Signatories

Original signatories

Sunny Hundal (writer, commentator)
Ziauddin Sardar (writer, commentator and broadcaster)
Sunder Katwala (general secretary of the Fabian Society)
Hari Kunzru (writer)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (writer and commentator)
Sukhdev Sandhu (writer and journalist)
Dr Robert Beckford (lecturer and broadcaster)
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (writer and playwright)
Reem Maghribi (Sharq magazine editor-in-chief)
Dr Priyamvada Gopal (lecturer at Cambridge University)
Dave Hill (writer)
Maya Sikand (human rights barrister)
Rehna Azim (barrister and writer)
Tommy Nagra (senior executive producer, television)
Farmida Bi (Progressive British Muslims)
Ravi Mattu (journalist, writer)
Maha Sardar (barrister, writer)
Rahul Verma (journalist, commentator)
Arif Naqvi (grassroots charity worker)
Sara Wajid (writer)
Sadaf Meehan (journalist)
Sonia Afroz (grassroots charity worker)
Rohan Jayasekera (associate editor, Index on Censorship magazine)
Simon Barrow (co-director, Ekklesia think-tank)
Catherine Fieschi (acting director, Demos)
Rishi Saha (social action campaigner)
Gautam Malkani (journalist, author: Londonstani)

New signatories
Pedro Carvalho, director, FNIK PR
Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui (director, The Muslim Institute)
Martin Bright (political editor, New Statesman magazine)
Allan Jenkins (editor, Observer magazine)
Moiz Vaz (director, Brasian Ltd)
Avie Luthra (writer and filmmaker)
Mukti Jain Campion (producer)
Lisa Appignanesi (writer, Deputy President, English PEN)
Nic Careem (founder, Blue Sky Club)
Anita Sethi (journalist)
Sandi Chaitram (editor of FilmExposed.com)
Kulveer Ranger (political commentator)
Elaine Sihera (author and founder of British Diversity Awards)
Urmee Khan (journalist)
Alok Jha (journalist)
Keith Khan (chief executive, Rich Mix)
Abdul-Hakim Abdullah (aka Abu Sahajj)
Dr Myria Georgiou (Institute of Communications Studies, Leeds University)
Maria Ahmed (reporter)
Wahida Ashiq (director, 93 1/2 agency)
Bobby Friction (broadcaster and DJ)
Dr. Sangeeta Datta (writer, filmmaker, lecturer: Birkbeck, Univ of London)
Dhiren Katwa (consulting editor, Asian Voice newspaper)
Dr. N Ramdas BSc, MA, MPhil, LLB, LLM, PhD, MCIArb
Bipin Patel (editor – Apna News, Apna Kaam & Apnaonline.net)
Uzma Gardezi (banker)
Shahid Ashrif (trainer / consultant on Equalities)
Eve Ahmed (freelance journalist)
Saleh Mamon (Campaign Against Criminalisation of Communities)
Linda Roberts (sales manager)
Faisal Gazi, (IT consultant)
Michael Gordon
Tom Szekeres (student, University of Sheffield)
Dr Nelu Balaj (Scottish Churches Racial Justice Officer)
Revd. Dr. John Breadon (Chaplain, St George’s Post 16 Centre, Birmingham)
Justin J. Meggitt (University Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion, Cambridge)
Dr Alexander Morrison (All Souls College, Oxford)
Fernando Almeida Diniz (Visiting Prof Universidade Federal Rio-de-Janeiro)
Narinder Purba (writer, freelance journalist)
Karamat Iqbal (diversity consultant)
Stanley Tann (NB. ex 4Tth Indian Division British 8th Army)
M A Qavi (peace activist)
Oyunn Anshus (ecology student)
Dinendra Haria (stakeholder Manager, Department for Constitutional Affairs)
Dr Rachana Ramarao (scientist at University of Cambridge)
Neerav Patel (civil servant)
Harpal Bansal (solicitor)
Gurmaj Dhillon (policy analyst)
William Kemble-Diaz
Antony Lerman (director, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, think-tank)
