Salam everyone,

Next week we’ll be launching our new exhibition ‘Layers of Paradise’ featuring the illustrations and installations of artist Romina Khanom. It is sure to be a decadent and exciting evening so we hope you’ll join us to celebrate her artwork on Thursday 23 October at 6.45pm

We also have a lot of viewing material for you this week! The video footage from our recent book series launch with Sandew Hira and Stephen Small is now online and it makes for excellent viewing. There’s a selection of content available so make sure you take a look!

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Love In A Headscarf: Shelina is keeping a very surprising secret under her headscarf – she wants to fall in love. Torn between the Buxom Aunties, romantic comedies and mosque Imams, she decides to follow the arranged-marriage route to finding Mr Right, Muslim-style. Shelina’s captivating journey begins as a search for the One, but along the way she also discovers her faith and herself.) : Shelina is keeping a very surprising secret under her headscarf – she wants to fall in love. Torn between the Buxom Aunties, romantic comedies and mosque Imams, she decides to follow the arranged-marriage route to finding Mr Right, Muslim-style. Shelina’s captivating journey begins as a search for the One, but along the way she also discovers her faith and herself.

For Christ’s Sake: By academics Ahmad Thomson and Muhammad ‘Ata’ur- Rahim. For Christ’s Sake looks at the history of how Christianity developed within Europe and specifically how it reacted to the European presence of Islam in the Iberian Peninsula. The book introduces us to the different factions of Christianity in early Europe like the Unitarians and Trinitarians, and then how those societies changed to what was the eventual face of the Spanish Inquisition.

Capitalism’s Last Stand?: In this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism’s multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Bello’s analysis of the collapse of the global real economy – covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of the Greek economy and the rise of China – emphasizes the ever more pressing need to engage in a radical process of ‘deglobalization’

Check out the online shop for what else is currently in stock and get regular updates on twitter by following @ihrcbookshop

‘LAYERS OF PARADISE’ EXHIBITION LAUNCH

Join us for the launch on Thursday, 23 October at 6.45pm!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A TRAILER FOR THE EXHIBITION

With installations and illustrations inspired by Arabic calligraphy and sacred text from the Quran, Romina creates work that is spiritual in both form and aesthetic

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PRESS RELEASES

UKIP ADVANCE IS REASON TO BE ALARMED 

The huge gains made by UKIP in the recent by-elections demonstrate the dangerous extent to which racist and Islamophobic discourse has penetrated British political culture.

SAUDI DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST SHIA LEADER IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED 

IHRC strongly condemns today’s decision by a court in Saudi Arabia to impose the death penalty against Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Sheikh Al-Nimr is a leading Shia scholar who was arrested for his outspoken criticism of the Saudi monarchy and his calls for equality and reform on trumped up charges of apostasy and terrorism. He has been severely tortured in detention.

MULTIMEDIA

IHRC’s side panel at the UN on the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia and the impact it has on democracy. Speakers on the topic were Dr Salman Sayyid and Arzu Merali CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO 

Watch the trailer for ‘Layers of Paradise’ featuring artist Romina Khanom which will be launching on Thursday 23 October @ 6.45pm CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO 

IHRC recently hosted the launch of the ‘Decolonizing the Mind’ book series with contributing authors Sandew Hira and Stephen Small. A great discussion esnued! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO 

Once you’ve watched the video from the book series launch, look back at an event from earlier in the year: ‘Decolonising Education: How can we teach and learn a better world?’ Leading decolonial thinkers and activists addressed the question CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO 

IHRC IN MEDIA

SAUDI SHIITE CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘SEDITION’

A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr to death after convicting the anti-government protest leader of “sedition” and seeking “foreign meddling” in the country, his brother and lawyer said.

UPCOMING EVENTS

‘LAYERS OF PARADISE’ EXHIBITION LAUNCH 

WHAT: The exhibition will feature Romina’s sculptures and installations; these are typically made using stencils inspired by arabesque design and hand-cut with a precision knife Join us for the launch where you’ll get to see the art in person and speak to the artist about her ideas and methods.

WHEN: Thursday 23 October at 6.45pm

WHERE: IHRC Gallery & Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

RECALLING THE CALIPHATE: DECOLONIZATION AND WORLD ORDER  

WHAT: Join us for our latest Author Evening where Salman Sayyid will be in conversation to discuss his newly published book ‘Recalling the Caliphate’ – which engages critically with the interaction between Islam and the global post-colonial world of politics.

WHEN: Saturday 1 November from 5.30pm

WHERE: IHRC Gallery & Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOP – TERROR STOPS ON TRAVELLERS

WHAT: If you want to know the rights that you do have so that you are prepared for travelling to and from Great Britain attend this workshop! For those that have been to other workshops, we will also cover the rights that you will have when changes to the legislation come into force in the coming months.

WHEN: Saturday 8 November from 4pm

WHERE: IHRC Gallery & Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

Check out all the upcoming dates for our Autumn/Winter 2014 Know Your Rights Workshop Series. CLICK HERE!  

INSTITUTIONAL ISLAMOPHOBIA 

WHAT: A conference to examine state racism and social engineering of the Muslim community

WHEN: Saturday 13 December from 2 – 6.30pm

WHERE: Rooms MAL 414 and 415, Birkbeck University of London

RSVP by emailing ashiya[at]ihrc.org

Would you like to book a place on the ‘Critical Muslim Studies’ course being held in Granada by The Center for the Study of Intercultural Dialogues? All the information you need is HERE.