What is the impact of Boris Johnson’s comments this week? Since Boris Johnson’s Islamophobic remarks comparing Muslim women who wear the niqab to robbers and letterboxes, his words have had a negative and potentially dangerous effect on Muslim women and Musl... Islamophobia Politics Press Releases Women Aug 11, 2018
Boris Johnson Islamophobia: Muslim Council of Britain Welcomes Conservative Party Inquiry The Muslim Council of Britain welcomes the Conservative Party decision to launch an inquiry into Boris Johnson and his incendiary remarks against Muslim women in a newspaper column in the Telegraph. H... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 9, 2018
Boris Johnson’s Islamophobia: Tory Leadership has Urgent Questions to Answer Today the Muslim Council of Britain calls on the Conservatives to respond to serious concerns of Islamophobia in the party, especially after Boris Johnson made unacceptable remarks comparing Muslim wo... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 7, 2018
MCB Response to Boris Johnson’s Comments on the Niqab Boris Johnson rightly opposes the Danish ban on the niqab but denigrates the minority of women who choose to wear it. He described them as looking like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers” – in language t... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 6, 2018
Commemorating Srebrenica Genocide 23 Years On 11th July 2018 Twenty three years ago today more than 8000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were systematically killed based on ethnic and religious grounds by Bosnian Serb forces under the rule of Preside... General News International Affairs Islamophobia Jul 11, 2018
Tories accused of turning blind eye to Islamophobia in the Party amid fresh new revelations Amid fresh new revelations of Islamophobia, the Conservative Party is accused of turning a blind eye on the issue as it ignores widespread calls for an independent inquiry. The Muslim Council of Brita... British Muslims Islamophobia Politics Press Releases Jun 26, 2018
Finsbury Park Attack – One Year On A year ago today, Darren Osbourne, a far right sympathiser hired a rented van to deliberately drive into Muslim worshippers outside the Muslim Welfare House as they finished their prayers, killing 51 ... British Muslims Islamophobia Press Releases UK Jun 19, 2018
Telegraph Letter on Tory Islamophobia After an article was published in the Daily Telegraph (6 June) attacking the MCB for calling for an inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party, the MCB sent the letter below which has been pu... General News Islamophobia Jun 9, 2018
APPG on British Muslims – MCB’s Submission on Islamophobia Definition On 8th June 2018, the Muslim Council of Britain submitted its response to the APPG on British Muslim’s consultation on the definition of Islamophobia. The APPG’s call for evidence for a working defini... General News Islamophobia Policy Jun 8, 2018
Shooting the Messenger: MCB Responds to Sajid Javid Comments on BBC Andrew Marr 3 June 2018 – Today the Home Secretary Sajid Javid was asked about examples of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme. It follows a letter on this matter sent by the... Democracy Hate Crimes Islamophobia Politics Press Releases Jun 3, 2018
The Muslim Council of Britain Officially Requests Inquiry into Islamophobia in the Tory Party The Muslim Council of Britain has today written to Conservative Party Chair, Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, requesting an inquiry into Islamophobia within his party, including a full audit to ensure racists... Hate Crimes Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases May 31, 2018
Leave.EU Pretends to Fight Anti-Semitism by Deploying Islamophobia Yesterday the Leave.EU campaign chose to publish a shocking tweet scapegoating Muslims. Supposedly put out to fight against anti-semitism, the tweet instead deployed Islamophobic tropes to garner supp... Islamophobia Press Releases Mar 30, 2018