Daud Abdullah<\/strong> Muslim Council of Britain<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Tony Benn<\/strong> president Stop the War Coalition<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Mohammed Ali<\/strong> Islam Channel<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Anas Al-Tikriti<\/strong> British Muslim Initiative<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Moazzam Begg<\/strong> former Guantanamo Bay prisoner<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Lindsey German<\/strong> convenor Stop the War Coalition<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Muhammad Habibur-Rahman<\/strong> vice-president Islamic Forum of Europe<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Kate Hudson<\/strong> CND<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Imran Khan<\/strong> solicitor<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Dr Robert Lambert<\/strong> former head of Scotland Yard\u2019s Muslim Contact Unit<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Jeremy Corbyn MP<\/strong> \u00a0 \u2022 Nina Franklin<\/strong> vice president NUT<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Seumas Milne<\/strong> journalist<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Peter Oborne<\/strong> journalist<\/em>\u00a0 \u2022 Salma Yaqoob<\/strong> Respect Party<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Muslims are under attack in this country as never before. Government policies and the media have created an atmosphere in which all Muslims are portrayed as reactionary and anti-western.<\/strong><\/p>\n Young Muslims in particular are subject to surveillance in colleges, schools and mosques in the name of combating “extremism”. Those who exercise their right to demonstrate peacefully have been subject to arrest and heavy sentencing.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the racist “defence leagues” have been focussing their attacks on Muslim communities, with provocative marches in towns and cities inciting racial hatred and bigotry.<\/p>\n From its founding in 2001, Stop the War has been committed to combating racism. We recognise that Islamophobia is a direct consequence of the “war on terror”. We believe it is vital that the anti-war movement acts in conjunction with other campaigns and organisations to stem its tide.<\/p>\n The Stop Islamophobia: Defend the Muslim Community conference on Saturday 5 June, organised by Stop the War and the British Muslim Initiative, will bring together a wide range of opinion united in concern over the escalating demonisation of Muslims in our society.<\/p>\n Supported by CND, Cordoba Foundation, Federation of Student Islamic Societies, Islam Channel, Islamic Forum of Europe, Islamophobia Watch, London Muslim Centre, Muslim Welfare House, National Union of Journalists, North London Central Mosque, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Unite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day Conference \u2022 Saturday 5 June 10am to 5pm \u2022 Camden Centre London WC1H 9JE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speakers include: Daud Abdullah Muslim Council of Britain\u00a0 \u2022 Tony Benn president Stop the War Coalition\u00a0 \u2022 Mohammed Ali Islam Channel\u00a0 \u2022 Anas Al-Tikriti British Muslim Initiative\u00a0 \u2022 Moazzam Begg former Guantanamo Bay prisoner\u00a0 \u2022 Lindsey German convenor Stop the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}To book tickets phone: 020 7801 2768<\/h2>\n
Organised by Stop the War Coalition and British Muslim Initiative<\/h4>\n