Czech Islamophobia Report 2016

2017

This special issue draws on work from young scholars concerned with the impact recent waves of Islamophobia has affected the lives of Muslims in Europe. Isa Blumi authored the introduction and chapter one entitled: “Nothing New: Islamophobia by Default in Postwar Europe”. Works in this issue are drawn from conference held in January 2017 in Istanbul, organized by Dr. Mehmet Hacisalihoglu and supported by IRCICA. http://www.yildiz.edu.tr/media/files/etkinlikler/islamophobia-program.pdf Contributions in special issue include articles by: Ali Hüseyinoğlu Peter Polak-Springer Elena Lukinykh Leyla Yıldırım Ali Çaksu

European Islamophobia Report 2021, 2022

By gathering 35 local scholars, experts, and civil society activists specialised in racism and human rights, the seventh edition of the European Islamophobia Report addresses a globally important issue. All 27 country reports included in this year’s annual report follow a unique structure that invites comparison between countries and across the years since this report series was first established in 2015. It allows for selected readings on a particular topic such as politics, employment, or education with regard to Islamophobia across Europe. The present report investigates in detail the underlying dynamics that directly or indirectly contribute to the rise of anti-Muslim racism in Europe. This extends from Islamophobic statements spread in national media to laws and policies that restrain the fundamental rights of European Muslim citizens and ultimately threaten the whole of society. As a result, the European Islamophobia Report 2021 discusses the impact of anti-Muslim racism on human rights such as freedom of association, freedom of speech, and religious freedom, and the state of law in Europe. This seventh edition of our report continues to show the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Islamophobia, and how anti-Muslim legislation and measures in states like Austria and France have developed and been opposed by civil society. The 27 country reports demonstrate the ways in which governments, political parties, and media participate and counteract the reproduction of discourses that put the fundamental rights of European citizens in jeopardy. This compendium of fact-based and insights and practical data aims to provide European policymakers, institutions, and NGOs with recommendations on how to tackle anti-Muslim racism in Europe systematically and with success.

European Islamophobia Report 2022, 2023

By gathering 26 local scholars and experts specialised in racism and human rights, the eighth edition of the European Islamophobia Report addresses the state and development of Islamophobia across Europe in 2022. All 23 national reports included in this year’s annual edition invite policymakers, civil society, scholars, and all people interested in Islamophobia to gain insight and knowledge on the most important incidents and data regarding Islamophobia in Europe in 2022. Since the first publication of this report covering the year 2015, the European Islamophobia Report has become a cutting-edge source for information on Islamophobia in the fields of politics, media, employment, education, and justice. The annual report also exposes European Islamophobia networks and highlights initiatives to counter anti-Muslim racism. The present report investigates in detail the underlying dynamics that directly or indirectly contribute to the rise of anti-Muslim racism in Europe. This extends from Islamophobic statements spread in national media to laws and policies that restrain the fundamental rights of European Muslim citizens and ultimately threaten society as a whole. As a result, the European Islamophobia Report 2022 discusses the impact of anti-Muslim racism on human rights such as freedom of association, freedom of speech, and religious freedom, and the state of law in Europe. This eighth edition of our report reviews the effects of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar in European media, and how anti-Muslim legislation and measures in states like Austria and France have developed and have been fought by civil society. The 23 country reports demonstrate how governments, political parties, and media participate and counteract in reproducing discourses that put the fundamental rights of European citizens in jeopardy. This compendium of useful insights and data aims to provide European policymakers, institutions, and NGOs with recommendations on how to tackle anti-Muslim racism in Europe both effectively and systematically.

Medya ve Din Araştırmaları Dergisi (MEDIAD) - Journal of Media and Religion Studies, 2023

We published the eighth edition of the European Islamophobia Report (EIR) 1 , covering the year 2022, on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st. The eighth edition of the European Islamophobia Report, which brings together 26 local academics and experts specializing in racism and human rights, addresses the state and development of Islamophobia across Europe. The annual report includes 23 country reports, inviting policymakers, civil society, academics, and anyone interested in Islamophobia to gain information about the most significant events related to Islamophobia in 2022. Since the initial publication of the report covering the year 2015, the European Islamophobia Report has become an essential resource for obtaining information about Islamophobia in politics, media, employment, education, the legal system, and the network of Islamophobia. This report extensively explores the primary factors that directly or indirectly contribute to the escalation of anti-Muslim bigotry in Europe. It encompasses a wide array of issues, ranging from Islamophobic rhetoric propagated in domestic media to legislation and policies that curtail the basic rights of European Muslim citizens, ultimately posing a threat to society at large. Accordingly, the 2022 European Islamophobia Report addresses the repercussions of anti-Muslim racism on rights such as association, expression, and religious freedom, as well as its impacts on the rule of law in Europe.

A special issue of the journal of IRCICA on Islamophobia in Europe, papers by Isa Blumi, Ali Çaksu, Ali Hüseyinoğlu, Leyla Yıldırım, Peter Polak-Springer and Elena Lukinykh

Europolity - Continuity and Change in European Governance

Multiculturalism is a term that encompasses the variety of policy responses promoted by democratic governments all over the world in order to address one of the main issues derived from a phenomenon that has characterized the 20 th century and the beginning of the 21 st century: globalization. This phenomenon has had many secondary effects, the increased migratory trends being the effect addressed by multiculturalist policies. The larger number of migrants who have taken advantage of the faster and cheaper transportation available to the average citizen has put pressure on the host societies, which had to find solutions in order to accommodate the large migratory influxes. Multiculturalism has proven to be a successful policy in several countries, but in the past three decades the efficiency of multiculturalist policies has been questioned with the rise of currents that deny diversity (xenophobia, racism or Islamophobia). Being the newest current that opposes multiculturalism, Islamophobia is a concept that is placed in the center of this article, an article that not only tries to define the new tendencies represented by Islamophobic views, but also to identify how these tendencies are reflected in the European Union. A semi-structured interview and a questionnaire were the instruments used in order to collect the data needed for identifying how multiculturalism and Islamophobia manifest themselves, the results showing that most of the EU countries foster integration of Muslim immigrants. However, some countries have a much larger Muslim community than others, which, in turn, generates EUROPOLITY, vol. 13, no. 2, 2019 180 Continuity and Change in European Governance more problems like ghettoization or the higher intensity of Islamophobic tendencies. These results allow in the end of the article the drawing of several conclusions regarding the way multiculturalism and Islamophobia manifest in the EU and the proposal of several policy recommendations that could be implemented by authorities in order to combat the rising issues generated by the Islamophobia current.

Patterns of Prejudice, 2018

This is an introduction to the Special Issue of "Patterns of Prejudice," summing up the main objectives and conclusions and commenting on the various papers. Islamophobia in the East of the European Union is not due (only) to the region's heritage of autocratic government, antisemitism, and nationalism, but far more to the state of semi-peripherality experienced there as the result of developments engendered largely by western-inspired policies. There are important differences within and between eastern Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. In form, Islamophobia in the area is the same as in the West, but there are local reasons for its recent political success. Islamophobia here shares much with that found in areas of the West where, likewise, there is a relatively small number of Muslim residents.