Reports and Books

9/11: The Targeting of Muslim Women

Fareena Alam, news editor and Muslim activist outlines the nature of anti-Muslim women attacks and ways forward for the Muslim community to break out of the cycle of demonisation and backlash.

UK Today: The Anti-Muslim Backlash in the Wake of September 11, 2001

An overview of the number and nature of anti-Muslim incidents since September 11, 2001. IHRC collated the reports of Islamophobic incidents it received in the wake of 9-11 in this report. Anti-Muslim attacks spiked immediately after the event. Download the report here. This is a

Islamophobia and Gender Discrimination: The Case of the Media

Two South African journalists, Nurah Tape and Iman Rappetti, moot the problems of Islamophobic stereotyping and gender discrimination for Muslim women in the media, and suggest ways forward.  Prepared for IHRC to present at the NGO Forum at the Fourth World Conference Against Racism in

The Race Against Racism

Imam Achmad Cassiem’s paper on the Islamic position against racism, prepared for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa, August 2001. Download the report here. The paper emphasizes the urgency with which the problem of racism and oppression must be tackled, and the

Judaism – An Alternative to Zionism

Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss discusses why he and Neturei Karta oppose Zionism based on their religious beliefs as practising Jews. Prepared for the Fourth World Conference Against Racism in South Africa in August 2001, which Rabbi Weiss and two other members of Neturei Kart attended