Our CEO Sajda has appeared in Grazia magazine to speak about the lack of support available for terror victims after her experience in the London bombings in 2005. This is in the wake of the Sri Lanka attack in which over 200 people died. Read the piece below:
“My NGO, JAN Trust, and I have been consistently speaking out on the rise and mainstreaming of far-right extremism and Islamophobia for years. However, the threat of far-right terrorism was not taken seriously.” Our CEO Sajda has continued to speak out about the rise of Islamophobia in society, especially since the Christchurch attack. She touches …
“….a solution that focuses entirely on enforcement will not prevent serious youth violence. To end the vicious cycle, we need to get to the root of the issue and truly address the kind of disaffection and exclusion that many young people feel and the life circumstances in which they find themselves. This is why it …
‘More world leaders need to embrace her way of leadership which I can guarantee you will help to diffuse any community tensions there maybe after such a horrific act of terror’. Our CEO Sajda Mughal has written about how New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has set an example for world leaders on how to …
Our CEO Sajda Mughal has spoken out about her shock following the terrorist attack in New Zealand, and about her own suffering from far-right abuse after the 7/7 attacks which nearly took her life. Read more here or read below. I woke up to the news that people had been killed in New Zealand …
“We need to prioritise increasing funding for vital support services and youth projects to address the kind of alienation and exclusion that many young people face.” Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE comments on the knife crime crisis in the UK what must be done to solve it. With our Against Knife Crime project we work …
Lack of funding places BAME charities like JAN Trust at risk, says CEO Sajda Mughal “we risk ignoring women who are so very desperately in need of incredibly specialised support” CEO Sajda Mughal speaks out as half of BAME services are shut down, placing users of JAN Trust and other charities at risk. Read what …
The stunt would help to encourage ‘hatred and violence against Muslim women’. JAN Trust has commented on the news that a shooting range in Wallasey has placed images of ISIS supporter Shamima Begum as target practice. Read the article here. PHOTOS of jihadi bride Shamima Begum are being used at a shooting range for target …
“Refusing her the right to return not only shows a failure of our values, but we must also address what message we are sending to extremists” Our CEO Sajda Mughal has spoken out about what she believes should happen to Shamima Begum, a young woman who travelled to join ISIS. Much debate surrounds what should …
“These allegations made by some of the most engaged counter-extremism experts in the country clearly need to be investigated” – Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has spoken out about her experience and that of other women who were victims of bullying and harassment in a Prevent women’s network. The complaints centre around a former secretary …
