The misappropriation of the Great War is something we should all resist, argues Arzu Merali, particularly the trend to equate remembrance day with Islamic history. Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps, And builded parapets and trenches there. And stretched forth the knife to slay his son. When lo! an
Professor Salman Sayyid talked with IHRC on 22 September 2011 about his book on the rise of so-called Islamism, the contestation of meanings of Islam and Islamophobia.
Once Upon a Hatred: Anti-Muslim Experiences in the USA reveals the shocking statistic that 30% of Muslims surveyed have experienced a hate-motivated physical attack. Publication date: 23 May 2013 £10 (£7 to pre-order)/ ISBN: 9781903718919 / 233mm x 156mm / 192 pages / paperback / Islamic Human Rights Commission Order it at
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
Arzu Merali writes for CNN on the extradition of Babar Ahmed, Talha Ahsan and three more men from the UK to the US, whilst Gary McKinnon is spared Violence isn’t always physical – and UK Home Secretary Theresa May’s recent announcements on all things extradition fell one after another as devastating blows
France and the Hated Society: Muslim Experiences, exposes the pervasive nature of Islamophobic discrimination in France. £10 / ISBN: 9781903718841 / 233mm x 156mm / 144 pages / paperback / Islamic Human Rights Commission PDF version You can read an executive summary of the report here [external link]. Reviews.
Arzu Merali looks at the state of the London of the Olympics, one year after the UK riots A fortress welcomes me as I alight from Stratford Station. Which came first? The plan for Westfield Shopping Centre or the Olympic Park? The pair seem seamlessly moulded to fit, the distinction only that
Arzu Merali argues that Muslims have failed many oppressed people, including the Rohingya, by only recognising their plight when the Western media takes and interest.* There are many lessons to be learned by the latest, I stress latest, violence inflicted upon Muslim peoples in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Not least of these is
Extradition is a film that explores the injustices of the Extradition Act 2003 through the suffering of two individuals and their families. The act stipulates that any British Citizen can be extradited to the US without their government even providing prima facie evidence. Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan have been held for
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