Ismail Patel is the author of “The Muslim Problem: From the British Empire to Islamophobia”. He is also Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and the Chair of the UK based NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa.
Support for Palestine in the UK has sparked change throughout society. But protests must not be the endgame, but the engine for action, writes Ismail Patel.
If Keir Starmer truly supported justice & acknowledged UK’s historical role, he’d withdraw recognition of Israel over its genocide in Gaza, argues Ismail Patel.
With recent attempts to criminalise recent pro-Palestinian protests condemning Israeli violence in Gaza, the UK government is dangerously shrinking the limits of what counts as 'acceptable' free speech, writes Ismail Adam Patel.
Despite a history of Islamophobia, Lord Austin has been appointed to review the Leicester unrest which broke out following Hindu nationalist attacks on the community. Yet again, the UK government is failing Muslims, argues Ismail Patel.
