Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America

The controversial far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has achieved a historic victory as his Freedom Party (PVV) won the most parliamentary seats in The Netherlands’ general elections held...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/12/19/35662/

France’s Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera announced on 3rd September 2023  on France 3 that athletes representing France will be barred from wearing hijabs or other religious symbols while...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/11/28/french-policies-banning-hijabs-and-abayas-draw-outrage-at-home-and-abroad/

On 30th June 2023, a 400 paged report titled as Anti- Muslim Hostility- A German Balance Sheet 2023 ( Muslimfeindlichkeit – Eine deutsche Bilanz 2023) https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloa...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/09/25/confronting-germanys-anti-muslim-sentiment-key-insights-from-the-landmark-uem-report/

Since June 2023, multiple acts of desecration of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark have ignited a global furor and raised profound questions about the limits of freedom of expression. This provocat...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/08/08/desecration-of-holy-quran-sparks-international-outrage-and-diplomatic-strain-in-sweden-and-denmark/

On Thursday, 29th June 2023, the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) the highest administrative court in France, upheld a ban on Muslim women football players wearing hijab during all matches org...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/07/12/hijab-ban-in-french-football-a-battle-of-religious-freedom-and-secularism/

The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, founded in 1994 to enhance the und...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/06/24/cair-report-exposes-fbis-secret-watchlist-targeting-muslims/

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 ru...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/06/08/turkish-diaspora-and-voting-patterns-insights-into-erdogans-re-election/

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 Networ...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/05/08/35517/

On 2nd April 2023, Ryyan Alshebl,29, became the mayor of the Association of Municipalities of Baden-Württemberg https://www.thegazellenews.com/news/syrian-makes-history-in-german-becomes-first-n...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/04/25/ryyan-al-shebl/

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 tak...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/04/12/35484/

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...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/03/27/ramadhan-in-uk-and-france/

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...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/03/15/the-alarming-intensification-and-globalization-of-islamophobia/

On 8 February 2023, the long-awaited report – The Independent Review of Prevent – conducted by the commissioner for public appointments William Shawcross, was published after much skepticism,...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/03/12/the-shawcross-prevent-review/

Rasmus Paludan, a lawyer,  founder of the Danish far-right party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) established in 2017.Much of the party’s agenda focuses on building an anti-Islam narrative and engaging ...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2023/02/27/quran-burning-in-sweden-and-the-netherlands-freedom-of-speech-or-islamophobia/

Qatar is currently hosting the 2022 FIFA (Fédération internationale de Football Association, meaning International Association Football Federation) World Cup, after successfully securing the bi...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/12/08/the-western-criticisms-of-qatar-double-standard-or-on-point/

Tuesday 1st November  was the  beginning of the tenth Islamophobia awareness month, a campaign founded in 2012 by MEND (Muslim Engagement and Development) and partner organisations which aims t...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/11/19/no-working-definition-of-islamophobia-for-the-uk-government-implications-and-reactions/

The 22nd of September saw the release of the latest report by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) in collaboration with Everyday Muslim Archive and Heritage Initiative (an archive which documents...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/11/02/black-and-muslim-in-the-uk-between-invisibility-and-over-exposure/

October 14 marked the first muezzin call from the central mosque of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), which stands in Germany’s fourth largest city, Cologne. The city is ...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/10/18/first-muezzin-call-in-cologne-pros-and-cons/

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8th September 2022, King Charles III (formerly The Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son) ascended to the throne1. The passing of Queen E...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/10/14/king-charles-iii-and-islam-between-colonial-past-and-islamophilia/

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) (an independent educational charity specializing on race relations throughout the world) released their latest report on Sunday 11th September 2022 titled �...

https://www.euro-islam.info/2022/09/27/british-muslims-as-second-class-citizens-the-combined-effect-of-security-and-islamophobia/