The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF shabana.mahmood.mp@parliament.uk 8 October 2025 Dear Home Secretary, RE: Disparity proves anti-terror laws are unnecessary, discriminatory political theatre I write on behalf of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)
Re-reading IHRC’s 2005 report on the culture of ‘anti-terrorism’ in the UK, Abed Choudhury argues that its warnings about the criminalisation of lawful dissent and the expansion of authoritarian legal tools have now materialised, and shows how the UK’s legal and political climate has moved
Head of IHRC Advocacy, Abed Choudhury, takes the current narratives around the case to deproscribe Hamas, as a starting point to unravel the crisis of law and democracy faced if we give credence to the voices currently holding public sway. The crisis around deproscription is
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
Things need to change in mainstream pro-Palestine movements in Western Europe argues Arzu Merali, when so many of the racist, Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian narratives that have been employed to justify and enact genocide have been internalised by mainstream social justice organisations. The result has been to
Summer holidays have ended and children will be going back to school this month. IHRC Bookshop advocates the importance of educating ourselves regardless of age, gender and background. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated that: “seeking knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim.” Malcolm X stated
The full second report, on curtailment of pro-Palestine support by UK, France and Germany written by Caterina Aiena, was published in August 2024 as “The Authoritarian Drift of the European Democratic State: the Crackdown on pro-Palestine Movements – Part 2′, can be downloaded below alongside
Richard Haley looks at the how, not the why, of the Israeli and allied states’ waging of genocide. Understanding this is crucial to the formation of truly liberatory projects. On 7 October 2023, while the Hamas incursion into Israel was still underway, Joe Biden promised
The full report first report, ‘The Authoritarian Drift of the European Democratic State: the Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Movements’ written by Caterina Aiena,on curtailment of pro-Palestine support by UK, France and Germany, was submitted to the UN in Decemmber 2023. Download an anonymised copy here.Â
Oral Statement Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism 52nd Session Human Rights Council, 14 March 2023 Agenda Item 3, Promotion and protection of human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural
