we demand that you immediately name racism, including anti-Muslim racism/Islamophobia as a crisis, and set about instituting enquiries, and revisiting all policies that have thus far been implemented on issues of anti-racism.
Summary
Convivencia UK said it wrote to the Prime Minister to express concerns about continuity between rhetoric and policy, and to demand remedial actions on racism, Islamophobia, foreign policy toward Palestine and related domestic laws and prosecutions, listing specific reviews and reversals it seeks.
Document Islamic Human Rights Commission, Letter to PM Burnham from Convivencia UK, statement, August 3, 2026, ihrc.org.uk.
“As someone who has claimed he is committed to changing the fortunes of this beleaguered nation, we expect you to confirm explicitly what this entails, and to enact it accordingly,” says the letter.
Summary
IHRC said the founders of Convivencia UK sent a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging Britain to end what the letter describes as complicity with the US/Israel alliance, review definitions of Islamophobia and antisemitism, and address domestic divisions caused by neoliberalism and far-right politics.
Document Islamic Human Rights Commission, New PM urged to repair national divisions and pull away from US/Israeli alliance, statement, August 3, 2026, ihrc.org.uk.
the newly introduced National Security (State Threats) Act, an insidious piece of legislation that further blurs the line between activism and terrorism, says Faisal Bodi .
This then is the anatomy of the National Security (State Threats) Act: a piece of legislation built on an entirely confected threat posed by the agencies of an allegedly hostile state.
Summary
The Islamic Human Rights Commission said the National Security (State Threats) Act blurs the line between activism and terrorism and was enacted amid a fabricated Iranian threat narrative; IHRC said media and officials amplified incidents to justify the law.
Document Islamic Human Rights Commission, The National Security Act is the Latest Expression of British Dystopia, statement, August 21, 2026, ihrc.org.uk.