Issues in Politics
Liberation of journalist signals cautious détente in German-Turkish relations
After one year and two days in Turkish prison – mostly spent in solitary confinement – journalist Deniz Yücel was set free by the Turkish authorities on February 16, 2018. The case of Yücel, a German and Turkish dual national working for the German Die Welt newspaper, had been a severe stumbling block in German-Turkish…
Study finds Trump supporters and extreme far-right conservatives share the most ‘junk’ news on social media
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that Trump supporters and extreme far-right conservatives share more ‘junk’ news on Twitter and Facebook than all other groups combined.
Ofsted’s mission to tackle extremism in British schools criticised for unfairly targeting the Muslim community
The head of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has called for “muscular liberalism” in order to tackle ‘extremism’ in British schools. However, the organisation’s approach has been criticised for unfairly targeting the Muslim community and for promoting Islamophobia.
“There is no clear vision or policy on how to deal with foreign fighters”. Our coordinator, Professor Jocelyne Cesari, discusses the return of foreign fighters to EU countries
Professor Jocelyne Cesari discusses the lack of policy coherence among EU member states on how to deal with those returning from fighting for the so-called Islamic State.
Pew Research Center projects growing Muslim populations in Europe – report
In a recent study, renowned US think tank Pew has chosen to address a highly sensitive political issue: the number of Muslims living in European countries. The study, which was published on November 29, 2017, promises to “provide[…] the first estimates of the growing size of the Muslim population in Europe following the wave of…