Mariya bint Rehan

Coverage of Muslim women voters in the Gorton and Denton by-election exposes how Islamophobic tropes still shape political debate in the UK.

Islamophobia Awareness Month: Mariya bint Rehan unpacks the tropes Muslim women face & explains why seeking to challenge them won’t stop the racism they face.

Outrage over Ryan Girdusky’s racist remarks to Mehdi Hasan on CNN should extend to the thousands of Palestinians being killed, argues Mariya bint Rehan.

Muslims have been so dehumanised that our death is expected and accepted for the comfort of the Western world, writes Mariya bint Rehan.

Macron’s government continues to shift further right, forcing Muslims to pay the price. But the disproportionate attacks on the minority group reinforce the contradictions of France's secularism & defence of individual liberties, writes Mariya B.R.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s statements about ‘grooming gangs’ are a racist dog whistle & an attempt to distract from the Tories' failures. They have been in power for years yet child sexual abuse persists in the UK, argues Mariya bint Rehan.

Charlie Hebdo’s offensive cartoon depicting the Turkey-Syria earthquake which has claimed almost 22,000 lives is a reflection of the dehumanisation and racism that is deeply ingrained in French and European society, writes Mariya bint Rehan.

The new national census results reveal a growth of multiculturalism in the UK, but behind the numbers are deeper questions about empire, belonging, and 'British-ness', writes Mariya bint Rehan.

The long racist history of silencing Muslim women can be traced back to early orientalist texts. Today, they are used by Western leaders to justify international horrors and forced to be extensions of state surveillance, writes Mariya bin Rehan.