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Journal: ‘People hate you because of the way you dress’ – understanding the experiences of British Muslim women victims of Islamophobia, International Review of Victimology

My new article, “‘People hate you because of the way you dress’: understanding the invisible experiences of veiled British Muslim women victims of Islamophobia” is now available online via the journal, The International Review of Victimology. It can be read by clicking here. For those of you who want to know more, the abstract is reproduced below: Chakraborti and Zempi… Read More Journal: ‘People hate you because of the way you dress’ – understanding the experiences of British Muslim women victims of Islamophobia, International Review of Victimology

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Article: Why I Quit the Government’s Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group – Huffington POst

Reproduced below is my ‘open letter’ explaining the reasons why I quit the Government’s Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group. This was originally published in the Huffington Post on 30th October 2014 and can be found by clicking here. “Shortly after the re-launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Islamophobia in November 2011, I was… Read More Article: Why I Quit the Government’s Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group – Huffington POst

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Radio: BBC Radio Lancashire – talking about Islamophobia and my forthcoming lecture in Blackburn

Yesterday I had the opportunity to chat live on air with Gary Hickson during his show on BBC Radio Lancashire. In addition to promoting my forthcoming lecture (Wednesday 7th May 2014) – hosted by Global Village in partnership with the Lancashire Council of Mosques, click here for details and tickets – we spoke about the reality… Read More Radio: BBC Radio Lancashire – talking about Islamophobia and my forthcoming lecture in Blackburn

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Talk: Visible Muslim Women Victims of Anti-Muslim Hate – Launch Speech from the Houses of Parliament

Whilst it’s from last November, I thought that some might still be interested in listening to my launch speech from the Houses of Parliament when we launched the report with Tell MAMA into the experience of visible Muslim women victims of anti-Muslim hate. If you’re looking for the report, you can view it by clicking… Read More Talk: Visible Muslim Women Victims of Anti-Muslim Hate – Launch Speech from the Houses of Parliament

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Huffington Post Article: From Miley Cyrus to Banning Veils – The Problem Men Have With Women and Their Bodies

Overlooked adding this here despite it being published last week by the Huffington Post. Causing quite a stir on Twitter, it has been my most viewed and responded to post for the Huffington Post. To read it on that website, click here. Alternatively, it is reproduced below: From Miley Cyrus to Banning Veils: The Problem Men… Read More Huffington Post Article: From Miley Cyrus to Banning Veils – The Problem Men Have With Women and Their Bodies

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Letter to Jeremy Browne re. comments about ‘the veil’

Following the comments made by Jeremy Browne last week about Muslim women who wear ‘the veil’, a number of the independent members of the Cross-Government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred sent a letter to him raising our concerns about the way the matter was being handled. The text of the letter is reproduced below. As yet, there… Read More Letter to Jeremy Browne re. comments about ‘the veil’

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