European Union Minister and Chief Negotiator Ömer Çelik said Europe should display a common will and attitude to tackle xenophobia and Islamophobia in the continent. Delivering a speech on Wednesday at a meeting in London that was aimed at discussing wa... read more
When father-of-five Makram Ali left Ramadan prayers on Monday night, he had no idea he was about to become the latest Muslim die on the streets of Europe or the U.S., where figures show a rising wave of Islamophobia has taken hold. The 51-year-old was wal... read more
Interview with Konrad Pędziwiatr, lecturer at Kraków University of Economics. Interviewer: Luc Maffre. LUC MAFFRE: What can we say about the Muslim population in Poland today? KONRAD PĘDZIWIATR: The statistics office argues that there a... read more
PARIS _ Illan Haddad, 31, has for years worn a baseball hat over his yarmulke in fear of being attacked because he’s a Jew. It’s been that way since he was 15 and a Muslim neighbor shouted “Long live Palestine!” before spitting and assaulting... read more
When Dina Torkia realized she didn’t see any representations of Muslim women in media, fashion, and beauty (“other than really negative ones”), she did what came naturally at age 21: She got on YouTube. That was six years ago. Today, Tor... read more
Ameer Alkhawlany moved to Poland in September 2014 to pursue a Master’s in biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland’s second largest city. Two years later, the Polish state awarded him a scholarship to complete a PhD in the same facult... read more
The shift in European politics towards the extreme-right is what lies behind the growing problem of Islamophobia, Turkey’s EU minister said Friday. Ömer Çelik said the refugee crisis and terror threats, including Daesh attacks, also fueled the pro... read more
Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ömer Çelik participated at European Islamophobia Report 2016 Panel and delivered a speech. During his keynote speech EU Minister Ömer Çelik shared his views on rising Islamophobia... read more
A European report on Islamophobia has referred to “worrying developments” in the treatment and perception of Muslims in Ireland. The Irish chapter of the new European Islamophobia Report 2016 also criticises media coverage of events involving Muslims.... read more
