Issues in Politics
French President meets Sherin Khankan, founder of Denmark’s first female-led mosque, to discuss balance between religion and politics
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has met Sherin Khankan, the founder of Denmark’s first female-led mosque, as well as other religious leaders, to discuss the balance between religion and politics in France and how social problems connected to religious and cultural differences may be tackled.
Austrian Chancellor Kurz announces project to ban the hijab from kindergartens, primary schools
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s rapid rise to power has always been centred on his promise to curb immigration and uphold Austria’s identity as a Christian nation. Since taking office in December, 2017, Kurz has sought to make good on this pledge by taking a hard-line stance on immigration. Now, Kurz is closing in on another…
SETA’s European Islamophobia Report states Islamophobia statistics reveal only the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The report states that most instances of Islamophobia go unreported, and calls on nation-states and the international community to do more to tackle the structurally-ingrained phenomenon.
Euro-Islam’s Jacob Lypp discusses Islam in Germany on Voice of Islam Radio UK
Our researcher, Jacob Lypp, spoke to The Breakfast Show on Voice of Islam Radio UK about Islam in Germany. He discussed recent comments by the newly-appointed German Interior Minister and the integration of Muslims into German society.
One hundred days of Chancellor Kurz in Austria: Anti-immigration stance strengthened by spate of knife attacks
It has been a little over four months that the new Austrian government has been in place. Led by the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) under Chancellor Kurz, a youthful enfant terrible who has given the ÖVP conservatism renewed appeal with a sharp shift to the right, the government also includes the far-right Freedom Party of…