Open letters

Open letters
Open Letters

Letter to Met police chief re violent attacks against pro-Iran supporters

Sir Mark Rowley Metropolitan Police Commissioner New Scotland Yard, 8-10, Broadway, London, SW1H 0AZ 20 June 2025     Dear Sir Rowley, Unprovoked and Islamophobic violence and attacks by anti-Iran protestors on Iranian demonstrators We are writing to raise urgent concerns about a series of

Warning to PM against intervening in any war on Iran

The Rt Hon. Sir Keir Starmer MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 20 June 2025 Dear Prime Minister, Ongoing genocide in Gaza I write in relation to the continuing failure of His Majesty’s Government to adequately respond to the ongoing genocide in

Letter to Met police chief re airport arrest of Palestine activist

Sir Mark Rowley Metropolitan Police Commissioner New Scotland Yard 8-10 Broadway London SW1H 0AZ   mark.rowley@met.police.uk 8 May 2025     Dear Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley,   We are writing about the shocking arrest and detention on 21 April 2025 of a Palestinian activist at

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Letter to Keir Starmer re banning of Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood

Dear Prime Minister We write to you regarding the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by the Government of the Kingdom of Jordan. As you will be aware, earlier this week the Jordanian government officially outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood organisation within the country. The Jordanian

Letter to Nigerian president re Al-Quds Day massacre in Abuja

HE President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu Office of the President The Aso Rock Presidential Villa Yakubu Gowon Crescent The Three Arms Zone Asokoro Abuja, FCT Nigeria 10 April 2025 By email: info@statehouse.gov.ng Dear President Bola Tinubu, Assalamu-alaikum, We pray this letter finds you in good

Request for comment from Times and IHRC’s response

On 25 February, The Times published an article in which it promoted the claim that Muslim groups, including IHRC, are using Islamophobia as a tool to silence critics of so-called “grooming gangs”. Below we reproduce its disingenuous request for comment and our response. From: Witherow,