Presented by Arzu Merali at the final plenary of the Prevent, Islamophobia and Civil Liberties national conference in June 2016. In it Arzu looks at how the narratives that fuel Islamophobic street level violence and establishment attacks on Muslims are concretised by the narratives of Prevent. She argues that the capture of
The British premier’s policy announcement of funding to teach Muslim women English has made me want to stop speaking the language I love* There’s the personal and public – a reimagining of the feminist standpoint if you like. It’s the way I see David Cameron’s speech announcing the need (and coincidentally the funding) to
Arzu Merali was on of the signatories of this statement highlighting concerns and dangers regarding the statutory implementation of the Prevent strategy. The original can be read here. We, the undersigned, take issue with the government’s PREVENT strategy and its statutory implementation through the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for the following reasons: 1.
I spoke on this panel convened in the immediate aftermath of the attacks in Paris in January 2015. Full details (and the full playlist of this panel) follow under the video of my talk. From the IHRC Website The Islamic Human Rights Commission held a last minute public meeting, ‘What
Arzu was interviewed on Levant TV about the IHRC decision to cease participation in UK government consultations on anti-terror measures
The book, co-authored with journalist Fiona Bawdon set out the story of the five men arrested and tried for terrorism offences in the now infamous ‘Ricin’ trial, where it was alleged they formed a an Al-Qaeda conspiracy to poison thousands of people. Of the five four were acquitted of all charges, the
Arzu Merali introduces her ten day blog on Iran, starting with police harassment in London, UK When I conceived of this blog a week back, I thought it would contain some observations on Tehran life under the increased threat of aerial bombardment and war from the Israel / US. The observations would
IHRC’s Arzu Merali presents her paper for the ‘Expert Panel: TERRORISM: CULTURES and MEDIA’ in the spring of 2011 in Tehran, Iran. Find more details, including links to the paper and conference proceeding below. Buy the book of the conference proceedings here. Download them here. From the Preface Just Peace:
Panel on “Producing Islamophobia and Fomenting Fear”. April 21,22 UC Berkeley Thomas Cincotta, Public Research Associates Max Blumenthal, the Nation Institute Arzu Merali is Director of Research for the Islamic Human Rights Commission (UK) Moderator: Wajahat Ali, Research and Writer at Center for American Progress. Part of the 2021 conference at UC
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