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Conference participants respond to scurrilous Jewish newspaper attack

PRESS RELEASE Academics and activists who took part in a IHRC organised conference on Zionism last September have responded forecfully to an attack by Britain’s leading Jewish publication suggesting they hold anti-Semitic views. The article appeared in the JC on 25 September excoriating the speakers

Letter to Jewish Chronicle

The Editor, Jewish Chronicle In a scurrilous report on September 25th (SOAS professor calls Israel a “Western virus”) Lee Harpin claims that to criticise Israel is antisemitic, which is total nonsense. All states are open to criticism and such claims have not been made in

Event Report: Author evening with Fazlun Khalid – Signs on the Earth

IHRC held an author evening on 11 November with Fazlun Khalid, founder of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) and author of Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis.  Fazlun M Khalid was born in Sri Lanka and began his working life

Commemorating Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

This month marks the 82nd anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass. This tragic event marked a turning point towards a more violent and repressive treatment of Jews leading finally to the Holocaust. We think that it is important to reflect on the events that

7. The Nation State and Multi-Cultural Societies

How do we deal with these new societies that are arising in Western Europe that challenge the ethno- and religio-centric nation state? Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel look at how the extreme right narrative is impacting the political class in these countries.

Round and Round the Kaabah

Initially I had planned for this post to be about the birth of my little grandchild, on the blessed day of Eid Al Adha 1442 Alhamdulillah. But in hindsight, I dedicate this post to my dear friend, Rubina. Read on till the end to find

6. The Rise of Fascism in Europe

The decline of Europe mirrors that of the US. After WW2 the migrations from the colonies has led to a demographic change. Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel discuss how the far right has be reinvigorated in Europe, and how in the past decades the extreme