In December 2016 across Europe several events will be organized in the decolonial context of the struggle against Islamophobia.
1. United Kingdom – December 3 – Edinburgh
Theme: The environment of hate and the police state
Venue: Augustine United Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL
Time: 10.30-17.00 hr.
Organization: Scotland Against Criminalizing Communities; Islamic Human Rights Commission.
Livestream: www.ihrc.tv
Information: sacc16@sacc.org.uk
Link: http://www.sacc.org.uk/events/2016/islamophobia-conference-2016
2. United Kingdom – December 7 – London
Theme: Book Launch: Hatem Bazian’s ‘Palestine… It is something colonial’
Venue: P21 Gallery (21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD)
Time: 6.45 p.m.
Organization: Islamic Human Rights Commission.
Supporting organizations:
Muslim Association of Britain
Palestine Internationalist
Friends of Al Aqsa
In Minds
Palestine Alliance Scotland
Ahlebait Society Scotland
Fattah Movement UK
The Palestine Chronicle
Livestream: www.ihrc.tv
Information: Email ashiya@ihrc.org to confirm your attendance – free refreshments will be provided
Link: http://www.ihrc.org.uk/events/11796-book-launch-hatem-bazians-palestine-it-is-something-colonial
3. United Kingdom – December 10 – London
Theme: How the legal system and the PREVENT / Counter-terrorism regime coalesce to create an environment of hate.
Venue: P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Organization: Islamic Human Rights Commission
Time: 14.00-19.30 hr.
Speakers:
- Professor Gus John
- Nisha Kapoor
- David Miller
- Arzu Merali
- Rob Ferguson
- Ramon Grosfoguel
Livestream: www.ihrc.tv
Information: Ashiya Mendheria, ashiya@ihrc.org, (00 44) 20 8904 4222
4. The Netherlands – December 7 – Rotterdam
Theme: Islamophobia in the west (language: Dutch)
Venue: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
Time: 18.30-21.30 hr
Organization:
- v. Iqra
- Meld Islamofobie
- Critical Collective
- Avicenna
- v. Insan
Speakers:
- Ibtissam Abaâziz
- Abulkasim Al-Jaberi
- Sheher Khan
Livestream: yes
Information: criticalcollective@riseup.net
Link: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-islamofobie-in-het-westen-28417022078
5. The Netherlands – December 10 – Rotterdam
Theme: Palestine, … it is something colonial
Venue: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
Time: 14.00-17.00 hr.
Organization:
- Iqra
- Critical Collective
- Het Palestijns Huis
- Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina
- Back to Palestine
- Decolonial International Network
- Amrit Publishers
Speakers:
- Hatem Bazian
- Sandew Hira
Livestream: yes
Information: criticalcollective@riseup.net
Link: will follow soon
6. Sweden – December 11 – Gothenborg
Theme: Manufacturing Muslims – Islamophobia and the media
Venue: Lundby Mötesplats, Blackevägen 1, Göteborg
Time: 13.30 – 18.00
Speakers: Hatem Bazian, Salman Sayyid, Asha Bashir, Fatima Doubakil and Sabrin JajaOrganization: Morayma
Information: morayma.swe@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/morayma.swe
7. France – December 18 – Paris
Theme: Islamophobia and xenophobia
Venue: la Bourse du travail de St Denis
Time: 09.00-21.00 hr.
Speakers: Lila Charef (CCIF), Stéphanie Lavignotte (Pasteur), Alain Gresh (Orient XXI), Houssam El Assimi (collectif La chapelle Debout), Geneviève Garrigos (Amnesty International), Jean Courtaudière (prêtre à St Denis et membre du service national des relations avec les Musulmans auprès de la conférence des Evêques de France, Ismahane Chouder (CFPE, PSM), Said Bouamama (FUIQP), Amina Damerdji (doctorante), Philippe Marlière (universitaire), Olivier Besancenot (NPA), Stathis Kouvélakis (universitaire), Marwan Muhammad (CCIF), Omar Slaouti (collectif Ali Ziri), Sihame Assebague (Contre-attaques et camp décolonial), Verveine Angéli -syndicaliste Solidaires), Alcir, Amal Bentounsi (UNPA), Christine Delphy (collectif anti-guerre), Thomas Coutrot (Attac), Pierre Tartakowsky (LDH), Karine Parrot (Gisti), Mathieu Lopes (Survie).
Organization: AFD International, Association des Marcheurs de 1983, Association Marocaine des Droits Humains section Paris/IDF (AMDH-Paris/IDF), Association de Lutte Contre l’Islamophobie et les Racismes, Paris 20 ème (ALCIR), Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins (ATMF), Association Femmes Plurielles, Collectif des féministes pour l’Egalité (CFPE), Bruxelles Panthères, Cedetim, Collectif Contre l’Islamophobie en France (CCIF), Collectif des Enseignant.es pour l’Abrogation de Loi de 2004 (CEAL), Collectif “Ni guerres ni état de guerre”, Contre-Attaque(s), Convergence Citoyenne Ivryenne (CCI), Fondation Frantz Fanon, Front Uni des Immigrations et des Quartiers Populaires (FUIQP), Identité Plurielle, International Jewish Antizionist Network (IJAN), NPA, Mouvement du christianisme social, Participation et Spiritualité Musulmane (PSM), Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR), Politique et Islam, Reprenons l’Initiative contre les politiques de racialisation (RI), Union Juive Française pour la Paix (UJFP)
Information: contreislamophobie2016@gmail.com
Link: http://contre-attaques.org/l-oeil-de/article/islamophobie-357
8. Belgium
Theme: Islamophobia becomes radical, the resistance becomes organized
Venue: Pianofabriek – 35, rue du Fort – Sint Gillis
Time: 13.30 – 19.00
Organization:
AFD International Belgique
Antidote Editions,
Azira’s Way
Bruxelles Panthères,
COEC, Cellule d’Observation et d’Ecoute Citoyenne,
Collectif de recherche « Migrations et Luttes Sociales »
Comité Free Ali,
Comité des parents contre les violences policières à Molenbeek-St-Jean.
Dafayow
ESG asbl, Engagés, Solidaires & Généreux.
Joc BRUXELLES
L’Encre Des Voilées
Le Space
Les Editions du souffle
Les Jeunes Anticapitalistes
LCR – SAP
Lumumba Library
Mouvement Citoyen Palestine
Muslim Rights
Nouvelle Voie Anticoloniale
Présences Noires
Prisoner’s Family & Friends Association
Radio Rive West
System_D
Together For Dignity
Speakers: Nadine Rosa-Rosso, Tariq Ramadan, Malika Hamidi, Fayçal Cheffou, Mehdi Meftah
Information: 0476/84.19.69