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<h4> Invitation to Seminar on Institutional Bias Against Minorities and Islamophobia in Britain</h4>
We are writing to invite you to a seminar on institutional bias against minorities, using the example of Islamophobia in Britain. The working title of the seminar is “Discriminating against the Discriminated: Institutional Bias against Minorities in the UK”. <br />
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The seminar will look at the situation of minorities and structural issues affecting them in their interaction with the law and law enforcement bodies, using the empirical work we have undertaken regarding Muslims in the UK, and the theoretical overview we published regarding minorities, that is consolidated in volumes 2 and 5 of the British Muslims’ Expectations of the Government series. <br />
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Please find enclosed copies of ‘Law and British Muslims: Domination of the Majority or Process of the Balance’ and ‘Social Discrimination: Across the Muslim Divide’ together with their executive summaries.<br />
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In offering our reports as a focus for debate we are not being prescriptive, rather intending it to prompt competing and complementary perspectives and to enable and encourage participants to prepare for a constructive exchange of views.<br />
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The seminar will focus on four primary areas, each of which will have its own workshop. Pre-registration for the event and the workshops is essential and each participant can choose from one of the topics below: <br />
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a) The Courts System<br />
b) Policing<br />
c) The Complaints System<br />
d) Family Proceedings<br />
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We hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to hearing from you soon. Please do no hesitate to contact me for further information and also if you would like further copies of either report sent to you.<br />
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This seminar is part of a project that is supported the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Admission to the event is free.<br />
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The seminar will take place on Tuesday 12 June 2007 at the Islamic Centre of England, 140 Maida Vale, London W9 1QB, between 2pm and 6pm.<br />
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If you wish to participate in this seminar please post back or copy and paste the form below into an email and send to us. If you have any further queries regarding the seminar, please do not hesitate to contact myself either by telephone on 020 8904 4222 or by emailing Fahad@ihrc.org. <br />
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Yours sincerely,<br />
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Fahad Ansari<br />
Communications Officer<br />
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PLEASE COMPLETE AND POST BACK TO IHRC, PO BOX 598, WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX HA9 7XH OR EMAIL CONFIRMATION TO FAHAD@IHRC.ORG <br />
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I would like to attend workshop (Please tick one)<br />
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a) The Courts System<br />
b) Policing<br />
c) The Complaints System<br />
d) Family Proceedings<br />
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My second choice of workshop, should my first choice be full is: a), b), c), d) <br />
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This event is supported by the 1990 Trust
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