Tag: DISCRIMINATION
English cricket out for nought as report reveals widespread prejudice
A recent report has found that English cricket is rife with discrimination. The ECB has vowed to act on the damning findings.
Women’s rights: Europe needs to take a look in the mirror
Europe has lost moral legitimacy when it comes to women’s rights, argues Dr. Izzadeen Chowdhury, amidst the racist stereotypes of women in Afghanistan.
Malcolm: Little to X
The life, legacy, and martyrdom of Malcolm X (raḥimahu Allāhu)
Face to Face: Muslim Integration
ʿAbd Allāh Thomson dispels common myths about Muslims and so-called "integration".
UN expresses “alarm” over China’s detention of Muslims in Xinjiang
Reports that upwards of one million held indefinitely in re-education camps in China “for even non-threatening expressions of Muslim ethno-religious culture like daily greetings”
Islamophobia is More Than Words
MEND's Head of Policy & Research, Isobel Ingham-Barrow, describes their new report on the definition of Islamophobia for the inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Muslims
Israeli Chief Rabbi’s usage of N-word puts spotlight on endemic racism
In a shocking outburst, one of Israel’s leading Rabbis during his weekly sermon used the Hebrew equivalent of the N-word and went on to describe a black person as a “monkey”. Despite…
“International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination”
It is true that throughout its history, the UN has claimed to work to eliminate racial discrimination. The UN Charter adopted in 1945, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted…
Why I won’t cry about hijab bans
The women’s dress-code for employment agency Portico published last year, stated: What we like to see: Makeup worn at all times and regularly reapplied, with a minimum of: Light blusher; Lipstick or tinted gloss; Mascara; Eye…
Silencing Pro-Palestinian Voices in Universities
In 2003, a motion to twin Preston with the city of Nablus was tabled and debated by Preston City Council. It was a motion which was proposed by a good friend of…