Muslim communities tend to shy away from accessing support services which are designed to help alleviate and manage problems. Over a number of years at Al Madina Mosque we noticed the community suffering an ever rising tide of social ills.

We saw a growing number of our youth engaged in drug related activities, rising alcoholism, increased violence amongst family members and a rise in taboo subjects such as sexual violence and assault.

For the most part, the community refused to access support services choosing instead to deal with matters internally. This led to an inevitable rise in anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and associated social problems. At Al Madina Mosque we decided the community needed to help itself.

Our professional counselling service, now in its 10th year deals with the whole myriad of social ills ranging from domestic violence and abuse, rape, forced marriage, substance abuse, incest, depression, alcoholism, gang related issues, radicalisation and anxiety to mention a few.