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)
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,
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
The UK’s latest Casey review, this time into group-based sexual exploitation and abuse has missed an opportunity to tackle a longstanding, appalling culture of crime. Instead it has simply scapegoated Pakistani Muslim men and amplified Islamophobic rhetoric, argues Saqib Deshmukh. I remember a few years
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/15/pro-hezbollah-speaker-calls-for-activists-fight-london/ Watch: ‘Pro-Hezbollah’ speaker calls for activists to fight back at London rally Islamic rights campaigner who addressed crowds outside Israeli embassy praised Lebanon terror group in the past A speaker who called for protesters in London to “fight back” against Israel’s attack on
Why this phrase and why this image? Choosing the right side of history should be a no brainer, and most Brits are doing their best to do so. One of the placards (as many placards and banners before it) of IHRC has caused consternation amongst
IHRC Head of Advocacy Abed Choudhury looks at how political language has been rendered meaningless by a cynical political class in the UK, and how this augurs ill for what was once considered a democracy. There’s been a lot of reflection on the 20
It is disturbing to see pro-Palestine organisations being banned. While Palestine Action may be proscribed, action in support of Palestinians has not been criminalised. Actions opposing apartheid have not been criminalised. Actions opposing occupation have not been criminalised. It is our moral duty, now more
