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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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“Feel-good Orientalism and the Question of Dignity” | A Review Essay on Emily Greble’s Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe

By Dženita Karić & Harun Buljina & Piro Rexhepi  //  February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Review Essay by Dženita Karić, Harun Buljina, and Piro Rexhepi. Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Emily Greble. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 376 pages. $35.00 Agency: everybody has it. But the agency…

[MAYDAN PODCAST] Islam on the Edges EP6- The Securitization of Muslims in Europe

By Maydan Editors  //  April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

The Maydan Podcast · Islam On The Edges EP6 – The Securitization of Muslims in Europe   In the just-concluded first round of presidential elections in France, President Macron and a far-right candidate, Marie Le…

Islam on the Edges EP6 – The Securitization of Muslims in Europe

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

  In the just-concluded first round of presidential elections in France, President Macron and a far-right candidate, Marie Le Pen, emerged as the top two contenders and will face each other in a run-off. These…

What Has Changed for the Far-Right after the European Elections?

By Farid Hafez  //  September 25, 2019

It has become a ritual: before every national and European election, the far-right is featured in great detail. Being one of the media’s most favorite cash cows, radical right-wing parties have gained huge coverage. Like…

[Book Review] Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics by Rafaela M. Dancygier| Reviewed by Brian Van Wyck

By Brian Van Wyck  //  December 26, 2018January 15, 2019

Rafaela M. Dancygier. Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017. 264 pages. $29.95 paperback | Reviewed by Brian Van Wyck. Since the early 1980s, the presence of Islam in…

Converging Islamophobias in Europe: The Visegrad Four Countries and Their Western ‘Forerunners’

By Farid Hafez  //  November 30, 2017November 30, 2017

It was a weird moment: Shortly before the Austrian elections on 15 October this year, candidates of the then-winning parties, Sebastian Kurz of the Conservatives and Heinz-Christian Strache of the Freedom Party, verbally wrestled about…

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