Shiaphobia

REPORT AN ANTI SHIA INCIDENT IN THE UK

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If you are the victim of an anti-Shia incident or you have information regarding an anti-Shia incident that happened to somebody else, please contact us as soon as possible.

As this is a new service, which is aiming to collate a better understanding of the issues faced in the UK, we would also want reports of issues/incidents that may have transpired many years ago, as we look to understand whether there is a rise in cases or not.

An anti-Shia incident is any:

  •  Malicious act aimed at Shia Muslim people, organisations or property, where there is evidence that the incident has anti-Shia motivation or content,
  •  or that the victim was targeted because they are (or are believed to be) Shia Muslim.
  • An incident also includes hate speech delivered on TV & Social media channel.

 We are developing a dedicated team that deals with anti Shia incidents and provides victim support, while respecting confidentiality at all times. We can liaise with the police and other bodies to help ensure that any incident is dealt with properly. If you do not want to contact the police directly, we can do so on your behalf as a ‘Third Party Reporter’.

 Please ensure that you provide accurate details, to best of your memory . 

When reporting an incident to us, all personal information is handled in the strictest confidence. Please read the MUS Privacy Notice to learn more.

Our Mission

5 primary objectives: 

  1. Provide a confidential, easy to use incident reporting tool.
  2.  Understand the scale of anti Shia hate crime in the UK and report accordingly.
  3. Provide adequate level of Professional support to the victim of such crime. 
  4. Build on and improve on intra faith engagement to create a more peaceful and safe society to live in.

    5) Tackle the anti Shia hate on social media and TV medium.

Vision

UK to be a place where being Shia Muslims can freely practice their beliefs and express their faith without the fear of being endangered.

Frequently asked questions

ShiaPhobia

In last 7-8 years the term Shiaphobia  has surfaced, as per a famous maxim of Ameerul momineen (as) ‘ ignorance is the cause of hatred’.

The vaste majority of Muslims of various sects live in harmony with Shia Muslims, they are inter related, via blood and/or marriage, they play sports, trade, pray and work together in all social circles alhumdolillah

Unfortunately, as always there is a minority, who would be deemed hard liners/extremists, most of these people are ignorant to even their own beliefs, let alone the Shia faith. 

From the attack on Edgware road in 2013, which marked the first tragic occurrence of ‘sectarian’ attack in the UK, to the brawls at Hyde Park corner or even hate filled social media posts relating to sister Aya Hachim’s killing, there are unfortunately many such incidents surfacing which all come under the banner of Shiaphobia

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MUS is the oldest national organisation representing Shia scholars, centres and Shia Muslims UK wide, considering the sensitive nature of this service, we felt it necessary to take this responsibility on, it is open for all Shia Muslim of all backgrounds, whether they have any affiliation with MUS or not, as this will be managed by an independent professional team, for the betterment of our society as a whole. 

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It has been on the roadmap for a number of years, although, due to the major operational, security and governance challenges around this service, it was not easy to develop the framework, we believe we are now in a position that we can launch the service.

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We are developing a dedicated team that deals with anti Shia incidents and provides victim support, while respecting confidentiality at all times. We can liaise with the police and other bodies to help ensure that any incident is dealt with properly. If you do not want to contact the police directly, we can do so on your behalf as a ‘Third Party Reporter’.

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At Majlis Ulama e Shia (Europe) we take unity to be a primary principle and aim of our organisation, we have no doubt that this service will not cause sectarianism, rather we will continue and enhance our work on Intrafaith activities.

Peace & harmony is a mutual goal for all parties, there are always disruptors, and those who break the law, and therefore the right and responsible approach of holding those who break laws to justice and weed out those who are not in favour of living in a tolerant and peaceful society.

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A phone number will be released shortly, for now due to COVID-19 and other challenges our telephony system is not in place.

For now, only way to log an incident is through the incident form and if you have any query you can contact-us

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Yes, we are undergoing recruitment at the moment, if your interested to help in any capacity please contact-us and we look to arrange a formal vetting and interview process. 

 

The exact vacancies will be published shortly.

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This service is purely a charitable initiative, under umbrella of Majlis e Ulama e Shia (Europe) which is s long established, registered charity, there is no finding from any government, agency or private firm.

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