NEWS, VIEWS & PRESS
Statement on the Pegasus Scandal and the hacking of my personal number by the UAE
I was recently alerted by the Guardian newspaper that my phone number was among the many that were selected for targeting by customers of NSO and its hacking software known as Pegasus. In my case, the client in question appears to be the government of the United Arab...
The death of an icon in the struggle against injustice
On Saturday 19th of June, Alaa Al-Siddiq, daughter of UAE political prisoner Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Al-Siddiq, died in a car accident in Oxfordshire. Regardless of the outcome of the police investigation, Alaa was a true icon of the fight against injustice, and a rising...
SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINESE OFFICIALS FOR UYGHUR PERSECUTION IS WELCOME, BUT NOT ENOUGH
The Cordoba Foundation (TCF) considers the announcement by a number of governments the imposition of sanctions on senior officials in China for gross human rights abuses against its Uyghur Muslim population, a much welcome step. For years, if not longer, China has...
Time for Prevent to be scrapped
The Cordoba Foundation has always seen the government’s strategy to counter terrorism and extremism, coined Prevent, as one which was found upon positive objectives, but has been sullied by years of misuse and politicking. On numerous occasions, The Cordoba Foundation...
Islamophobia Awareness Month Deconstructing and challenging stereotypes about Islam
Therefore, the Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) this November could not have come at a more apt time, nor under more telling circumstances.
External News, Views
We are a welcoming Europe
Millions have stood up to help. Europe’s citizens are its biggest strength and the key to change the current political impasse on migration. We are coming together to launch a European-wide campaign in order to put pressure on politicians, in particular as part of the...
FOE NOT FRIEND Yemeni Tribes and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Yemeni tribes as collective entities have not backed or allied with AQAP, agreed to give its fighters safe haven, or endorsed its radical ideology; to the contrary, tribes have tended to see the group as a potentially serious challenge to their authority This timely...
UK government should withdraw its invitation to Abdel Fatah al-Sisi
We are concerned to hear that the government has invited the Egyptian dictator, Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, to visit the UK. We believe it violates the British values which the government claims to champion to welcome a ruler who has overthrown an elected...
Blog: Is the Arab Spring Over?
Is the Arab Spring dead? Certainly not according to Dr Anas Al Tikriti, the British-Arab founder of Cordoba Foundation, who was one of the panelists on 20 March 2014 at the Skeel Lecture Theatre (Queen Mary University of London). Dr Anas came to prominence in the UK...
External Events
Srebrenica Genocide in Bosnia.
24th Anniversary Commemoration. The single greatist atrocity in Europe since the Second War World.
Policy, Power and Sectarian Identities in the MENA Region
ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY: Exploring the Strategies of Political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Contribution
(PAST EVENTS) Critical Platform: Islam, Extremism, Terrorism
Publications
Conference Report: FORCED CREMATIONS OF COVID DECEASED IN SRI LANKA
MUSLIMS IN SRI LANKA AND THE CHALLENGES OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
MUSLIMS IN SRI LANKA AND THE CHALLENGES OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
NIGERIA: MILITARISING A CIVIL PROTEST
by Prince Debo Luwaji In This Issue Part 1 – Nigeria: Mishandling of a simple protestWhat sparked the mass protests?Demands of the protestersThe case against SARS Part 2 – What breaks the peaceRole of the PresidentTwo distinct youth movements behind the protestsThe...
Webinar Report: US 2020 Elections and Prospects of Democracy in the MENA Region
It would be amiss to ignore the impact of the [US election] outcome on global affairs, particularly those of the MENA region
