Salam everyone,

It has been a very busy week here at IHRC! Yesterday saw the launch of ‘Only Canadian: The Experience of Hate Moderated Differential Citizenship for Muslims’ – the latest publication in our hate crime research project! It is available both in paperback and to digitally download so make sure you get your copy.

IHRC also played a part in the front cover of Wednesday’s The Guardian. Both Massoud Shadjareh and Arzu Merali were two of a group of signatories in a letter to the newspaper regarding the ‘Trojan Horse’ row. Keep reading for more about that.

Tomorrow we’re also hosing our End of Exhibition Conversation with Intifada Street artist Mohammad Hamza. It should be a great evening of discussion, featuring some spoken word poetry too! If you can’t be there in person, you can livestream the event from 5.30pm by CLICKING HERE.

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‘ONLY CANADIAN’

Yesterday saw the launch of ‘Only Canadian: The Experience of Hate Moderated Differential Citizenship for Muslims’

‘Saied Reza Ameli and Arzu Merali offer a timely and critical assessment of the Muslim experience in Canada. Drawing upon a national survey of over 400 Muslims, the report highlights that all is not well in the “peaceable kingdom.”

—- Dr. Barbara Perry

CLICK HERE TO BUY A PAPERBACK COPY 

CLICK HERE TO BUY A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 

IN THE GUARDIAN

Wednesday saw a letter to The Guardian signed by a group of leading educationalists and Muslim leaders; including IHRC’s Massoud Shadjareh and Arzu Merali. In it they criticised the impartiality of Ofsted as well as the British education system itself. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LETTER.

The follow up to the letter was a piece by Richard Adams which was featured on the cover. CLICK HERE TO READ ‘Experts’ furty at “tarnished” Ofsted’ 

CLICK HERE to visit our Trojan Horse Resources page – with background info, articles, links, opinions & more.

IHRC IN MEDIA

UNSC COLONIZED BY WORLD POWERS 

Watch a Press TV interview with IHRC Chair Massoud Shadjareh where he speaks about how the United Nations and its Security Council are pursuing the interests of colonial powers.

UK ‘ANTI-TERROR’ LAW INDISCRIMINATE, SAYS RIGHTS GROUPS 

The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission expressed “grave concern about the ethnic makeup of those examined and detained,” adding: “It is clear that non-whites are disproportionately and unnecessarily targeted by officers with the power to stop and search under Schedule 7.”

PRESS RELEASES

TROJAN HORSE SCHOOL ROW BETRAYS ANTI-MUSLIM WITCHHUNT 

The decision to investigate and the manner in which enquiries have been conducted has left Muslims feeling that it is a carefully orchestrated attack on the whole community, its religious freedoms and their place in British society as equal citizens.

NEW REPORT FINDS ANTI-MUSLIM DISCRIMINATION RIFE IN CANADA 

Over 9 out of 10 Canadian Muslims have seen some form of negative or insulting stereotypes of Muslims in the media. And nearly three-quarters of them have seen policies that negatively impact their community.

SECRET TERRORISM TRIAL WOULD SET ANOTHER DANGEROUS PRECEDENT 

The impending trial of two suspects charged with terrorism offences in secret in a closed court would amount to an abandonment of the fundamental right to a fair trial and disproportionately impact Muslims.

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTIFADA STREET: END OF EXHIBITION CONVERSATION WITH MOHAMMAD HAMZA 

WHAT: IHRC celebrate the end of Intifada Street artist Mohammad Hamza’s exhibition with a conversation with the artist and spoken word pieces from San’aa Sultan.

WHEN: Saturday 7 June from 5.30pm

WHERE: IHRC Bookshop & Gallery, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

LAUNCH OF SARA RUSSELL’S ‘ANOTHER DAY’ EXHIBITION 

WHAT: Join us as we launch a new exhibition! We’re featuring the photography of Sara Russell. The gallery will host the documentation of her recent trip to Palestine. Each photograph tells the story of ‘another day’ of occupation.

WHEN: Thursday 19 June from 6.45pm

WHERE: IHRC Bookshop & Gallery, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA

AL-QUDS DAY 2014 

WHAT: A major national event with thousands of people coming from all over the country to show their solidarity with the people of Palestine and oppressed people everywhere.

WHEN: Friday 25 July from 3pm – 7pm

WHERE: Assembling at Duchess Street (near BBC Radio)

SHOP

Please click the title if you’d like to purchase or look at a copy

The Great Anti-War Cartoons: With an introduction by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Muhammad Yunus, this ample collection documents some of the most affecting anti-war cartoons produced in Europe and America for roughly the last two centuries. At turns dark and humorous, provoking thought and emotion, this collection provides some weight to the old saying: “the pen is mightier than the sword”.

What Should We Say?: An essential part of Islamic upbringing, these are the supplications most commonly used by Muslims worldwide to increase awareness and remembrance of Allah in daily life.

The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge: A must-read for those researching the truth and origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948! Trailblazing Israeli historian Ilan Pappe brings us this major new history on the origins and formative years of the state of Israel.

Check out the online shop for what else is currently in stock and get regular updates on twitter by following @ihrcbookshop

GALLERY

COMING SOON…

‘ANOTHER DAY’ PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Nasreen Shaikh Jamal Al Lail, curator of the exhibition said: “Another Day questions the idea of the everyday and examines the lives of the locals under occupation. It allows viewers to encounter images they would not usually have a chance to see in conventional media.”

The exhibition launches on June 19 at 6.45pm. Please join us!

You can still buy LIMITED EDITION Intifada Street prints by Mohammad Hamza from the shop! Please CLICK HERE to view the art.