URGENT MEDIA ALERT: Channel 4 Series of Programmes on Islam and Muslims in the UK

March 11, 2002

Channel 4 is screening a series of films about Islam and Muslims in the UK.

ALERT UPDATE: Report on Anti-Muslim Backlash Update

January 9, 2002

IHRC is about to publish a further report on the Anti-Muslim Backlash in the UK. Below are three articles printed in last Friday’s Independent newspaper regarding our previous report.

Suspension of Prison Service Imams

December 28, 2001

Prison Service Imams suspended following controversial statements from Dr Zaki Badawi, chairman of the Imams and Mosques Council UK

My Lobby Ran Off With Kilroy, or Why Muslims Shouldn’t Emulate Zionist Politics

December 1, 2001

If someone had the inclination to inscribe the events of the last few weeks it would make good theatre.

Emergency Legislation Violates Human Rights Standards, Update number 2

November 26, 2001

IHRC has a number of further concerns regarding the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill currently being pushed through parliament in an unprecedented attempt to curtail civil liberties in the UK.

Don’t Forget Muslim Victims in ‘Islam Week’

November 6, 2001

British Awareness Programme Is Not Enough To Change Anti-Muslim Hostility In The United Kingdom

Islamophobia and Gender Discrimination: The Case of the Media

September 27, 2001

Two South African journalists, Nurah Tape and Iman Rappetti, moot the problems of Islamophobic stereotyping and gender discrimination for Muslim women in the media, and suggest ways forward. Prepared for IHRC to present at the NGO Forum at the Fourth World Conference Against Racism in