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Westminster Hall
Christmas, Christianity and Communities - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) , too.Some decry the loss of the Christian message from Christmas, seeing that as an undermining of British - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) We also remember that around the world British servicemen and women will be working for peace and to - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Jews, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists all, in their own way, talk of peace, love, respect and the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Buddhists: Tibet - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) for the Christian faith, particularly and regularly, but also remembering in China that Buddhists and Muslims - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) What is happening to the Uyghur Muslims is, in my opinion, nothing short of genocide.In essence, the - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) we making to China, not just about Tibet and the plight of the Buddhists there, but about the Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) British diplomats visited Tibetan areas of Sichuan province in June 2023, and we will continue to push - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Israel and Palestine - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Although the petitions each call for different actions, they share a call for the protection of lives, British - Speech Link
2: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) important to recognise that, following the 7 October attacks, there has been a stark increase in attacks on Muslims - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) It is incumbent on the British Government to look seriously at humanitarian visas, particularly given - Speech Link
4: Mick Whitley (Lab - Birkenhead) I am concerned that the British Government continue to fail to lend their voice to the growing chorus - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Fifteen British nationals have lost their lives and a small number of other British nationals have been - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mon 11 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) including support for international institutions and treaties, which very often have been drafted by British - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Think, for instance, of the Uighur Muslims, Rohingya Muslims, Nigerian Christians, Iranian Baha’is, Falun - Speech Link
3: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) Palestine, following a war with Egypt, was in flames; a year earlier, following the end of the British - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Last Friday marked British citizen Jimmy Lai’s 76th birthday, but also his spending 1,073 consecutive - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Islamophobia - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) I also thank the all-party parliamentary group on British Muslims, and particularly its co-chairs, my - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) All of that makes it harder for Muslims to live as equal members of British society. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) We have 3.9 million British Muslims, 6.5% of the UK population. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) We know that British Muslims feel especially vulnerable at this time. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) systematic discrimination against and stigmatisation of religious and other minorities, particularly Muslims - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) I do not want to prolong the debate at this point on Rwanda, but in the opinion of the British Government - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The situations of the Shi’as and Sunnis, the Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and the Muslims in India tell - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) to hear the Minister joining those condemnations, along with condemnation of the treatment of Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link
5: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) It was the event organised by the all-party parliamentary group on human rights and the British Group - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lankan Tamils and Human Rights - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) is taking this issue seriously and is listening to Parliament and British Tamils? - Speech Link
2: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) Tamils and Muslims on the island face horrific state-led abuses, including the continued use, as many - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They have described the situation of minority religious groups, including Hindus, Christians and Muslims - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) As has been mentioned, we recognise that other communities in Sri Lanka, including Muslims as well as - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Definition of Islamophobia - Wed 22 Nov 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) petition about the need for the Government to formally define Islamophobia to tackle hatred against Muslims - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Christian Wakeford (Lab - Bury South) then, further Hamas operatives such as Majed Khalil al-Zeer and Ziad El Aloul have come to light as British - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) It has now been five years since the all-party group on British Muslims published its definition of Islamophobia - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Dobbs (Con - Life peer) It is called the vision thing—for a country safe not just for Jews but for Muslims, built on proper inclusion - Speech Link
2: Lord Stone of Blackheath (Non-affiliated - Life peer) scale, which the world needs.Also, it has been suggested that, since Mount Sinai is sacred to Jews, Muslims - Speech Link
3: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) In total, 5.5 million Muslims from around the globe fought or served in some capacity alongside the allies - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) knowing it to be false, to attack Iraq, brutally treating the civilian population and causing Sunni Muslims - Speech Link
5: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Christians in prison and Falun Gong practitioners subjected to forced organ harvesting, while Uighur Muslims - Speech Link