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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
Pickthall condemns unreservedly the appalling, misinformation-driven attack on a Southport mosque on Tuesday 30 July, and is horrified by the appalling knife attack on Monday 29 July that killed three innocent children. Sadly, at a time when thoughts and prayers…
The government’s decision to halt commencent of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act is a serious mistake. The legislation, which requires universities to promote freedom of speech above competing considerations and empowers the Office for Students to enforce this,…
Pickthall House commends the government on its recent decision to restore funding to Unrwa and calls for similar commitment to even-handed diplomacy and international law, by withdrawing its objection to the International Criminal Court’s decision on whether an arrest warrant…