An online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

anti-Muslim racism

Revisiting Islamophobia: The Mainstreaming of Anti-Muslim Racism in the Age of Trump and Brexit

By Todd Green // January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

When I first wrote The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West in 2015, I had some doubts about whether it would find an audience. Did scholars, journalists, policy makers, and others…

Islam-politics in the New German Coalition Government Program

By Farid Hafez // March 15, 2018March 19, 2018

The forming of a coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Unions (CDU & CSU) relieved many, who believe in the European Union, that one of Europe’s most important countries will have…