Originally written in July 2015 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, this piece by Arzu Merali has been revised by its author for the current context, including updating footnotes, and adding description which now requires addition for those unfamiliar with the essay’s contents. Listen to the essay here
The hoops that Muslims in the UK jump through to be accepted by an openly hostile state are impossible. In trying to do so, we are simply reproducing the idea that we are not proper citizens, just blindly loyal subjects, argues Arzu. Read the article below or listen to it here.
As the US enters the war against Iran, Arzu argues that we need to keep our focus on the driver for this latest violence. It has always been about Revolutionary Iran’s support for Palestine. So, the war is on. It’s been decades in the making. The US has bombed Iran, a week
It’s two days since the Zionist entity launched attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran. A clear extension of its war on Gaza, yet there has been notable silence from civil society figures and online commentators. These ethical lapses will be remembered. Its thundering – the silence. And it makes me wonder.
As the Zionist entity launches war against the Islamic Republic of Iran its worth learning what it is that irks them and the US so. Yes, the Islamic Republic has sponsored, organised, trained and given spiritual support to the resistance. This has been an article of faith of the Islamic Republic since
There is a lot of this happening. Figures on the left, anti-establishment figures, Muslims repeating these mantras: it is shocking that the state has ‘suddenly’ become authoritarian; that anti-terrorism laws are manifestly unjust; that political space has been forcibly shrunk. Arzu discusses how this outrage is undermining proper critical reflection and invisibalizing
Organised by the Decolonising the Mind group, venue IHRC offices, Wembley, UK. Saturday 26th April. Arzu Merali presenting. From 2 to 4pm IHRC Bookshop 202 Preston Road, HA9 8PA. Nearest Station: Preston Rd (Metropolitan Line) Registration is a must via this link. Light Refreshments This workshop will look at two aspects of
Words from and for the IHRC website on the passing of Claudia Manchanda IHRC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Claudia Manchanda in London, UK. Manchanda (known to some on social media as Panther Manchanda) touched the lives of many people she had not met through her thinking and
Arzu refers to a recent article for more information on education and the ideological drift of Islamophobia in the UK. I stumbled upon this piece in LRB this week ‘Making Media Great Again’ by Peter Geoghegan on the media tycoon Paul Marshall. It provides more information on Ark Academy schools, which I alluded