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Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) is aiming to combat the deepening crisis of anti-Muslim hate in the UK this November. The annual campaign, which the NGO Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) cofounded nine years ago, has made Time for Change its 2021 theme, seeking concrete improvements. Events this year include reading groups, talks and exhibitions hosted by Muslim organisations, plus companies, local councils, university students’ unions and more. It comes amid serious racism and Islamophobia allegations made by former Yorkshire County Cricket Club spin bowler Azeem Rafiq, 30, rocking …