Author evening: ‘Sound System: The Political Power of Music’ with Dave Randall

20 September, 2017

Wednesday, 1 November from 6.30pm

Military connections take far right terror threat to a whole new level

7 September, 2017

This week’s arrest of four soldiers suspected of being associated with a far right terror group should alert authorities to the real threat posed by their acolytes, argues Faisal Bodi

Author Evening: ‘Shy Radicals’ with Hamja Ahsan

24 August, 2017

Watch the video of the evening.

Burkinis and Slippery Slope Narratives: Islamophobia in the Czech Republic

3 August, 2017

Karel Čada and Veronika Frantová overview their first report on Islamophobia in Czech Republic / Czechia. In July 2017, Czech social media was flooded with photographs of women who had worn the burkini at a water park near Prague. Aquapalace operator’s tolerance of the burkini sparked sharp complaints.

Muslims must resist calls to expand ‘Prevent’ programme

7 June, 2017

The government’s Prevent programme is a byword for institutional discrimination against Muslims and part of a cynical social engineering exercise, argues the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s Faisal Bodi

Manchester attack exposes hypocrisy of UK hate-crime laws

25 May, 2017

The failure to prosecute hatemongers exploiting Manchester bombing will only fuel resentment among Muslims and accusations of double-standards, argues Faisal Bodi