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
From Press TV. The actions of Anders Breivik in Norway have sent shockwaves across Europe, particularly here in the UK. Breivik claimed to have held links with far right groups in England, and shared their opposition to Islam. But fresh research into attitudes amongst Muslims indicates that they feel the authorities have
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