Blogs

Page 13

ILWIIR: Munawwer Rattansey

Inna Lilla Wa Inna Ilayhi RajiounIHRC is saddened to hear of the demise of Munawwer Rattansey. Like his late brother Shawkat, he was a great friend and supporter of the oppressed.May Allah swt grant him His most merciful mercy. Fateha.

The Touch and Feel of Australian Islamophobia

Read Merali’s review of Randa Abdel-Fattah’s excellent ‘Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism in Australia’. First published in Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association, 19 September 2019. Read the full article here. There is so much to recommend Randa Abdel-Fattah’s book, it is difficult to know

Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) – Brussels, 2020

Bruxelles Panthères organized the Genocide Memorial Day event on Saturday January 18,2020 in Brussels. The theme of the event was “From 1930s anti-Semitism to today’s Islamophobia”. Chairing the panel was Nordine Saidi from Bruxelles Panthères. The speaker of the event was Simon Assoun, a member

Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) – Amsterdam 2020

  Decolonial International Network and Vrede met Venezuela organized Genocide Memorial Day on Sunday January 19, 2020 at the Conference Centre IIRE, Amsterdam. The question of the theme was: “Is an economic boycott that leads to thousands of deaths a form of genocide?”. Chairing the

Safeguarding lives and health takes precedence over congregational prayers

IHRC’s Faisal Bodi says that too many Muslims are putting the importance of maintaining congregational prayer ahead of the need to stop the coronavirus pandemic.  The issue of suspending congregational prayers in response to the Covid-19 outbreak has been an issue of much contentious and emotive

Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) Mexico 2019

Our brothers and sisters of The Decolonial Thought Community in Mexico took up the concept of Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) that is promoted by the Decolonial International Network (DIN). On October 12, 2019 an event was organized to commemorate the Indigenous Holocaust. The event was

Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) 2019 Event Report- Geneva

Genocide Memorial Day (GMD) is a day focused on remembering man’s inhumanity to man. The theme for #GMD2019 in Geneva was “Failures of International Institutions in preventing genocide in conflict: The Holocaust, Palestine and Bosnia Herzegovina.