Special award for the work of Mudassar Arani.

Deep concern at European Court of Human Rights ruling that Turkey’s university headscarf ban, affecting some 50,000 Muslim women, is legitimate.

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Winners of IHRC’s annual ‘Islamophobia Awards’ announced today ahead of the ceremony to be held in Maida Vale, London Saturday evening.

Historical analysis of accountability for war crimes in light of recent revelations of torture being committed by US troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

IHRC is deeply dismayed by the High Court’s ruling that ban against Muslim schoolgirl wearing the jilbab by Denbigh High School was appropriate.

IHRC is calling on all political parties to take anti-Islamophobia stance

The ‘Islamophobia Awards’ is IHRC’s annual comedy event aims to highlight prevailing prejudices and subvert them using humour.