Alert: Belgium – Draft proposal to ban the niqab in process

April 28, 2010

The consequences of wearing the niqab in Belgium would be a fine of 30 Euros and a 7 day prison sentence.

PRESS RELEASE: Regional / OSCE – New Briefing – Intervention on Media Freedom

October 6, 2009

Islamic Human Rights Commission made an oral intervention in the 12th working session of the OSCE HDIM today in Warsaw, Poland.

BRIEFING: Intervention on Freedom of expression, free media and information

October 6, 2009

The Islamic Human Rights Commission is devoted to the concept of free speech.

PRESS RELEASE: Regional / OSCE – New Briefing – Recommendations on the Implementation by States of OSCE Commitments related to Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, in particular those relating to Hate Crime.

October 6, 2009

Islamic Human Rights Commission has submitted recommendations at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, today.

BRIEFING: Recommendations on the Implementation by States of OSCE Commitments related to Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, in particular those relating to Hate Crime

October 5, 2009

As a result of this cumulative work spanning over a decade, IHRC has indentified certain key issues around anti-Muslim hatred, hostility and discrimination.

PRESS RELEASE: Netherlands / Europe – IHRC concerned at murder of veiled woman being possible hate crime

August 13, 2009

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) is deeply disturbed by news of another possible hate-motivated murder against a Muslim woman in Europe.

Woman’s killing in Amsterdam raises suspicions of hate crime

August 13, 2009

The motive behind the killing of a Turkish businesswoman in Amsterdam on Monday by unknown perpetrators remained unknown on Wednesday, while some Turkish media suggested she could have been the victim of a hate crime or xenophobia.

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

October 19, 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.