This article discusses the emergence of a discourse on ‘political Islam’ in the policy circles of European elites. It interprets this discourse on one hand as a manifestation of the further criminalization of Muslimness emanating from programs of countering ‘extremism’ and deradicalizing Muslim youth in the wake of the global war on terror. More specifically, […]

Das neue Jahrbuch ist hier erhältlich

The latest edition of our annual project, the European Islamophobia Report 2021, has been released on 21 September, the European Action Day Against Islamophobia. Read the full report here

Read my latest op-ed foe EUObserver here

The ‘War on Terror’ ushered in a new era of anti-Muslim bias and racism. Anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia, is influenced by local economies, power structures and histories. However, the War on Terror, a conflict undefined by time and place, with a homogenised Muslim ‘Other’ framed as a perpetual enemy, has contributed towards a global Islamophobic […]

As guilty until proven innocent increasingly becomes authorities’ approach to Muslims, basic rights such as freedom of religion are at great risk. Read my analysis here

Die Kriminalisierung der muslimischen Zivilgesellschaft schreitet voran. Zu oft wird der Grundsatz der Unschuldsvermutung ins Gegenteil verkehrt. Den gesamten Artikel gibt es hier

Exactly three years after the murder of 51 people in two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch, the United Nations adopted a resolution to make March 15 the International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Read my op-ed here