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26 Jul 2024 | Military
UN Creates Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day
To commemorate the 29th anniversary of the “worst single atrocity in Europe since World War II”, the United Nations General Assembly voted in July 2024 to establish the “International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica.” This day is meant to honor the lives over 8,000+ Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica who were forcibly taken from their homes and brutally slaughtered in mass executions by Serbian ethno-nationalist forces during the genocidal reign of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. read the complete article
28 Jun 2024 | Politics
E.U. Far-Right Parties Dominate 2024 Parliamentary Elections
Every five years, the European Union (EU) holds continent-wide parliamentary elections to select 720 lawmakers to represent them in decision-making at the EU level. In the run-up to the June 2024 EU parliamentary elections, the current EU Parliament President, Roberta Metsola from Malta, urged Europeans to vote, especially given that right-wing ultranationalist political parties were polling strongly. read the complete article
03 Jun 2024 | Organizations
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24 Jan 2024 | Individuals
France: State Islamophobia under President Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron was elected in May 2017 for the first of his two terms on an electoral platform promising an inclusive, open and modern liberal society where multiculturalism—which had been a negative term in French media and politics—was refreshingly presented as an asset for the country. read the complete article
05 Jan 2024 | Organizations
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11 Aug 2023 | Policy/Law
Burning the Quran is not free speech
Over the past several weeks a number of individuals in Sweden and Denmark have desecrated and burned copies of the Quran, the holy book of nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide. While these acts have rapidly increased in the past few weeks, they’re sadly not new as such displays of hatred have taken place throughout Europe for decades. read the complete article
01 Aug 2023 | Law Enforcement
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27 Jan 2023 | Policy/Law
Secularism and sinicization: two concepts used to eradicate Muslim identity
In 2021, a European Muslim youth led organization created a campaign to counter discrimination and promote pluralism by showcasing a European woman wearing a hijab. The ad highlighted that freedom means having the ability to… read the complete article
22 Dec 2022 | Policy/Law
2022 Islamophobia in Review: Europe
2022 was another turbulent year for Europe. There were a number of elections, and new heads of state were chosen in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. A new refugee crisis occurred as millions of… read the complete article
12 Dec 2022 | Terms/Tropes
Western Double Standards & 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup
The recent controversies surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup revolve around an ongoing orientalist lens where Western pundits still continue to view the greater Muslim world laced in condescension and double standards not given to other non-Muslim countries, (like China or Russia) who get to host global sporting events without much controversy at all. read the complete article