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The Killing in Kashmir and the Terrorism Act 2000

A suicide bomber carried out a car bomb attack on Christmas Day in Srinagar in Indian-occupied Kashmir, killing 10 people including six Indian soldiers and three Kashmiri students. According to the BBC (28 December), the suicide bomber is rumoured to have

ALERT UPDATE: PALESTINE CAMPAIGN UPDATE

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has received a letter from the British Foreign Office (FCO) in response to thousands of letters that IHRC campaigners have been sending to Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, in protest against British links with Israe

Palestine Briefing for MPs, Part 1

The current crisis in Palestine has often been characterised as one of parity between parties. The impression has been given that the violence “between Palestinians and Israelis” has been mutual. However, independent international observers h

Anti-Muslim Backlash Over Palestine: Audio

Discussion: Board of Deputies of British Jews DG Neville Nagler and Islamic Human Rights Commission’s Massoud Shadjareh on BBC Radio 4 discuss attacks on Muslims in the UK.

D-UK UPDATE: Issuing of passports to British Muslimahs wearing hijab.

11 August 2000 IHRC has received a number of complaints regarding the advice given by officers at the UK Passport Agency regarding the wearing of hijab in passport photographs. Several sisters were told that hijab was not acceptable. Islamic Human Rights Commission United Kingdom 11th