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Hijab & Democracy

A compilation of IHRC briefings by Fahad Ansari and Uzma Karim, looking at the impact of anti-hijab legislation and policy across Europe and the various infringements on human rights laws and treaties these constitute.

UK Today: The Anti-Muslim Backlash in the Wake of September 11, 2001

An overview of the number and nature of anti-Muslim incidents since September 11, 2001. IHRC collated the reports of Islamophobic incidents it received in the wake of 9-11 in this report. Anti-Muslim attacks spiked immediately after the event. Download the report here. This is a

The Oldham Riots

A study into the causes and effects of the Oldham riots in the UK, in the summer of 2001.

Launch of Anti-Muslim Hostility in the UK, 2000

Towards the end of 1998, we decided to survey the extent of the problem, and devised a questionnaire to be distributed among the Muslim community. That questionnaire was distributed at the end of 1998 / beginning of 1999 and again at the end of 1999

Gul Aslan being taken to court 1998

Freedom is my Daughter’s Name

Hijab bans, torture and imprisonment without charge in the late 1990s in Turkey.  This article was originally written in 1997, when a soft coup had removed the democratically elected government.  Whilst some form of democracy has returned to Turkey, women are still barred from university and public positions if they wear the hijab. Gul Aslan, mentioned in this article, was released in 1999 after an IHRC campaign for her release.Â