Perhaps you’ve picked up on this already, but for the past month, the City University Islamic Society have taken to holding their prayer sessions outside Northampton Square, London in a protest against the closure of the prayer hall reserved for Muslim students in mid-February.
The incident that sparked the closure was a violent, racially motivated attack [...]
This is a post from National Director Raheem Kassam
It came to my attention last week that Murtaza Khan, otherwise known as Abu Hasnayn Murtaza Khan is due to speak at Aston University this week as part of the Annual ISOC Conference 2010. Taking place at the Great Hall on Wednesday 17th March, the event will [...]
A Response to “Why Are Palestinian Societies on Campus Not Pro-Palestinian?” by Sam Bennett
Please note that as with all opinion pieces, this post does not reflect the views of Student Rights
Since the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948, and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967, Israel has at [...]
A protest that took place last Wednesday at the University of Sussex has led to five students being suspended following the ‘illegal occupation’ of Sussex House, in protest of funding cuts to the University.
A statement from the University of Sussex outlines the reasoning behind the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Farthing suspending five students on the basis [...]
Well known blog ‘Harrys Place’ have recently posted an interesting interview with controversial speaker Azzam Tamimi, who Student Rights have called out on various statements about martyrdom and the backing of Hamas.
Speaking about the recent Fatwa against Terrorism, Tamimi explained his view that suicide bombings were justified as martyrdom under the appropriate circumstances. Unfortunately, [...]
This week, A Tel Aviv University professor is set to open this year’s “Israel Apartheid Week” taking place at three London university campuses.
In a talk titled “Anatomy of rule in the occupied Palestinian territories,” Ophir, who is author of the book The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli [...]
