Farid Hafez, Author at Bridge Initiative

02 May 2018

Hijab Ban: As the Far Right Targets Muslims, Austria’s Response Is an Ugly, Complicit Silence

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Haaretz. The new Austrian government is today one of several coalition governments in Europe with a far right populist party in a... read the complete article

Editorial

19 Apr 2018

Islamophobia and move towards authoritarianism

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Andolu Agency. While most far-right political parties are still in opposition, some have gained major influence by becoming governing parties, as the... read the complete article

Article

02 Apr 2018

Legalizing Othering

Two Islamophobic Hawks in the Trump Administration In a week from now, John Bolton will become National Security Advisor of the United States. This is just another pick of an Islamophobe to get a high-ranking... read the complete article

Article

02 Apr 2018

Reviewing a Year of Islamophobia in Europe

Forty scholars, among them some anti-racist civil society activists, from various European countries have produced the annual European Islamophobia Report (EIR), which is published by SETA and will be released on April 1, 2018. For... read the complete article

Editorial

02 Apr 2018

Malcolm X and Global Muslim Mobilization in the Age of Racism

Stephon Clark is another Black male in the news, after so many others, like Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin, Gary King, Oscar Grant, Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Yvette Smith, to name but a few. A young... read the complete article

Article

15 Mar 2018

Islam-politics in the New German Coalition Government Program

This article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in The Maydan. The forming of a coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Merkel’s Christian Democratic Unions (CDU & CSU) relieved many, who believe... read the complete article

Editorial

02 Mar 2018

Macron en route to new policy on Islam?

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Anadolu Agency. While most Western liberals continue to claim French President Emmanuel Macron as their champion, the realpolitik behind his rhetoric is far more... read the complete article

Editorial

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

Article

02 Feb 2018

A story of racism and anti-racism in Austria

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in TRT World. Vienna’s “New Year’s Baby” made it to the international edition of the New York Times, something that doesn’t happen every year. The... read the complete article

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