[note added 22 December 2023] I took part in this odd but useful interview on Al-Quds Day for Press TV back in 2011. The Al-Quds Day protest – attending it, supporting it, and defending it – has been an important part of my life. Broadcast Date: 25 Aug. 2011 Text adapted from
From Press TV. The actions of Anders Breivik in Norway have sent shockwaves across Europe, particularly here in the UK. Breivik claimed to have held links with far right groups in England, and shared their opposition to Islam. But fresh research into attitudes amongst Muslims indicates that they feel the authorities have
Interview with the Islamic Human Rights Commission by John Feffer for FPIF. Feffer talks to Massoud Shadjareh and Arzu Merali of the IHRC about anti-Islamic sentiment in the United Kingdom. Massoud Shadjareh is the chair and Arzu Merali the director of research of the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London, which was established in
Arzu Merali joins Sultana Pravin and Umm Taqi on Islam Channel to discuss the Israeli onslaught on Gaza in December 2008 – January 2009. Photo from Physicians for Human Rights, CC BY 2.0 DEED
Dominic Casciani of the BBC interviewed Arzu Merali about the findings published in the first two reports of the British Muslims’ Expectations of the government project. Researchers say they have found a sharp rise in discrimination against Muslims in the UK. A report, backed by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, recorded increased levels