Letter to Mayor of London regarding his Al Quds Day stance

16 October, 2017

Your intervention was effectively a political one in favour of pro-Israel groups

Dominant Islamophobic Narratives in Hungary

9 October, 2017

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

Something rotten in the state…: Anti-Muslim Racism and the DHMIR

9 October, 2017

Arzu Merali argues that Domination Hate Model of Intercultural Relations (DHMIR) is desperately needed to make sense of the prevalence of anti-Muslim / Islamophobia and other racisms. This post seeks to outline the background to and development of the Domination Hate Model of Intercultural

The Wrong Side of Britishness: Anti-Muslim Narratives in the UK

1 October, 2017

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

Happy, Happy, Happy: Tolerant Portugal and the ‘Good Muslims’

21 September, 2017

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

Author evening: ‘Sound System: The Political Power of Music’ with Dave Randall

20 September, 2017

Wednesday, 1 November from 6.30pm

Burkinis and Slippery Slope Narratives: Islamophobia in the Czech Republic

3 August, 2017

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.