Pickthall House supports the proposal to ban cousin marriage. Conservative MP Richard Holden has introduced a bill to ban first-cousin marriages in the UK, citing health risks and the practice’s compatibility with British culture.  Pickthall believes that there is a compelling public health case for...

The collapse of the repressive Assad regime has come as a relief to many Syrians and global observers, and all the more so because this appears to have taken place with much less violence than we might have imagined. Pickthall House commends the UK government...

Pickthall House firmly believes that calls for special legal protections against the desecration of religious texts or insults to religion, such as those made by Labour MP Tahir Ali, are detrimental to intercommunal relations. While these measures may be intended to protect religious sensitivities, we...

Pickthall House believes the pattern of successive escalations in the Israel-Gaza conflict can now only be halted by the diplomatic intervention of external actors. The belligerents involved directly have no incentive to de-escalate, and so the West along with trusted regional actors must act to...

Introduction Pickthall House applauds and welcomes the appointment of Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize winning economist, as Chief Advisor (effectively interim prime ministership) in Bangladesh on 8 August 2024. The Events This is welcome news after the spate of protests, culminating in riots and revolutionary...

Pickthall House commends the government’s intention to introduce an official definition of Islamophobia, but recommends a cautious approach that protects freedom of speech for all. Clearly, the recent riots, which have seen several attacks on mosques and on Muslim individuals, have underscored the urgent need...