Islamophobia

Rishi Sunak: No Real Change

Last week Britain got another new Prime Minister. This time of South Asian descent. Politicians and the press have hailed this “historic moment” but what does Rushi Sunak as Premiere really mean for race relations in the UK? More links: New UK Prime Minister: Same

Oppose Attacks on Nigerian Students in India

Background Action Required Template Letter Address   Background 63 Nigerian students at the GD Goenka University in Gurugram, a city in Northern India, have been forced to leave after Islamophobic and xenophobic attacks took place against them. The riots started during a game of football

Resist Hindutva Ideology in India and UK

Background Action required Template Letters Recipients Address   Background In October 2022, The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary group held a conference which included prominent Hindu priests, and MPs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). At this conference, prominent

Combat Racism in the Labour Party

Background Action required Model Template Recipient contact information   Background Islamophobia and Afrophobia run rampant within the Labour Party as has been well documented by the Forde Report and files leaked and released by Al-Jazeera in the Labour Files. Yet still, there is no response

Romanticizing Hijra – Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire?

Zviad Jughashvili poses some critical questions regarding hijra in the current era. Today most pressure points against Islam and challenges to Muslims are practical. Fortunately, Islamic scholarship of the past three decades produced phenomenal philosophical and intellectual responses to modernist and post-modernist attacks on Islam.

New report highlights role of state in disseminating Islamophobia

IHRC will launch a new Spinwatch report tomorrow exposing the role of state entities in Europe in spreading Islamophobia. The report offers an analysis of the role and significance of the news media in disseminating anti-Muslim sentiment, detailing the political networks of which these organisations