Khan continues to work closely with the Met and communities across London to provide support
By: Pramod Thomas
Recently, Khan visited Al Manaar, The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, in west London, to speak with mosque leaders. He also visited the Chelsea FC Foundation, which provides City Hall-funded sessions and online workshops to help young Londoners reject hate and stand up to intolerance.
Faith Associates, experts in mosque security, conducted the first of four new sessions on Wednesday (14) at Al Manaar, offering practical advice on safeguarding congregations and premises. Met representatives also attended.
The sessions will address protective security, hate crime, and online safety, while the Community Resilience Champions programme, in partnership with the London Boroughs Faiths Network, provides additional support for faith leaders.
Shaukat Warraich, managing director at Faith Associates, said, “Faith Associates are experts in mosque security and have delivered capacity building work with mosques around the world. We have a long history of working with the mayor on helping to keep the Muslim community in the capital safe, regularly partnering together since 2019.
“The new support provided to us by MOPAC will allow even more Mosques to receive vital safety and security advice which can be implemented immediately.”
Khan has prioritised a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime, investing a record £14.8m in combating extremism and intolerance. This includes his £3.95m Shared Endeavour Fund, which supports grassroots projects and the Community Alliance To Combat Hate (CATCH) partnership for hate crime victims.
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