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18 May 2018

Austria’s Shift to Authoritarian Islam Politics

This article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared on the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research’s website. While Austria was long known for its inclusion into the polity of... read the complete article

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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

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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

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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

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14 Feb 2018

Erasing Muslims from the “West”: Islamophobic campaigns across Europe and the US

Anti-Islam movements are becoming increasingly visible across Europe and the US. These movements differ from country to country, but their aim is the same: to create nationalist identities that exclude Muslims. In both the... read the complete article

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05 Feb 2018

Frank Gaffney, the Muslim Ban and the Supreme Court

In August 2017, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), which describes itself as "the Nation's first truly authentic Judeo-Christian, public interest law firm," filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court in support of... read the complete article

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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

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02 Feb 2018

How Russian Bots Instrumentalized Islamophobia (But Don’t Just Blame the Bots)

The role of social media is becoming central to the U.S. Congress’ investigation into whether (and to what extent) a foreign entity interfered with the 2016 presidential election. On October 31st, and November 1, 2017,... read the complete article

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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

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19 Dec 2017

Protocols of the Elders of Mecca

The following article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Arsalan Iftikhar originally appeared in The Islamic Monthly. The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017 was a piece of congressional legislation introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that advocates... read the complete article

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Critical analysis on contemporary topics related to Islamophobia.

Austria’s Shift to Authoritarian Islam Politics

Legalizing Othering

Reviewing a Year of Islamophobia in Europe

Islam-politics in the New German Coalition Government Program

Erasing Muslims from the “West”: Islamophobic campaigns across Europe and the US

Frank Gaffney, the Muslim Ban and the Supreme Court

A story of racism and anti-racism in Austria

How Russian Bots Instrumentalized Islamophobia (But Don’t Just Blame the Bots)

Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic

Protocols of the Elders of Mecca