This video is from the December 2014 Institutional Islamophobia Conference, the first of IHRC’s annual Islamophobia conferences. Arzu Merali spoke of IHRC’s 17-year-long project of documenting anti-Muslim experiences and hate crime. IHRC has never thought that victims should have to prove their oppressive experiences but IHRC has to advocate and prove to
Arzu was interviewed on Levant TV about the IHRC decision to cease participation in UK government consultations on anti-terror measures
This panel on Islamophobia was organised by IHRC at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in September 2014 in Geneva As anti-Muslim hatred rises in Europe and North America as well as other satellite states, this panel presents compelling theoretical and empirical work on the phenomenon. The crisis unfolding as a
Arzu discusses her research and book on Canadian experiences of Islamophobia with former UK MP Derek Conway. Salman Sayyid also contributes to the discussion. Buy the book Only Canadian: The Experience of Hate Moderated Differential Citizenship for Muslims here[external link]. Find our more here.
Arzu took part in this event inJune 2014, organised by the Malcolm X Movement (MXM) on opposing the continuing US and Western Empire(s). The text and video below is courtesy of the MXM YouTube Channel. In this clip Sukant Chandan (Malcolm X Movement), Arzu Merali (IHRC and MXM), Carlos Martinez (Invent
Letters to the editor, from Sir Tim Brighouse et al. about the Trojan Horse/ hoax affair. Arzu Merali was one of the signatories. Read the letter here on The Guardian pages, or below. Several major Ofsted reports are due to be published about the so-called “Trojan Horse” schools in Birmingham which
Only Canadian: The Experience of Hate Moderated Differential Citizenship for Muslims provides an assessment and analysis of the hatred and hostility towards Canadian Muslims. Publication Date: 5 June 2014 £10 or CA$17 (hard copy) £4 or CA$7 (download) / ISBN: 978-1-909853-00-3 (download) ISBN: 978-1-903718-99-5 (hard copy) / 233mm x 156mm / 216
In the lead up to this year’s edition of the Islamophobia Awards, to be held this Friday, Arzu Merali offers some reflections on what the fight against Islamophobia entails today. Whether it is advocacy against imperialist, colonial wars, or activism against anti-terror laws, or studying hate crime and discrimination, the naming and
On 14 December 2013 in Paris – Arzu Merali presents the findings of the France Hate Crime research undertaken by IHRC published as ‘France and the Hated Society’. Buy the book here. Watch the video below.
Arzu Merali reflects on contemporary Islamophobia and Racism* Great news for all, that Monty Python are reforming and will be playing the O2 next year. I happily watched a clip on BBC Breakfast a couple of days back of the Spanish Inquisition using the soft cushions and comfy chair of torture on a little