Civil Rights

Civil Rights

Attacks on Bookshop & Gallery: Response to MLA Alex Wilson

Renewed attacks by pro-Israeli figures on IHRC, have seen this last two weeks, attacks on its  bookshop and gallery around the artwork ‘Kuffiyeh Resistance’ by artist Intifada Street.  A brief summary posted on X can be found first after our response to the Reform UK

IHRC mourns passing of civil rights giant, Imam Jamil Al-Amin

IHRC is saddened to learn of the death of the veteran US civil rights campaigner Imam Jamil Al-Amin. The outspoken campaigner for justice died yesterday in a federal jail after a long struggle with bad health. Better known as H Rap Brown prior to his

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

The demonisation of Muslims is now embedded in the various discourses of the nation, argues Arzu Merali.  Originally written in 2017, this piece tackles the institutionalised narratives of hate – often dressed up as concerns for security or rights –and argues that countering them needs to

Letter to Home Secretary re overreach of anti-terrorism laws

The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF   shabana.mahmood.mp@parliament.uk   8 October 2025   Dear Home Secretary, RE: Disparity proves anti-terror laws are unnecessary, discriminatory political theatre I write on behalf of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)

Defending Lawyers

Defending Lawyers is Defending Rights

Recent events in the UK have underscored a disturbing erosion of the rule of law, an erosion that threatens not only lawyers and judges, but the fundamental rights of all.  Last week this formed part of the IHRC panel at the United Nations in Geneva,

We Don’t Need White Tears When Racism Kills

Another racist murder in Norway exposes the failures of its institutions to tackle rising hatred in the Scandanavian nation says Iffit Qureshi.   Last week in Oslo, Tamima Nibras Juhar, a 34-year-old Norwegian Ethiopian Muslim woman, was murdered in Kampen, Oslo by an 18-year-old right-wing