The former British Minister, Tony Lloyd, passed away yesterday. There are few – very few – people of integrity in the political system in the UK. Fewer still who climb to some of the higher positions of power. Tony Lloyd MP, who passed away this week from luekemia, was of them. He
Arzu Merali reflects on the sectarian misrepresentation and instrumentalisation of Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s case by both Sunnis and Shias*. No-one is going to like what I am about to say. No-one. So let me be clear, I speak on no-one’s behalf except my own, and reflect no-one’s opinion except my own. To Sheikh
The leader of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is not the troublesome priest to be gotten rid of by insinuation, writes Arzu Merali.* One can’t help but wonder whether Buhari’s latest campaign tactic – as claimed across the media in Nigeria today – that Iran is now his and not Sheikh
Arzu Merali‘s paper on the attacks on the Islamic Movement of Nigeria and how sectarian narratives have been instrumentalised. Sectarian narratives abound in and about Nigeria. Deemed a post-colonial state in international relations terms, it is considered to be afflicted by ‘Muslim’ / ‘Christian’ ‘communal tensions’, ‘tribal tensions’ and ‘corruption’. In an
“We are in an emergency situation” More from the Sheikh Zakzaky Presser. Arzu Merali answers media questions.
On al-Quds Day in July 2014, a unit of the Nigerian army opened fire on one of the 33 al-Quds Day demonstrations in Zaria, Nigeria. 40 were killed and many injured. This is the story of that day as uncovered by an IHRC team. Edited by Turab Shah Producer, Arzu Merali
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