Counternarratives

Countering Islamophobic Narratives in the United Kingdom

Arzu was the author of the UK research in this groundbreaking project on Countering Islamophobic Narratives This page (taken from the IHRC website here) provides the key documents, video and links in the Countering Islamophobic Narratives project (CIK) that was undertaken in 2017 – 2018. The author of research on the UK

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After Christchurch: battling Islamophobia in Scotland

Arzu spoke at this event where IHRC’s research on Islamophobia was presented to help civil society groups convey key messages to policy makers, governments, professionals, charities and the media in Scotland This article was published on TFN here. The research being presented can be found here [external link]. Photo: Luis Alejandro Apiolaza,

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VIDEO: Countering Islamophobia in Europe

At the Launch of the Counter Islamophobia Kit (CIK) at the European Parliament in Brussels in September, Alfiaz Vaiya interviewed Arzu Merali, Jean Lambert MEP and Professor Salman Sayyid on European Parliament TV. From 2017 – 2018 the Counter-Islamophobia Toolkit* team looked at narratives and counternarratives to Islamophobia in 8 European countries:

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