The launch of Environment of Hate: The New normal for Muslims in the UK garnered a fair bit of media attention. Here are some more links Rising Islamophobia In Britain ‘Is Creating An Environment Of Hate’ – The Huffington Post UK Muslims suffer pain and prejudice of a more hostile Britain – The Times
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The launch of Environment of Hate: The New Normal for Muslims in the UK was reported across the BBC. The book deals with Islamophobia in the UK. Here is some of their coverage. Government policy ‘negatively affects’ Muslims – BBC British Muslim convert ‘reported to authorities by college’ – BBC Arzu Merali interviewed –
Some thoughts on the reports of attacks on London Buses for ‘The Report’ on Islamic Channel. From Islam Channel’s blurb: Over the weekend a second video emerged online showing the abuse of an elderly Muslim man on a London bus. Reporter Yasmin Khatun takes a look at the recent anti-Islamic hate attacks
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.
Arzu Merali argues Muslims in the UK need a wake-up call and recognise the messages of hate surrounding them. I was totally depressed by David Cameron’s speech on Monday, and so turned to some light entertainment to cheer me up. It is then that I realised, whilst wallowing in my cultural certitudes,
Arzu Merali of IHRC reflects on the recent memorialisation of Srebrenica and the loss of its historical context. People born in the late ‘80s onwards, of course, do not remember. Who expects them to? Yet, it wouldn’t be unreasonable that the message of this disaster, rather catastrophe, of ginormous proportions, would be
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
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