Jahangir Mohammed argues that Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses”, published in 1988, was the spark that lit the fire of Islamophobia in the UK, and uses AI to assess his argument. Salman Rushdie: The Author And Populariser of Contemporary Islamophobia. Today, Islamophobia, its form, propagation and proponents are widely understood by Muslims and many non-Muslims...
Donald Trump and the Rise of the Oligarchs Jahangir Mohammed argues that the US oligarchs have decided to run the US government themselves. The result will be state capture by Oligarchs and greater concentrations of wealth among the rich. Few of the US people’s problems will be solved, leaving future governments to disentangle the Oligarchs...
Ayaan Institute Research Associate Areeba Sherwani Wins Golden Pen Award In Chechen Republic London 6th January 2025: Areeba Sherwani, a Research Associate with the Ayaan Institute, has won a “Golden Pen” award and a $3500 prize for her work. The 11th International Press Award ceremony, “Golden Pen”, was held in Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia in...
Events in the United States and Canada concerning Hindutva and BJP activity, highlight that domestic counter-terrorism agencies need to be concerned about the risks of the spread of this ideology and its impact on community cohesion. This assessment from New Zealand shows that the authorities there are taking the potential threat seriously and monitoring it. The...
The last twelve months have highlighted to a global audience that the Palestinian people are engaged in a physical struggle for the liberation of their lands and lives from military occupation by the self-proclaimed Jewish State of Israel. They are facing an existential threat to their lives and loss of homeland. However, there is another area...
In 2022 disorder broke out between Hindu and Muslim youths in Leicester that disturbed the widely held perception of good community relations in the city. Four years later attempts at investigations by the Council and the Government to establish what happened have not yet been published. Pressure from Hindutva lobbies has hampered the investigations to...
Savitri Devi The European Nazi Mother of Hindu Nationalism. Jahangir Mohammed of the Ayaan Institute traces the links between European fascism and Hindutva nationalism and argues that those whose ideas are rooted in constructing a society based on racial hierarchy and racial supremacy will always feel threatened by Islam and Muslims whose beliefs and values...
In April this year on LBC, Sir Alan Duncan a former foreign minister, claimed that the Conservative Friends of Israel have an undue influence on British government policy stating, “The Conservative Friends of Israel has been doing the bidding of Netanyahu, bypassing all proper processes of government to exercise undue influence at the top of...
The London-based think tank the Ayaan Institute reports that the number of Muslims elected to the British Parliament now stands at 24 from 21. Eighteen are Labour MPs, 2 are Conservative, and 4 are Muslim Independents. There are 13 women and 11 men. They are all listed below. The longest-serving MPs of Muslim origin are...
The London-based think tank the Ayaan Institute expects some surprise results in the 2024 elections due to the impact of the Muslim vote. Whilst Muslim organisations and the media have focussed on a few high-profile towns/cities with large Muslim populations, we believe that the surprise results may come from a greater number of constituencies with...
