Muslim Council of Britain Joins Parliamentary Event on Islamophobia 

On 20 Novem­ber 2024, the Mus­lim Coun­cil of Britain (MCB) report­ed that it joined a par­lia­men­tary event to address the issue of Islam­o­pho­bia in the UK, with MPs and ambas­sadors in atten­dance. The arti­cle begins: 

As part of Islam­o­pho­bia Aware­ness Month 2024, the Mus­lim Coun­cil of Britain was proud to join Afzal Khan MP and Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al in host­ing a pow­er­ful par­lia­men­tary drop-in ses­sion. The event brought togeth­er MPs from across par­ties, reaf­firm­ing their com­mit­ment to address­ing the urgent and grow­ing cri­sis of Islam­o­pho­bia in the UK.Ambas­sadors from the Organ­i­sa­tion of Islam­ic Coop­er­a­tion attend­ed, along­side out­spo­ken fig­ures Car­la Deny­er, Co-Leader of the Green Par­ty, Baroness Say­ee­da War­si, and MP Car­o­line Nokes, who have been vocal in their efforts to com­bat Islamophobia…

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 Key Points: 

1. The Mus­lim Coun­cil of Britain, Afzal Khan MP, and Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al host­ed a par­lia­men­tary event to address the grow­ing con­cern of Islam­o­pho­bia in the UK. 
2. The event high­light­ed the need to address Islam­o­pho­bia, with 3 in 5 reli­gious hate crimes tar­get­ing Mus­lims, as report­ed by the Home Office Hate Crime Report. 
3. The Mus­lim Women’s Net­work report­ed that 73% of Mus­lim women had height­ened safe­ty con­cerns fol­low­ing the recent far-right riots, indi­cat­ing a dras­tic rise in fear and inse­cu­ri­ty. 
4. The MCB urged the gov­ern­ment to adopt the APPG on British Mus­lims’ def­i­n­i­tion of Islam­o­pho­bia to pro­vide clear recog­ni­tion of this form of hatred.