Every cloud has a silver lining. While the social democratic lead government has not proved a recipe against the Islamophobic shift in Austrian politics, this could initially be much easier to achieve for the social democrats in opposition. Read my latest op-ed in The New Turkey

My interview ahead of the Austrian elections: Watch here!

My op-ed on the upcoming Austrian elections: Read here.

Socijalna davanja migrantima ključna tema pred izbore u Austriji. My interview

Auch in Österreich stehen die Nationalratswahlen im Zeichen von Rechtspopulismus und Islamdebatten. Gleichzeig verbreiten Politiker des bürgerlichen Lagers das fragwürdige Narrativ eines bestimmten Islams europäischer Prägung als Gegenpol zum politischen Islam. Und muslimische Theologen spielen mit. Mein Kommentar zum Nachlesen.

Hier das volle Video-Interview mit Kismet Online zum Ansehen.

It seems quite intentional that the ban on full-face veiling in public places, infamously known as the so called “Burka Ban,” came into force on Oct. 1, when Austria largely becomes cloudy, the sun fades away, and with all that, the high-time of tourism from the gulf countries is also gone. One last summer, the […]

Khazanah

The outcome of the German elections for Bundestag did not spring a surprise for many. Read some of my comments in this article.

Austria legally recognized Islam in 1912 and has thus been characterized as a “liberal” country regarding the inclusion of Muslims. But when the law was revisioned in 2015, it was largely criticized as discriminatory, anti-constitutional, and authoritarian towards the Muslim minority. The paper asks how a number of different social movement organizations and networks have […]