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Heinz-Christian Strache of Austria’s Freedom Party (FPOe)
speaks during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2016.
“Sicherheit” means “Safety”.Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

European Fundamentalism…’Metaphysics of the Current Scene’

by Emile Amin | Feb 14, 2017 | Features

Cairo – Many questions have emerged after a report issued by the Amnesty International – on 17 January – revealed that a series of new anti-terrorism laws across Europe will cause discrimination against Muslims and refugees, spreading fears and...

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Supporters of anti-immigration right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) take part in in demonstration rally, in reaction to mass assaults on women on New Year’s Eve, in Cologne, Germany, January 9, 2016. Placard reads: ‘ Yesterday applauded. Today grabbed’ REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Stefan Weidner Writes against Pegida

by Emile Amin | Jun 14, 2016 | Features

Cairo-The recent growing Fundamentalism of the European far right and the consequent Islamophobia have been remarkably accompanied by rational European voices seeking to fight hatred and combat ideological and intellectual extremism in some powerful European...

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Thousands of people demonstrate against a rally called by anti-Islam group PEGIDA in Cologne, Germany, on January 5, 2015.
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Opinion: Europe Between Fear and Hope

by Amir Taheri | Jan 9, 2015 | Opinion

For the past six months the German city of Dresden has been the site of gatherings every Monday under the banner of “Saving Europe from Islamization.” The group that started the exercise calls itself “Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West” (PEGIDA),...

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UK Education secretary Michael Gove

UK’s Muslim Council Wants Muslims included in History Curriculum

by Mohammed Alkhereiji | Apr 16, 2013 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), one of the UK’s leading Islamic organizations, has launched a campaign to include Islamic contributions to Western civilization in the national history curriculum. A draft proposal for the new curriculum was...