Islamophobia

Islamophobia

Islamophobia Conference 2024: The Vanishing Public Muslim

Since 2014, IHRC has organised an annual conference in the UK to discuss key issues with regard to structural and institutionalised Islamophobia. Each conference has been co-organised with Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC). Join us for the 11th annual conference this December, online and in-person.

Islamophobia and the Vanishing Public Muslim

Saeed Khan presents the background paper for the 2024 IHRC and SACC Islamophobia conference.  With civil and political spaces shrinking world-wide, Muslims as political agents find themselves pushed to the margins and disappeared from all forms of social engagement.   The onslaught and genocide on

Response to Camila Turner / Daily Telegraph re UK Riots

Camila Turner of The Daily Telegraph contacted IHRC for comment about its letter to the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about the recent riots, which included the well documented statement that some of the far-right fomenting the violence are supported by non-UK based pro-Israel /

IHRC response to The Times re House of Lords allegations

Below is an enquiry from the Times about a complaint made by 50 members of the House of Lords to the Charity Commission alleging anti-Semitism on the part of IHRC.  It is followed by our response. Dear IHRC press office, Hope all is well. I’m

Communication with Andrew Roberts

Following our initial communication with The Times, we engaged in further discussion with Lord Roberts of Belgravia, one of the signatories of the original letter to The Times. Below, we present the full communication, allowing readers to see the types of false arguments used to

Response to the Jewish Chronicle’s staggering enquiry

Dear Ms Prinsley Thank you for your enquiry dated 07/08/2024. We note that having emailed our organisation you then promptly went ahead and published your article in under two hours. By any measure, that is an unfair and insufficient amount of time in which to

Anti-Muslim riots: Compassion must prevail over anger

The scenes of Muslims and others flooding the streets to see off the far-right threat are heartwarming and encouraging. We should not concede ground to racists. But the riots are also cries for help that we are religiously bound to address, writes Faisal Bodi. As