Navin Raina
Dr Mike Ford (psychology researcher, Cambridge University)
David Tate
Pratibha Parmar (filmmaker)
Krupa Thakrar (International Development Research and Communications Officer)
Tee Liburd (equality officer)
Anwarul Jack Khan (analyst)
Justin McKeating (writer)
Nico Andreas Heller (director, Mutual Ground Limited)
Francesca Klug (professorial research fellow, Human Rights Centre, LSE)
Steve Edwards (educator, Australia)
Greg Falkof (solicitor)
Ruma Mandal
Jeffrey Stringer
David Large (chair, Newcastle Philosophy Society)
Anushka Sharma
Catherine Ebenezer
Douglas Clark
Allan Hayes (Leicester Secular Society)
Alex Deller
David Holmes
Andreas R Theisen (PhD student)
Billy Dosanjh (director)
Dave Lambert (blogger & community development worker)
Dr. Sadia Ahmed (junior doctor / freelance writer)
James Graham (blogger)
Bahauddeen Latif
Andy Armstrong and Zach Rathore, Manchester
Anuj Dawar (reader in Logic and Algorithms, University of Cambridge)
Dr David Shanks (University of Copenhagen)
Paul Tacon (MA student in Migration Studies)
Jonathan Shipley (publisher and blogger)
Abdul Rupani
Sabina Ahmed (freelance writer)
Jatinder Verma (artistic director, Tara Arts)
Enamul Hoque (filmmaker, photographer)
Malcolm Murdoch
Rev Ian Howarth (Methodist minister)
John Angliss (student and blogger)
Dr. Pritam Singh (senior Lecturer in Economics, Oxford Brookes University Business School)
Tom Miller (blogger)
Racheblue (artist & designer)
Muhannad B Jefferies
Nisrien Muhammad Masoud Jefferies
Ziad Goudjil
Dr. Sara Gwenllian Jones
Chris Bourne (technology and PR consultant)
Guy Régis (consultant)
Ali Haydor
Rev Dr Sarah Hall (minister, St Andrew’s United Reformed Church)
Caroline Ellis (disability and human rights campaigner)
Helle Thorsen (student of Anthropology and Spanish, University of Sussex, Brighton)
John Lehal (managing director, Insight PA)
Max Dunbar (regional editor, Succour Magazine)
Shihab Salim (editor-in-chief, Asiana magazine)
Ali Hili (Iraqi LGBT)
Nick Hart (housing manager)
Emdad Rahman (writer and researcher)
Ali Eteraz (blogger and essayist (USA))
Chris Whiley
Shamira Meghani (DPhil research student, University of Sussex)
Cliff Howe (retired, civil engineer and deacon in Roman Catholic Church)
Stephen Bremner (teacher, secondary school, North London)
Iain Murdoch (retired engineer)
Damon De Ionno
Alistair Funge (engineer, USA)
Alastair Falk (charity director and former head of Jewish school)
Alisdair Cameron
Richard Kirker (Revd, chief executive, Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement)
John Concannon
Mariayah Kaderbhai (events producer / screenings programmer)
Kerstin Calderon Vera
Dr Francis Sedgemore (physicist and writer)
Tom Freeman (writer)
Cllr. Ayub Korom Ali (labour councillor, London Borough of Newham)
Deeyah (singer & composer)
Ally Fogg (editor, Old Trafford News)
Guy Forster (graphic designer and humanist)
Ario Farin
Neil Collins (mental health service user activist)
Troy Robertson
John Rogers
Chris Freeman (local government officer)
Matt Murrell (blogger)
Owen Richards (blogger)
Shaun Downey (blogger)
Miguel Caldas de Almeida (student)
Dan Johnson (blogger)
Sharron Hall (editor and founder of intermix.org.uk)
Ashley Chisholm (founder, mixtogether.org)
Kauser T Ahmed (teacher and equalities consultant)
Ian Loveland
Paul Waldmann
Dr Tony Cotton (educationalist)
Michael Dennis (Survivor, blogger)
Rachel North (writer and blogger)
Davinder Kaur (writer, sub-editor)