Civil Rights

Author evening with Amrit Wilson: Finding A Voice

Join IHRC for an author evening with Amrit Wilson to discuss the new and expanded edition of her book Finding A Voice: Asian Women in Britain. WHEN: Thursday, 21 February 2019 from 6.30pm WHERE: IHRC Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, London HA9 8PA The book

New report intensifies squeeze on Muslim CSO space

Islamic Human Rights Commission 21 January 2019 PRESS RELEASE – UK: New report intensifies squeeze on Muslim CSO space Beleaguered Muslim organisations, already squeezed by a shrinking civil society space, are the target of a new report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Opposition urged to confront exclusion of Muslims from policy-making

Islamic Human Rights Commission 10 January 2019 PRESS RELEASE – UK: Opposition urged to address exclusion of Muslims from policy-making IHRC has written to the political opposition urging it to urgently confront the shrinking political space available for civil society organisations in the country. Prompted

Defining extremism: What does 2019 hold for British Muslims?

Institutionalised Islamophobia has contributed to hate crimes, discrimination and the exclusion of Muslims from political spaces, argues Arzu Merali   Where to start or finish a year’s overview of Islamophobia in the UK? We can focus on the comments of various public figures, not least