Displaying Research Topic: Politics
10 Nov 2019 | Politics
The Spanish VOX party: Another Major Anti-Muslim Force in European Politics
The Spanish VOX party: Another Major Anti-Muslim Force in European Politics According to the European Islamophobia Report, which I have been co-editing since 2015, Spain consistently ranks amongst the least Islamophobic countries in Europe. The… read the complete article
18 Sep 2019 | Politics
Report: Muslims Most Negatively Portrayed Minority in US Media
The portrayal of minority groups in mainstream media can have a disparate impact on how they are viewed by the general public. In the eighteen years since 9/11, the American Muslim community has borne the… read the complete article
05 Jul 2019 | Individuals
Remembering the Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini: A Symbol of Deadly Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany
It was the 1st of July 2009, 11.07 a.m., when Marwa El-Sherbini was stabbed to death by a white nationalist in the court of the German city of Dresden. The 31 year old observant Muslim… read the complete article
27 Jun 2019 | Politics
Don’t Sell to Muslims!
Recently, a Palestinian family that fled from Gaza and moved to Austria in 2010 made the news. The father, an instructor in English language at the University for Teachers in Gaza , had moved to… read the complete article
20 May 2019 | Individuals
Criminalizing Ramadan: Illiberal tendencies in Western democracies
Ramadan has long turned into a political object in Western politics. When Madeleine Albright first started to organize iftar (fast-breaking) dinners at the White House during the Clinton era, many Western governments in Europe started to follow her newly introduced tradition. Congratulating Muslims on the advent of Ramadan has become a political ritual for leaders of Western governments to show respect not only to the followers of the second largest religion in the world, but also to a growing and contested religious minority in their own lands. read the complete article
20 May 2019 | Politics
The Identitarian Austrian Freedom Party
The Identitarian movement has attracted a lot of attention since the white-supremacist terrorist at the Christchurch mosques made headlines, naming his manifesto – "The Great Replacement" – after a famous slogan of this movement. As the world would later get to know, the relationship was even financial. read the complete article
20 May 2019 | Politics
Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state
The Austrian government has just implemented a Hijab-ban in primary school, pretending to save Muslim women from ‘political Islam’. This measure reveals the structural alteration of the state in the hands of a right-wing government into an ideological state. read the complete article
26 Apr 2019 | Politics
The Tories have an Islamophobia problem
Anti-Muslim sentiment is rife in the UK’s Conservative Party, from disparaging comments on social media platforms to political campaigns. Despite the overwhelming evidence, the party’s leadership has failed to take the necessary steps in addressing its… read the complete article
04 Mar 2019 | Policy/Law
Islamophobia and the Battlefield of Education
Recently, the Washington Post ran a story on a Christian student who challenged a school history lesson on Islam but lost in court. The high school junior had refused to complete a history lesson on… read the complete article
17 Jan 2019 | Law Enforcement
A people forgotten: The Rohingya
For much of the last century, the story of the Rohingya has been one of a people fleeing forces beyond their control. The genocide that took our Facebook feeds by storm didn’t materialize out of… read the complete article