Ilan Pappe’s ground-breaking book on Zionism launches in London
The Cordoba Foundation hosted a major event in London on 11 June 2024, to launch Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic, the latest work by acclaimed Israeli historian Prof Ilan Pappe. The event was organised in partnership with the Middle East Monitor...
Farewell to our friend and supporter, Prof Robert Crane
The Cordoba Foundation is saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Robert Dickson Crane, also known as Faruq 'Abd al Haqq, on Sunday 12th of December 2021. Professor Crane was a long-term friend and avid supporter of The Cordoba Foundation, for which he seldom...
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.
POST-CORONA: TRANSFORMATIVE LANDSCAPES AND SHIFTING PRIORITIES
BACKGROUND AND AIMS This project seeks to study the major changes and transformations that are forecast to take place around the world as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic, and how those are likely to impact major conflicts and crises, particularly in the MENA...
NEW ZEALAND TERROR ATTACKS, WARNINGS OF THE DANGERS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IGNORED
The Cordoba Foundation joins Muslims worldwide and all fair-minded people of the world in condemning the heinous attack on 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand as worshipers were preparing to observe the weekly Friday prayers.
The Sun chooses scandal over human rights
The Cordoba Foundation Media Release 4 March, 2019 The Sun chooses scandal over human rights In an article published on the 28th of February titled: “Corbyn ally Emily Thornbury gives talk to extremist-linked Muslim Brotherhood group”, The Sun chose to stir scandal...
China’s brute crackdown and mass incarceration of Uyghur Muslims
Uyghur Muslims have been persecuted for 70 years by the Chinese goverment since the occupation of East Turkistan (Xinjiang).
Uighurs Protest Invitation
International Observatory of Human Rights Protests the Unlawful Detention of +1 million Uyghurs in Re-Education Camps in China 5 February 2019 The International Observatory of Human Rights will join the Uyghur community in London outside the Chinese Embassy at 5pm on...
Shari’ah – What everyone needs to know
By John L. Esposito and Natana J. DeLong-Bas
Europe’s Growing Muslim Population
Muslims are projected to increase as a share of Europe's population even with no future migration. In recent years, Europe has experienced a record influx of asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in Syria and other predominantly Muslim countries. This wave of...
Reflections on the Paris Attacks
By Dr Alain Gresh – 18.11.2015
NEW RELEASE… Spectre of Hate: An Explanatory Guide to the Far Right in the UK
spectre of Hate: An Explanatory Guide to the Far Right in the UK This guide provides an overview of British far-right and populist movements active today. Whilst organised far-right networks are collapsing and fragmenting, the rise of populist movements – with...
The Scourge of Islamophobia in Britain
Dr Anas Altikriti CEO, The Cordoba Foundation
Two new reports launched on 3rd Sep 2015
Highlights of two new reports launched on 3rd Sep 2015 at the Holiday Inn Regent’s Park, London by TMC Advisory Group and The Cordoba Foundation.
The Henry Jackson Society and the Degeneration of British Neoconservatism
The Cordoba Foundation and the Public Interest Investigations launch a new report: The Henry Jackson Society and the Degeneration of British Neoconservatism: Liberal Interventionism, Islamophobia and the 'War On Terror'. The reports examines the history,...