Die FPÖ und die Entmenschlichung der Muslime
Die FPÖ ist historisch betrachtet als Partei von Ex-Nazis für Ex-Nazis gegründet worden. Sie hat sich nie vollständig von ihrer Vergangenheit lösen können. So zelebriert sie immer wieder die Sprache der Entmenschlichung. Kommentar hier lesen
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EU Research Center for Islam and Democracy: Support or more surveillance?
Initiatives like these seem to target Muslims, not extremists, and reflect existing restrictions in many European countries. Read my latest analysis here
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From celebration to crisis: The Austrian chancellor of exclusion
Read my latest op-ed on the exclusionary rhetoric of the Austrian Chancellor here
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Islamophobia and the Rise of the Far-Right
Here is a video from a panel on ‘Islamophobia in Europe: Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism Connections’ at Rutgers Law School’s Center for Security, Race and Rights. My part starts with minute 38:08.
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RACISM AND THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN HANAU, GERMANY
In February 2020, German Tobias Rathjen killed nine people of color at two shisha bars in Hanau/Germany. Like white supremacist terrorists Anders Behring Breivik and Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, he left a 24-page-long manifesto full of racist views against Jews, Muslims and people of color. Read my latest piece for The Bridge Initiative
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Malcolm X and Mauthausen
This article in the special issue of Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift discusses anti-Semitism, racism, and the reception of Malcolm X in the Austrian Muslim Youth. See the full table of contents here
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Anti-Muslim Talk in the Era of Coronavirus
The global coronavirus pandemic theoretically gives human kind, and especially those in positions of responsibility, a chance to rethink life. Rethink what is important and what is less important. And it forces each and every one of the human family to focus on those things that are of value to us. But some Islamophobes proof […]
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Unwanted Identities: The ‘Religion Line’ and Global Islamophobia
The article discusses why Islamophobia constitutes a major racist discourse today and illustrates how we can make sense of this global relevance of Islamophobia. The author explains the centrality of the ‘religion line’ in the current global world system by drawing on the post-Cold War era. Through a decolonial reading of Islamophobia, three empirical cases are chosen […]
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