On January 1, 2018, a new law went into effect in Germany with the aim of curbing ‘fake news’ and hate speech online. The Act for the Improvement of Law Enforcement on Social Networks – thankfully shortened in common parlance to the Network Enforcement Law (Netzdurchsetzungsgesetz) targets social media such as Twitter and Facebook, seen…
The Dutch-Moroccan Aboutaleb, who has been mayor of Rotterdam since 2009, has pleaded for “patience” and ‘calmness’ in the debate about the role of Islam in society. He has been recently interviewed by Dutch newspaper Trouw, in which he discussed his views on the ways Islam has been debated in the Netherlands for the last…
Aymeric Caron recently appeared on the BFMTV show “And at the same time.” The journalist and writer addressed the polemic elicited by Manuel Valls’s recent comments made during a debate organized by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Rather than speaking out against Islamism, Valls stated that there was a “problem with Islam” in France, which sparked…
Abdallah Zekri discussed the “Muslim question” in France during a recent interview with El Watan. Below are excerpts from the conversation: El Watan: It really seemed like the question of Islam was on many headlines this year. Abdallah Zekri: It doesn’t stop, I was asked by journalists to comment on the election of Laurent Wauquiez…
Pew Research Center’s latest instalment of their ongoing “Political Polarization” survey reveals sharp shifts in political values among Democrats and Republicans. In particular, views about Islam and violence as approached by Democrats and Republicans has steadily widened over the past few years as a growing share of Democrats, 69%, do not believe that Islam encourages…
