Luis Manuel Hernandez Aguilar summarises his first report for the CIK project, looking at the ten most dominant counter-narratives to Islamophobia in Germany. The recent federal elections and the rise of the far-right Islamophobic political party Alternative for Germany (AFD) as the third most influential political
Matilda Chatzipanagiotou and Iason Zarikos overview their first report in Greece for the Countering Islamophobic Narratives in Europe project. The first workstream of the CIK Project resulted in the identification of the most dominant narratives of Islamophobia in Greece and their ideological origins. Print
Zsuzsanna Vidra overviews her first report on Hungary for the Countering Islamophobic Narratives in Europe project. The Hungarian Muslim population is estimated to be between 0.1-0.3%. Moreover, Islam and Muslims as a topic of discussion and consequently Islamobhobic discourses had not been present, or when apparent such
The demonisation of Muslims is now embedded in the various discourses of the nation, argues Arzu Merali. Tackling the institutionalised narratives of hate – often dressed up as concerns for security or rights – needs to be a top priority for government. The end of
In contemporary Portugal, Lusotropicalism – which constructs the country as particularly tolerant towards the formerly colonized and grounds this assumption on a historical discourse of miscegenation and benevolent colonialism – has permeated the public debate on the colonial legacies. Muslims have been key subjects in
This week’s arrest of four soldiers suspected of being associated with a far right terror group should alert authorities to the real threat posed by their acolytes, argues Faisal Bodi
Karel Čada and Veronika Frantová overview their first report on Islamophobia in Czech Republic / Czechia. In July 2017, Czech social media was flooded with photographs of women who had worn the burkini at a water park near Prague. Aquapalace operator’s tolerance of the burkini sparked sharp complaints.
The government’s Prevent programme is a byword for institutional discrimination against Muslims and part of a cynical social engineering exercise, argues the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s Faisal Bodi
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