In this extract from his book ‘Sacred Activism’ Imam Dawud Walid argues that Muslims must not loose sight either of the injunctions to challenge injustice, or while doing so enjoining the good and forbidding the bad. Supporting existing expressions of justice in society, restoring individuals’

Jennifer Loewenstein discusses her experiences of life as a US based anti-Zionist Jewish activist in the context of the current genocide in Gaza.  While things are dire, not least the state of civil society, she looks for and finds glimmers of hope in the mobilisations

Ramón Grosfoguel unpacks the narratives – pseudo-legal and pseudo sacred – that have been used to justify both Israel’s formation and the current genocide it is undertaking.  It is time, he argues, to reclaim both narratives.   The genocidal ethnic cleansing of Palestine is made

Sandew Hira argues that European exceptionalism and the rise of the far-right are twin prongs from a continuing colonial current.  He argues that activists need to understand the limitation of current political systems and activism in westernised settings if they are to create a better

Professor Ilan Pappe spoke at IHRC’s annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of Palestinians we are currently witnessing, as brutal as it is, is also the demise of the so-called Jewish state.