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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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8th February 2007
What’s new at www.ihrc.org.uk?
In this What’s new is a summary of the IHRC report dealing with British Muslims and the media, an urgent appeal for a Friends of Al-Aqsa vigil, information on a series of lectures about human rights, the opportunity to support IHRC by buying our new T-shirts or reading the latest on-line issue of the ‘Palestinian Internationalist’ as well as many other articles
Alerts
Press Releases
Events
Articles
Alerts
Alert: Save Kashmiri Afzal Guru from Death Penalty in India
08 February 2007
Kashmiri born Mohammed Afzal Guru was accused of conspiring to attack the Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001 with three other Kashmiris.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2480
Latest issue of Palestine Internationalist (www.palint.org) on-line now
22 January 2007
Includes contributions from Les Levidow, Mohamad Nasrin Nasir, and Fahad Ansari.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2440
Action Alert: Help IHRC: Iconic IHRC T-Shirt – Long Sleeve, Available to Buy Now
01 February 2007
A long sleeve, unisex, version of the iconic IHRC T-shirt is now available. Great for demonstrations or everyday wear.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2470
FORWARDED Action Alert from Cageprisoners: Enforced Disappearance of Human Rights Activist Khalid Khawaja
30 January 2007
Pakistani citizen and well known human rights activist Khalid Khawaja was forcibly made to disappear on 26th January 2007 in Islamabad. Mr Khawaja left for the pre-dawn prayer (Fajr) when his mother noticed a white car pulling away from the house; the Imam of his local mosque confirmed that he never made it for prayers that morning.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=456
Presss Releases
PRESS RELEASE: British Muslims see the media as exclusionary and discriminatory
25 January 2007
Findings in new IHRC report ‘The British Media and Muslim Representation: The Ideology of Demonisation’
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2451
Events
Human Rights Lecture Series, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers,
15 February 2007
Torture evidence and the role of the Special Immigration Appeal Commission (SIAC), Israel, Palestine and Human Rights, Northern Ireland -Human Rights and the Democracy Deficit, Guantanamo Bay – Close it down now. https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2458
Israel: The Mask of Democracy
13 February 2007
Jonathan Cook, Nazareth-based reporter, discusses his book \’Blood and Religion: Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State\’ at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2476
URGENT! Vigil for al-Aqsa outside 10 Downing Street
10 February 2007
This week in Jerusalem, Israeli troops began demolishing a part of the structure along the wall of al-Aqsa Sanctuary, known as the Meghribi [Moroccan] Gate. This has given rise to increased tensions in and around Jerusalem…
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2481
Articles
Islamophonic for Wednesday January 31
31 January 2007
Media Guardian editor Matt Wells interviews IHRC\’s Arzu Merali on the BMEG vol.6 and the Policy Exchange study on extremism in Britain published earlier this week.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2482
Cameron jumps on the anti Muslim bandwagon
31 January 2007
David Cameron\’s outrageous comments, which included wanting to do away with multiculturalism and comparing the moderate and mainstream MCB to the far right BNP shows he is jumping onto the anti-Muslim bandwagon.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2472
Muslim Youth report “a sham”
31 January 2007
AN OPINION poll claiming to show that multiculturalism has driven Muslim youth to extremism dominated yesterday’s news headlines.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2475
Crusading Cameron
30 January 2007
In a speech at a church in Birmingham, David Cameron went as far as suggesting that Muslims groups were mirror images of the BNP, people who divided society into us and them, which by the way was exactly what Cameron was doing.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2460
SOAS settles in Muslim media row
29 January 2007
A Muslim student who won a grievance case against SOAS received thousands of pounds in compensation, London Student has learnt.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2457
Only a game show
29 January 2007
So another Celebrity Big Brother is over. Shilpa Shetty is crowned queen. Jermaine Jackson and Dirk Benedict are second and third.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2459
Analysis: Muslim political views
29 January 2007
What do young Muslims think? That is the issue at the heart of a comprehensive and nuanced poll from Policy Exchange, a right-leaning think tank.
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2461
Living Resistance: The Palestinian Fight for Education
22 January 2007
A paper first presented at IHRC / NEDA conference ‘Towards a New Liberation Theology: Reflections on Palestine\’ June 2005
https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2437
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and of the weak among the men and the women and the children, (of)
those who say: Our Lord! Cause us to go forth from this town, whose people
are oppressors, and give us from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee
a helper.”
Holy Qur’an: Chapter 4, Verse 75
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