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The world is demanding “Free Zakzaky”

Protests have intensified demanding the release of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, who is currently held in illegal detention. Intense and mass demonstrations have continued daily across Nigeria, often met by police and army brutality and extreme violence, including

Update from Mohammed Ibraheem Zakzaky on his father

Issued 14 July 2019 Yesterday Saturday July 13th 2019, all of the members our Family with whom I said the “Authorities” discussed arrived in Kaduna to meet with my father and my mother. Sadly due to miscommunication, only I and a legal representative were allowed

Assassination of my father is almost done

Mohammed Ibraheem Zakzaky outlines his fears. “…. an assassination in progress and it is almost done. And the assassins are clearly determined to see it through” This Saturday the 6th of July 2019, I met with my father and my mother. As has already been

IHRC in Henry Jackson Society’s sights – again

Faisal Bodi sets HJS’ latest conspiracist claims in context. The inveterate Islamophobes in the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) are at it again. Having savaged almost the entire gamut of Muslim civil society organisations, the pseudo think-thank whose leaders have called Muslims in Europe a “demographic

Inna lilla wa inna ilayhi rajioun: S.M. Idris

We are devastated to learn that the inspirational and dedicated fighter for justice S.M. Idris of Consumers Association of Penang, Citizens International and Universal Justice Network, has passed away. Our condolences to his family and all who knew him. May Allah swt shower him with

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