Salam everyone,

We successfully hosted an Author Evening with acclaimed academic and author Salman Sayyid recently that resulted in some great discussion where he was able to expand upon his new book ‘Recalling the Caliphate.’ Fortunately you won’t have to wait long for the footage as a video will be up on our website very soon so keep watch!

There’s some great reading material for you this week with a resource page of articles on Remembrance Day and poppies as well as a comment piece from Hatem Bazian on The Balfour Declaration.

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PRESS RELEASES

BANGLADESHI WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL OUT OF CONTROL 

Death sentences issued lately against opposition leaders in Bangladesh highlight the extent to which the government is out of control in its attempts to cripple the political opposition.

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT MUST BRING ASHURA ATTACKERS TO JUSTICE 

The bombing took place at approximately 11:15am when the suicide bomber, masquerading as a participant, detonated his explosives in the midst of the procession. Reports say that another bomber’s explosive charges failed to go off and he was arrested by police.

REMEMBRANCE DAY AND POPPIES

In light of Remembrance Day, the ‘poppy hijab’ and the memorial at the Tower of London, we’ve sourced a number of articles and comment pieces to keep you informed.

CLICK HERE for articles from Assed Baig, Joe Glenton, Sofia Ahmed, Robert Fisk and more.

COMMENT

THE BALFOUR DECLARATION: PALESTINE’S BRITISH AND ZIONIST COLONIAL LEGACY 

Annually, November 2 is a painful and traumatic date for Palestinians and their allies around the globe. It marks the anniversary of Britain’s shameful issuance of the Balfour Declaration. In releasing the Declaration, Britain provided the 1st “legal” document sanctioning the creation of a newcolonial project centered on Zionist aspirations for Palestine and their dream of a Jewish National Homeland.

NOW

TERROR STOPS ON TRAVELLERS WORKSHOP

All you need to do to be stopped, questioned for up to 9 hours (soon to be 6 hours), detained, searched and have your property confiscated is to travel to or from Great Britain or just get on a plane within the UK.

Attend our KNOW YOUR RIGHTS workshop and be informed of the rights you’re able to exercise in this situation

WHEN: Saturday 8 November @ 4pm

WHERE: IHRC Bookshop & Gallery

CURRENTLY EXHIBITING: LAYERS OF PARADISE

Visit the IHRC Bookshop & Gallery where we’re currently exhibitng the illustrations and installations of artist Romina Khanom!

BUY HER POSTCARDS  

UPCOMING EVENTS

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOP – TERROR STOPS ON TRAVELLERS 

WHAT: If you want to know the rights that you do have so that you are prepared for travelling to and from Great Britain attend this workshop! For those that have been to other workshops, we will also cover the rights that you will have when changes to the legislation come into force in the coming months.

WHEN: Saturday 8 November from 4pm

WHERE: IHRC Gallery & Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

Check out all the upcoming dates for our Autumn/Winter 2014 Know Your Rights Workshop Series. CLICK HERE! 

BOOK LAUNCH: ‘CONVERSATIONS IN POSTCOLONIAL THOUGHT’ BY KATY SIAN 

WHAT: We’re hosting the launch of this new book which

offers a series of 12 conversational interviews with a diverse set of postcolonial thinkers from across the globe in the social sciences and humanities

WHEN: Friday 28 November from 6.45pm

WHERE: IHRC Gallery & Bookshop, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

This event will be streamed live HERE so make sure you tune in! Send in your comments and questions via Twitter or Facebook  

INSTITUTIONAL ISLAMOPHOBIA 

WHAT: A conference to examine state racism and social engineering of the Muslim community

WHEN: Saturday 13 December from 2 – 6.30pm

WHERE: Rooms MAL 414 and 415, Birkbeck University of London

RSVP by emailing ashiya[at]ihrc.org

This event will be streamed live HERE so make sure you tune in! Send in your comments and questions via Twitter or Facebook

Would you like to book a place on the ‘Critical Muslim Studies’ course being held in Granada by The Center for the Study of Intercultural Dialogues? All the information you need is HERE. 

SHOP

Please click the title if you’d like to purchase or look at a copy. EVERY PURCHASE HELPS SUPPORT IHRC

The Story Of Ashura: To commemorate the Ashura that just went by Mohammad Bahmanpour brings us this lovingly illustrated book which makes the emotion and history of Ashura easy to understand for children.

Encountering Islam: Knowledge is often thought of as something to be attained and the pursuit of knowledge is usually considered to be a neutral endeavour, involving a higher order of consciousness somehow independent of social influences. While these assumptions may hold true in a limited way, they do not provide a complete picture of knowledge in our lives today. In this wide ranging work, Yusef Progler suggests that the pursuit of knowledge can be a profoundly political process, and knowledge itself can be shaped, sifted and sorted trhough political forces and power relations hidden beneath the veils of objectivity.

The New Jim Crow: In a bold and innovative argument, a rising legal star shows readers how the mass incarceration of a disproportionate number of black men amounts to a devastating system of racial control. This is a terrifying reality that exists in the UK as much as in the US. Despite the triumphant dismantling of the Jim Crow laws, the system that once forced African-Americans into a segregated second-class citizenship still haunts. The US criminal justice system still unfairly targets black men and deprives an entire segment of the population of their basic rights.

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