NEWS, VIEWS & PRESS
PRESS RELEASE – ISLAMOPHOBIA ACTION GROUP CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS IN TACKLING ISLAMOPHOBIA
Press Release - 28/08/2024 In light of the recent far-right riots, 80 Muslim organisations and community leaders have come together to demand immediate and concrete action from the government to tackle the growing threat of Islamophobia. The alarming rise in hate and...
Roundtable recording – Islamic State, Governance and Power-Sharing, with Reference to Rachid Ghannouchi’s Political Thought
Panel Prof Andrew March - USA A professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he specialises in political philosophy, Islamic law and political thought, religion and comparative and non-Western political theory. Author of several books...
Event Update: Gaza Genocide – Breaking the Cycle of Israeli War Crimes
Panel Honourable Faiez Jacobs – South Africa A South African Member of Parliament of Greater Athlone for the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Born and bred...
From Srebrenica to Gaza: The Fading Promise of “Never Again”
In the shadow of the Holocaust (1933-1945) and the solemn promise of 'Never Again,' Raphael Lemkin, a Jewish Polish legal scholar, introduced a haunting term to encapsulate the horrors of mass murder: genocide. Lemkin described it as a deliberate scheme to obliterate...
Full conference video: Tunisia at a Crossroads
Full recording of Tunisia at a Crossroads conference, organised by The Cordoba Foundation, 23 June 2023, The Royal College of Pathologists, London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iiYtOyLDzY
EVENTS
With H.E. Dr Desra Percaya, Ambassador of Indonesia to the UK.
Reception hosted by the Indonesian Embassy in London to welcome a parliamentary delegation from Indonesia to discuss developments in Islamic Finance and Hajj (and 'Umrah). Several British Muslim leaders were in attendance including Dr Anas Altikriti (CEO, The Cordoba...
[A FINAL REMINDER] of the REPORT LAUNCH: BRITISH MUSLIMS IN NUMBERS: CENSUS SUMMARY REPORT 2025
[A FINAL REMINDER] of the REPORT LAUNCH: BRITISH MUSLIMS IN NUMBERS: CENSUS SUMMARY REPORT 2025 Date: Friday 2nd may Time: 6pm Venue: Al Manar Centre, London Ticket: Free, but you must pre-register...
The Cordoba Foundation welcomes Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to London
On Friday 17th of January, The Cordoba Foundation along with representatives of a number of British Muslim organisations, shared lunch and a discussion with Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Anwar Ibrahim who is visiting the UK. Prior to the meeting, the Prime Minister...
External News, Views
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...
Opinion – Sri Lanka: The Opportunistic Hypocrisy of Reconciliation
A recent post in the Colombo Telegraph by the ‘PM of the TGTE’ expressed solidarity with the Muslim community whilst “extending our fullest support to the Muslim people, we also extend our solidarity to the Muslim community, as a community whose mother tongue is also...
Opinion – Egypt Crisis:Unpacking the Role of the Media and Gulf Petro-Dollars
If there is one thing that consistently defines this era that we are living in, it is the role of the media in how it not only shapes our politics, ideology and world view but also how it seeks to manipulate issues and narratives for its own goals. We all remember the...
Opinion – EGYPT NARRATIVES: A Brief Critique of the Reasons Advanced to Justify the Egyptian Military Coup of July 2013
I expect people reading this to be quite busy and so I will forego the usual essay style and use a point format. As a preamble, there are two arguments I will not make. I will not argue that the President’s first year in office was mistake-free. There were many and...
External Events
Israel’s “Administrative Detention” Policy
Safer World Without Nuclear Weapons
With many countries engaged in war, there is no better time than after the Global Day of Action on Military Spending to say the world is certainly a better place without ‘weapons of mass destruction’
Lecture Series: Are Muslims Empowered by Knowledge
This event is organised by the Educational Aid for Palestinians
International Day of Peace – Flights for Peace
Celebrate the UN International day of Peace in a unique way meeting other people who live in London who you have never met before
Publications
Mainstreaming Hate: How the Right Exploits the Crisis to Divide Us
Report Launch and Discussion: Mainstreaming Hate: How the Right Exploits the Crisis to Divide Us 10 Sep 2024, London Muslim Centre Download...
The 2024 French Legislative Election
By Dr Alain Gabon In this issue Macron’s dissolution of the National AssemblyWhy a reckless dissolution?A transformed political landscapeHow the snap legislative election provided even more surprisesExplanations of the resultsHow the National Rally was...
NEW RECORDS FOR THE FAR-RIGHT IN EUROPE, MORE BAD NEWS FOR MUSLIMS?
By Dr Alain Gabon In this issue Renewed interestA continent in crisisMain winnersWho are the main losers?No groundswellThe real threat: influence Issue 01, Vol 4, July 2024, The Cordoba foundation The real threat of the far-right may not be its electoral victories...
Tunisia at a Crossroads: Has the birthplace of the Arab Spring finally succumbed to tyranny?
by John L. EspositoDistinguished Professor, Georgetown University In this issue Rachid Ghannouchi on Islam & DemocracyUS Policy: The Biden AdministrationConclusionNotesRachid Ghannouchi is one of the world’s leading Islamic thinkers and has been one of the most...
