Myanmar’s Crackdown On Rohingya Is Ethnic Cleansing

October 22, 2017

Massoud Shadjareh is interviewed by Kaneez Fatima on Press TV about the latest attacks on the Rohingya. Keywords: Myanmar, Rohingya, genocide

Dominant Islamophobic Narratives in Hungary

October 9, 2017

Zsuzsanna Vidra overviews her first report on Hungary for the Countering Islamophobic Narratives in Europe project. The Hungarian Muslim population is estimated to be between 0.1-0.3%. Moreover, Islam and Muslims as a topic of discussion and consequently Islamobhobic discourses had not been present, or when apparent such

Something rotten in the state…: Anti-Muslim Racism and the DHMIR

October 9, 2017

Arzu Merali argues that Domination Hate Model of Intercultural Relations (DHMIR) is desperately needed to make sense of the prevalence of anti-Muslim / Islamophobia and other racisms. This post seeks to outline the background to and development of the Domination Hate Model of Intercultural

The Wrong Side of Britishness: Anti-Muslim Narratives in the UK

October 1, 2017

The demonisation of Muslims is now embedded in the various discourses of the nation, argues Arzu Merali. Tackling the institutionalised narratives of hate – often dressed up as concerns for security or rights – needs to be a top priority for government. The end of

PRESS RELEASE – Nigeria: Police attack and arrest civilians marking Ashura

September 30, 2017

Armed police in Nigeria have broken up a gathering of civilians marking the historical events of Ashura, arresting at least six people.

PRESS RELEASE – EGYPT: Death of IHRC prisoner of faith shines light on government repression

September 23, 2017

The death yesterday of the former spiritual guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Akef, shines an unwelcome light on the continuing repression of reformists and opposition movements by the Egyptian state.

Happy, Happy, Happy: Tolerant Portugal and the ‘Good Muslims’

September 21, 2017

In contemporary Portugal, Lusotropicalism – which constructs the country as particularly tolerant towards the formerly colonized and grounds this assumption on a historical discourse of miscegenation and benevolent colonialism – has permeated the public debate on the colonial legacies. Muslims have been key subjects in