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13 Feb 2018
Europe’s Fearmonger: Czech President Milos Zeman′s re-election
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Qantara. The Czech Republic has once again elected Milos Zeman as president, a leader who applauds Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims entering the USA… read the complete article
01 Feb 2018
Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic
Many observers, especially from the rest of the world, wished for Jiří Drahoš to become the new president of the Czech Republic after the first directly elected president in 2013, Miloš Zeman. Zeman won only… read the complete article
30 Nov 2017
Converging Islamophobias in Europe: The Visegrad Four Countries and their Western ‘Forerunners’
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Maydan. It was a weird moment: Shortly before the Austrian elections on 15 October this year, candidates of the then-winning parties, Sebastian… read the complete article