Remembering the Notting Hill Race Riots

August 30, 2024

It’s the anniversary of the Notting Hill race riots that paved the way for Carnival. But also remind us that race riots are not new to Britain.

“I think of what there was and how we lost it” – Modelling the Future on the Past

August 10, 2024

Massoud Shadjareh, Chair of the IHRC, discusses the opportunity to model the future based on a cohesive past. When Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together, the whole society benefited economically, socially and culturally. This has to be the foundation considered for rebuilding the future. You

A Message on the UK Riots

August 6, 2024

IHRC has been warning about the environment of hate in the UK for 25 years. We are not surprised by what is happening on our streets. Here’s our message

“We will always resist your injustice” Zeena Zakzaky, Nigeria

July 26, 2024

10 years ago the Al Quds massacre in Zaria, killed 34 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria after The army cracked down on a peaceful protest for Palestine. Zeenah Zakzaky, lost 3 of her children that day and in the following years has lost

Bring Aafia Siddiqui home now!

July 23, 2024

Do you know Dr. Aafia Siddiqui? A highly educated academic and mother of three, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was abducted by the American government in Pakistan and was the first woman subjected to the full rendition to torture programme by the USA. Her children were taken

We won’t stop until genocide is history

July 19, 2024

Massoud Shadjareh, Chair of IHRC, delivers a powerful speech on the Palestinian movement. We must bring a change and we must fight against this injustice. We at IHRC will continue to do so until genocide becomes a word of the past.

How do the lessons from Ashura relate to us today

July 16, 2024

Massoud Shadjareh, Chair of the IHRC, speaks on how the lessons from #Ashura and Karbala relate to the present. We must recognise the oppressors of our time and stand up for #justice just like Imam Hussain (as) did.

In Memory of Imam Achmad Cassiem

July 15, 2024

It has been a year since IHRC advisor and friend Imam Achmad Cassiem passed away. He led a remarkable life fighting against injustice and oppression from a young age. He joined the armed struggle against apartheid at 15 and was jailed in Robben island by