Islamophobia

Rewriting our future: the need for Muslim narratives

Joining forces with other communities, embracing shared narratives of marginalisation and using the arts to articulate our own experiences and aspirations is essential if the Muslim community is to overturn enforced, racialised constructions of its identity, says Dr Myriam Francois “A people without the knowledge

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Key Islamophobia publication to be discussed in author evening

The co-editor of an encyclopaedic volume on Islamophobia will be at IHRC next week to discuss her book. Islamophobic hate crimes have increased significantly following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7. More recently, the rhetoric surrounding Trump’s election and presidency, Brexit, the rise of

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

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This week the British establishment proved Islamophobia is alive and well

UK police have rejected a proposed definition of Islamophobia, saying it could challenge free speech and undermine counter-terrorism efforts It has been a week for those decrying the idea of institutional Islamophobia in Britain to inadvertently prove that it exists.   First, there was Policy