A recent European Parliament resolution shows the European mainstream is fully embracing an Islamophobic agenda. Read the op-ed on Al-Jazeera English
Podcast on Kickl and Antisemitism
Here is an interview I did with The Brussels Times’ James Kanter on Austrian far-right populist leader Herbert Kickl and philosemitism, Israel, and the shift of the far-right. Listen on
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Make the World White Again
This is an essay published open access in the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, reflecting upon the first months of Trump in office, and how to make sense of immigration enforcement, education policy, and geopolitical realignments, centering the white supremacist ideology in MAGA.
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Philosemitism and Herbert Kickl
Far‑right parties across Europe increasingly present themselves as defenders of Israel and the Jewish people despite long histories of antisemitism — and they often do so while vehemently criticizing Muslim communities. The pivot from antisemitism to what many observers describe as overt Islamophobia was on display at the European Parliament in September when Herbert Kickl […]
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Centre-right’s Civil Society witch-hunt in EU Parliament
On Wednesday (7 October), the largest group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party (EPP), has scheduled a debate on a “European Parliament resolution on the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network.” Read what this really means here
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Europe’s most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare
By calling for Muslim organisations to be mapped and defunded, the European People’s Party wants to criminalise an entire community across Europe. Read full op-ed here
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Rechte erlassen europäische Resolution gegen Muslime
Unter dem Deckmantel des Kampfes gegen „politischen Islam“ gerät muslimisches Engagement ins Visier. Konservative, Rechtsaußen und Liberale ziehen an einem Strang. Europas Brandmauer wird zur Kulisse. Den ganzen Kommentar finden Sie hier
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Arabs, Blacks, and Islam in German Colonial Imagination
Germany, a latecomer to the colonial expansion of European powers, colonized several territories on the African continent in the 1880s: German East Africa (parts of today’s Tanzania), German South-West Africa (Namibia), German Kamerun (parts of today’s Cameroon) and German Togo (parts of today’s Togo). Until the beginning of World War I, the German colonial empire […]
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9/11 at 25: How the ‘War on Terror’ helped mainstream Europe’s far right
The ‘War on Terror’ gave far-right Islamophobia legitimacy, reach and electoral force. My latest op-ed
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Verbotsgesetz gegen den „politischen Islam“ im Verfassungsrang?
Ein politisches Phantom soll Verfassungsrang erhalten. Der Begriff „politischer Islam“ bleibt vage – und kann so zur Waffe gegen muslimische Praxis und missliebige Stimmen werden. Österreich setzt damit ein gefährliches Signal für Europa. Mein Kommentar zum Nachlesen
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