Decoloniality

Decoloniality

Unpacking Islamophobia: Roots, Impact and Countermeasures

Register for this workshop, led by Arzu Merali, to critically examine Islamophobia as a structural and systemic tool of imperialism and colonialism. WHEN: Saturday, 26 April, 2025, 2pm – 4pm BST WHERE: IHRC Bookshop (202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA) Registration: complete this form to

ILWIIR: Claudia Manchanda

IHRC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Claudia Manchanda in London, UK.  Manchanda (known to some on social media as Panther Manchanda) touched the lives of many people she had not met through her thinking and activism.  Her thinking made deep connections

Event Report: Author Evening with Houria Bouteldja: Rednecks and Barbarians

IHRC hosted an engaging author evening on Thursday, February 6, 2025, featuring Houria Bouteldja and her latest book, Rednecks and Barbarians: Uniting the White and Racialized Working Class. The online event was moderated by Arzu Merali. Watch the discussion: The conversation has been edited for

Online Author Evening with Houria Bouteldja: Rednecks and Barbarians

Join us for an online author evening with Houria Bouteldja, to discuss her new publication, Rednecks and Barbarians Uniting the White and Racialized Working Class. Purchase Rednecks and Barbarians here WHEN: Thursday, 6 February 2025, 6.30pm GMT / 7.30pm CET WHERE: YouTube, Facebook and IHRC.TV

Event Report: Islamophobia Conference 2024

IHRC held the 11th annual Islamophobia Conference on Saturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 December 2024. Entitled, The Vanishing Public Muslim, the focus of the conference was what it means for Muslims when they exercise their rights, particularly those in the Western hemisphere and claim to

Enrolment Call: Granada Critical Muslim Studies Summer School 2025

Critical Muslim Studies is inspired by a need for opening up a space for intellectually rigorous and socially committed explorations between decolonial thinking and studies of Muslims, Islam and the Islamicate. Critical Muslim Studies does not take Islam as only a spiritual tradition, or a

IHRC demands deproscription of Hizbullah

When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,” they say: “Why, we only want to make peace!” Unquestionably, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not. (Quran 2:11-12)   IHRC is calling on the UK and the

Emancipating the Muslim Mind

Fahad Ansari challenges the institutional mindset amongst UK Muslims regarding the electoral process, in this timely piece.   “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” Steve Biko “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery