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ISLAMOPHOBIA IN ACADEMIA : THE BERGEAUD-BLACKLER CONTROVERSY IN FRANCE

May 8, 2023May 21, 2023 Euro-Islam

The French scholar, Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, has been a target of death threats that led her to be put under police protection, after publishing in January 2023, The Brotherhood and its Networks: The Investigation (Le Frérisme et ses reseaux, L’Enquête) .[fn]https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/florence-bergeaud-blackler-sur-lislamisme-le-monde-de-la-recherche-ne-brille-pas-par-son-courage-VFEAIBEU6JDMXOTAVZB6XZKCS4/ [/fn]. An anthropologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la

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Ryyan Al Shebl is the New Mayor of Baden-Wurttemberg : Is Germany Becoming Cosmopolitan?

April 25, 2023April 28, 2023 Euro-Islam

On 2nd April 2023, Ryyan Alshebl,29, became the mayor of the Association of Municipalities of Baden-Württemberg [fn]https://www.thegazellenews.com/news/syrian-makes-history-in-german-becomes-first-non-indigene-to-be-elected-village-mayor/[/fn].Alshebl is one of the Syrian refugees who applied for asylum in Germany between 2015-16.[fn]https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2023/04/04/ryyan-alshebl-syrian-refugee-mayor-german-ostelsheim/[/fn] He won the municipality election with 55.4% of the vote, against Marco Strauß and Mathias Fey, both of whom were born and grew up

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POLITICAL INTEGRATION OF MUSLIMS IN THE UK: WHAT TO KNOW AFTER THE HISTORIC ELECTION OF HAMZA YOUSAF

April 12, 2023April 20, 2023 Euro-Islam

Humza Haroon Yousaf was sworn in as Scotland’s new First Minister on March 29, 2023. He become the first ever racial minority and Muslim to lead the country since it was created in 1999. He takes over from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first female leader and the country’s longest-serving one yet. The leader of the Scottish

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The Public Acknowledgment of the Month of Ramadan in UK and France Amid Persistent Social and Economic Challenge

March 27, 2023August 19, 2024 Euro-Islam

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim(lunar) calendar and the holy month of fasting and prayer started for Muslims in Europe on March 23 2023. Ramadhan lights, Charity, and Unemployment. For the first time London’s Piccadilly Circus [fn]It’s a street illumination which runs from Coventry street and joins Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. The shapes

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The Alarming Intensification and Globalization of Islamophobia

March 15, 2023 Euro-Islam

Jocelyne Cesari, University of Birmingham @jocelyne_cesari The first contemporary occurrence of the term Islamophobia appeared in the 1997 Runnymede report ‘Islamophobia: a challenge for us all’ to acknowledge discrimination against Islam and Muslim immigrants in the UK. Since 9/11, it has gained political traction over Europe and the USA to decry all types of ethnic

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