepared to look at issues of the recent unprecedented rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes, and ways in which to develop a more joined-up approach, South Leeds Life online news reported.
The event brought together key people, including policy makers, officials of statutory agencies, local authority officers, police, youth and education providers. Keynote speakers included: Rose Simkins, Chief Executive Stop Hate UK; Shahab Adris, Regional Manager of Muslim Engagement and Development; Sean McDonald, Police Hate Crime Coordinator; Sally Kincaid : Executive Member, Wakefield and District NUT.
A number of workshops were held in an attempt to help build awareness of how to identify an Islamophobic incident; how to report a hate crime and what representatives of key organizations and community members wanted to see from the MCSF moving forward.
“We have had an increase in people wanting to join the Forum to develop systems, policies and practice through collectivism to challenge issues of Islamophobia and race hate. We aim to develop a coherent voice and work with agencies to create unity among communities and religious harmony.
“These are vital factors for the development of the country. Divisions among us will strengthen various hostile forces seeking to deny us our safety. When communities rise in unity, the forces hostile to this will be weakened and security further strengthened. We will be creating a strategy that integrates the suggestions made by the course participants”, said Kauser Jan.
A full output and proceedings report will be published in the near future and will be made available to the public.
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