“Patriots of the world, unite!” were the words of Steve Bannon speaking to the delegates of the Front National’s (today Rassemblement National) party convention in Lille in March 2018. Saying this, Bannon clearly stepped beyond his invention of what became the winning slogans for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign — “America First” and “Make America Great […]

My analysis before the Bavarian elections. Read full op-ed here

Grossly dehumanizing act of hounding people who look ‘different’ has to be evaluated at the backdrop not only of growing far right political activism but also general radical discourse. Read full op-ed here

Europa rückt nach rechts. Grenzsicherheit und Abschottung dominieren zunehmend die Migrationspolitik der Europäischen Union. Im Innern setzen rechte Parteien auf eine symbolträchtige Identitätspolitik. Hier zum vollständigen Kommentar

My latest analysis of the Austrian government’s attempt to ban the Hijab. Read full analysis here

Avusturya’da 2017 yılının son aylarında peçe yasağı yürürlüğe girdi. Bundan kısa bir süre sonra da kreş ve ilkokullarda başörtüsü yasağı gündeme geldi. Bir analiz.

At the beginning of October 2014, a social democratic–conservative coalition government in Austria presented a draft for a new Islam Act. The unanimous voice of Muslims and the government declared that the existing Islam Act, which dated back to 1912, was now outdated. The government thus aimed to amend the existing act based on the […]

Watch latest interview on Al-Jazeera English here:

Starting in minute 7:30, my interview on the Austrian government’s attempt to close mosques. Listen here

ODVV interview on Islamophobia as a form of structural racism is about power relations. Read here