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 Islamophobia in the current times:
(i) Islamophobia as a lived experience: rather than viewing Islamophobia solely as individual prejudice, this session will explore how it has been deliberately constructed and maintained to serve geopolitical interests, control narratives, extract material resources and undermine Islamic political mobilisation.
(ii) Decolonising Islamophobia and understandings of racism: The need for urgent legislative and cultural change in Westernised nation state contexts, needs to be balanced with the need for cultural and social revolutions in understanding social phenomena like racism. Is there an Islamic praxis that can better understand and underpin movements towards social justice?
