Omar Hijazi argues that the often sectarianized lens of the Muslim blogosphere is finding its authors and activists in strange harmony with the discourse of the Islamophobic West. In September 2022, popular Muslim website called the Muslim Skeptic published a long rant camouflaged as analysis
There are a number announcements that we would like to share with you. Author Evening with Shahd Alshammari – Head Above Water Head Above Water takes us into a space of intimate conversations on illness and society’s stigmatization of disabled bodies. We are invited in to
Background The current Right-Wing coalition ruling Sweden, elected in 2018, has now closed 17 out of the 19 Islamic schools in the country. This vicious attack on Islam is part of a growing trend of Anti-Muslim hate across the continent and around the World. Among
The need for political alliances in the quest for a new and just world has never been more urgent. João Silva Jordão argues that Muslims in the ‘west’ need to critically evaluate and discard their unquestioning alliances with an increasingly Islamophobic left. For Muslims in
The process of depoliticising Muslims has now been rolled out to the wider UK population, argues Afroze F. Zaidi. Whilst different sections of wider society are pitted against each other by government narratives that stigmatise, divide and rule, Zaidi argues that enough space still exists
This year’s Genocide Memorial Day will home in on the rise of fascism and the scapegoating of minorities. In line with the aim of the annual event which aims to raise awareness of genocide in order for new generations to understand the causes and recognise
This year’s Genocide Memorial Day will home in on the rise of fascism and the scapegoating of minorities. In line with the aim of the annual event which aims to raise awareness of genocide in order for new generations to understand the causes and recognise
This year we have talked about many different issues. In the UK we have seen genuine Muslim organisations targeted, pro-Palestinian Jews be smeared as anti-Semitic and the right to protest and strike being targeted by new legislation. The government is trying to suffocate activism in
As part of its submission to the office of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, IHRC has compiled this briefing regarding some of the impacts of such laws and policies in the UK,
We have a few announcements for you. Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies Granada, Spain – June 12 – June 17, 2023 Given that the Covid-19 crisis is under control, the Granada Summer School will be returning to in-person instruction. This program includes intensive
