Interview with the Islamic Human Rights Commission

11 February, 2011

Massoud Shadjareh and Arzu Merali of the IHRC speak to foreign policy in focus about the rise of Islamophobia.

Everlasting Love? Muslims and Citizenship in the UK and the Decline of Minority Rights

6 April, 2010

With a general election looming in the UK, Arzu Merali overviews the findings of the IHRC research project British Muslims’ Expectations of the Government (BMEG), and asks where the ideal of effective citizenship has gone?

PRESS RELEASE: UK – Response to CLG Committee report on PREVENT agenda

31 March, 2010

Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) broadly welcomes today’s select committee report on ‘Preventing Violent Extremism.’

PRESS RELEASE: UK – Allowing teachers to retain BNP membership greenlights racism in schools

12 March, 2010

IHRC is deeply disappointed by the UK Ministers’ acceptance of review recommendations that will allow school teachers to retain BNP membership.

PRESS RELEASE: UK – Prevent fuels suspicion and hatred

8 December, 2009

IHRC has provided an extensive report to highlight how the prevent strategy demonises the Muslim Community.

PRESS RELEASE: New Briefing – IHRC response to the Prevent Violent Extremism strategy

19 October, 2009

The briefing argues that if the inherent flaws of the Preventing Violent Extremism strategy are not considered then the project will fail.

Preventing Violent Extremism; Response by the Islamic Human Rights Commission To UK Government Consultation

19 October, 2009

The Prevent strategy is doomed to fail in its objectives of preventing violent extremism unless and until it solves a number of inherent flaws.

IHRC response to: ‘Preventing Extremism Together: Places of Worship’

10 November, 2005

Submission by the IHRC to the Home Office in response to the consultation document ‘Preventing Extremism Together: Places of Worship’ of 6 October 2005.