Instead of seeing a reversal in Islamophobia in the European Union, we see the opposite. The European Islamophobia Report 2023 states “how anti-Muslim racism manifests through systemic discrimination, political rhetoric, media narratives, and societal attitudes, exacerbated by geopolitical events such as the Gaza conflict.” One of the key findings of the report are the denial,…
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European Islamophobia Report 2022: Finland
While even the Islamophobic Finns Party (PS) does not object to the arrival oftens of thousands of white Ukrainian refugees to Finland, the treatment of Muslimsis different. Politicians and other public officials continue to see Muslims as a threatto national security. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has been the target ofcriticism for its arbitrary and…
European Islamophobia Report 2021: Finland
The recent parliamentary election in Sweden is only one of the worrying signs that Islamophobia is not receding in the EU but gaining strength. Muslims, like other minorities, must work together to challenge Europe’s ever-growing anti-Muslim racism. We must do this not only for ourselves but for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The editors of the…