Islamophobia Conference 2025: From Freedom to Comfort: How the State Redefined Conscience as Extremism

Islamophobia Conference 2025: From Freedom to Comfort: How the State Redefined Conscience as Extremism
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Since 2014, IHRC has organised the annual Islamophobia Conference in the UK to discuss key issues with regard to structural and institutionalised Islamophobia. Each conference has been co-organised with Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) and Decolonial International Network (DIN).

Join us for the 12th annual conference this December, online and in-person, titled ‘From Freedom to Comfort: How the State Redefined Conscience as Extremism’. Spakers include Clive Stafford Smith, Ramon Grosfoguel, Saeed Khan, Myriam Fracnois, David Miller, Richard Haley, Zareen Taj, and more to be confirmed.

 

About the conference

Saeed Khan presents the background paper for the 2025 IHRC, SACC and DIN Islamophobia Conference. Saeed Khan argues that charging opponents and dissenters as extremists has a long pedigree.  Ignoring the cynical definitions of governments must be the rallying call for activists everywhere.

Read the article here

Download a PDF copy here

 

Dates and times

This year’s conference will bring together experts in the field for in-person discussions:

Date: Saturday 6th December 2025

Time: 11:15 am to 5:30 pm

Venue: P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD

You can also watch LIVE on YouTube, and IHRC.TV

 

Tickets

Tickets for in-person attendance can be purchased here.

 

Supporting Organisations

Supporting Organisations for this year’s conference include:

  • ABSoc for Justice
  • Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission
  • Cambridge Stop the War
  • Campain
  • D-colonize The Mind Group
  • PYM Britain
  • Scotland Against Criminalising Communities
  • Spinwatch

 

Schedule

11:15 – 11:30 Doors Open
11:30 – 12:00 Introduction / Keynote
12:00 – 13:15 Panel 1:
Deconditioning: Testimonies from the Margins

Chair: Raza Kazim

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch and Dhuhr
14:15 – 15:30 Panel 2:
Academic Amnesia: Universities, Surveillance, and the Sanitization of Truth

Chair: Kaneez Hisbani

15:30 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 17:00 Panel 3
Pax Authoritaria: How Global Powers Manufacture Consent and Crush Conscience

Chair: Saeed Khan

17:00 – 17:20 Vote of Thanks

Massoud Shadjareh

For more information or comment please contact the Press Office on (+44) 208 904 0222  or (+44) 7958 522196 or email media@ihrc.org
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