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.
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.
