News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
On 9th June 2024, after the sweeping victory of the National Rally ( far right) party to the European elections, President Macron decided to dissolve to the Assemblée National. Macron called his snap decision “an act of confidence”, saying he had faith “in the capacity of the French people to make the best choice for
On 29th July, Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine were fatally stabbed while attending a dance class in Southport. The horrifying incident sparked the worst unrest in UK in a decade. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg55we5n3xo) Misinformation spread that the attack was conducted by a 17-year-old Muslim immigrant, who fled to UK
On 30th June 2023, a 400 paged report titled as Anti- Muslim Hostility- A German Balance Sheet 2023 ( Muslimfeindlichkeit – Eine deutsche Bilanz 2023) [fn]https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/publikationen/2023/BMI22030.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1[/fn] was produced by the Independent Group of Experts on Anti-Muslim Hostility UEM (Unabhängigen Expertenkreis Muslimfeindlichkeit) under the auspices of Germany’s Interior Ministry. The twelve-member[fn] The twelve members of the
The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) [fn]The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, founded in 1994 to enhance the understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. CAIR works to fight discrimination, bigotry, and Islamophobia, and to ensure that American Muslims can
Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the run-off election against his opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, on 28 May 2023. He was elected president of Turkey for the third consecutive time in a heavily contested run-off election. With more than 99 percent of both domestic and international votes counted, Erdogan secured 52.16 percent of the vote, while Kemal Kilicdaroglu