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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

Factsheet

03 Jun 2019 | Individuals

Protected: FACTSHEET: Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff

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Editorial

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

Editorial

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

Editorial

29 Apr 2019

Muslim organizations disproportionately impacted by Austria’s banning of Muslim Brotherhood symbols

On March 1, 2019 something unprecedented took place in a Western country and it has gone nearly unnoticed. The logo of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with logos of other non-terrorist and terrorist organizations, was added... read the complete article

Article

08 Aug 2018

The Axis of the Right: Europe’s New Isolationist Front

This article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared on Qantara.de. Europe is shifting to the right. Border security and isolation increasingly dominate the migration policies of the European Union. At a national... 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

Editorial

15 Jan 2018

I am not your Muslim!

This op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared on LeMuslimPost. Unfortunately and as it has been thoroughly documented, Europe has not solved its white supremacy problem and its tradition of othering minorities. Professor... read the complete article

Editorial

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