Putting Muslim groups on an extremism blacklist serves no real purpose except dog whistling in the run up to a general election the Tories have clearly decided to run on a culture war ticket. And that Labour have decided to pander to. IHRC didn’t wait
In a recent episode of Question Time, the presenter asked the studio audience to raise their hands if they welcomed Michael Gove’s new definition of extremism. Not a single hand went up. The total repudiation by a mainly white, non-Muslim audience highlights the extent to
Today’s announcement by Michael Gove that the government is widening the definition of extremism to catch mostly mainstream Muslim organisations is the latest in a series of Islamophobic measures seeking to exclude Muslims from public life. The blackballing of Muslim groups as a threat to
Today’s announcement by Michael Gove that the government is widening the definition of extremism to catch mostly mainstream Muslim organisations is the latest in a series of Islamophobic measures seeking to exclude Muslims from public life. The blackballing of Muslim groups as a threat to
On Friday 3 November 2023, The Times carried a piece that contained strange and misrepresentative claims about IHRC. These are sadly nothing new and are part of an environment of hate, currently being instrumentalised by the British government to crack down on legitimate and necessary
Institutionalised Islamophobia has contributed to hate crimes, discrimination and the exclusion of Muslims from political spaces, argues Arzu Merali Where to start or finish a year’s overview of Islamophobia in the UK? We can focus on the comments of various public figures, not least
The proposals confirm our view that anti-terrorism policy is part of a wider social engineering exercise designed to control and shape Islam and Muslims in Britain
The proposals confirm our view that anti-terrorism policy is part of a wider social engineering exercise designed to control and shape Islam and Muslims in Britain
The legislation seeks powers to close down groups and premises (including mosques) found to be propagating or promoting so-called extremist values
The legislation seeks powers to close down groups and premises (including mosques) found to be propagating or promoting so-called extremist values
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