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Islamophobia in Southern Europe
September 16, 202210:00 a.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62, First Floor).
10:00 a.m.
Prior registration required.
In English, with no live translation.
To mark the publication of the European Islamophobia Report (EIR), Casa Árabe is hosting an expert panel discussion at its headquarters in Madrid on September 16, where they will be analyzing the document and debating its conclusions. Sign up now to attend.
Since the refugee crisis in 2015, Europe has witnessed growing xenophobia, especially against immigrants of Muslim origin. The rise of radical right-wing parties like the AfD in Germany and the National Front in France are signs that Europe is facing a political crossroads. The continent is putting its cherished values of human rights, tolerance and plurality to the test. The rise of xenophobia is intertwined with an increase in Islamophobia and hate speech. As in previous years, the European Islamophobia Report of 2021 addresses anti-Muslim incidents in Europe in order to draw attention to this issue.
With a special focus on the southern part of the EU, the panel we are hosting at Casa Árabe will be bringing together Enes Bayrakli (Turkish-German University), Alexandros Skalleriou (Panteion University of Athens), Sara Ezebe (a lawyer from Malta) and Sergio Gracia (University of Cordoba). The event, organized by EIR and held at Casa Árabe, will be held in English without live translation. To sign up, you must sign up in advance by clicking on this link.
The European Islamophobia Report (EIR) is an annual report published since 2015, covering almost all European countries. The EIR provides lawmakers, scholars, community leaders and ordinary readers with a unique collection of European analyses of anti-Muslim racism in Europe. The EIR project is supported by the International Islamophobia Studies and Research Association (IISRA) based in Berkeley, California, in conjunction with the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Safety, Race and Rights at Rutgers University, the Berkeley Institute at the International Center for the Study of Islamophobia, the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) at the Center on Race and Gender (CRG) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Arab and Muslim Ethnic and Diaspora Studies (AMED) program at San Francisco State University, Leopold Weiss Institute headquarteredin Vienna, and the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR) at Uppsala University (Sweden).
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Enes Bayraklı earned his BA, MA and PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and conducted research for his doctoral thesis at the University of Nottingham in Great Britain from 2009 to 2010. He took over as deputy director of the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in London in 2011-2013. Bayraklı also served as the founding director of Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centers in Constanta and Bucharest. He is currently the director of the Political Science and International Relations Department at the Turkish-German University of Istanbul. He has been co-editor of the European Annual Report on Islamophobia since 2016. His fields of research include the transformation of Turkish foreign policy, foreign policy analysis and Islamophobia.
With a special focus on the southern part of the EU, the panel we are hosting at Casa Árabe will be bringing together Enes Bayrakli (Turkish-German University), Alexandros Skalleriou (Panteion University of Athens), Sara Ezebe (a lawyer from Malta) and Sergio Gracia (University of Cordoba). The event, organized by EIR and held at Casa Árabe, will be held in English without live translation. To sign up, you must sign up in advance by clicking on this link.
The European Islamophobia Report (EIR) is an annual report published since 2015, covering almost all European countries. The EIR provides lawmakers, scholars, community leaders and ordinary readers with a unique collection of European analyses of anti-Muslim racism in Europe. The EIR project is supported by the International Islamophobia Studies and Research Association (IISRA) based in Berkeley, California, in conjunction with the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Safety, Race and Rights at Rutgers University, the Berkeley Institute at the International Center for the Study of Islamophobia, the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) at the Center on Race and Gender (CRG) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Arab and Muslim Ethnic and Diaspora Studies (AMED) program at San Francisco State University, Leopold Weiss Institute headquarteredin Vienna, and the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR) at Uppsala University (Sweden).
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Enes Bayraklı earned his BA, MA and PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and conducted research for his doctoral thesis at the University of Nottingham in Great Britain from 2009 to 2010. He took over as deputy director of the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in London in 2011-2013. Bayraklı also served as the founding director of Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centers in Constanta and Bucharest. He is currently the director of the Political Science and International Relations Department at the Turkish-German University of Istanbul. He has been co-editor of the European Annual Report on Islamophobia since 2016. His fields of research include the transformation of Turkish foreign policy, foreign policy analysis and Islamophobia.
Alexandros Sakellariou has taught Sociology at the Hellenic Open University since 2016 and is a Senior Researcher at Panteion University in Athens. He earned his PhD in Religion Sociology from Sociology Department at Panteion University. Sakellariou has extensive research experience in large-scale EU projects. Since 2011, he has been working on socio-political commitment and youth welfare, the assessment of innovative social policies and radicalization. His scientific interests include the sociology of religion, sociology of youth, politics and religion, religious communities in Greek society, youth activism and civic engagement, right-wing extremism, radicalization and qualitative research methods. He is a board member of the Hellenic League for Human Rights.
Sergio Gracia studied Law at the University of Cordoba. He completed a Master’s degree in the “Phenomenology of Terrorism: Bioterrorism, epidemiological prevention, cyberterrorism and chemical threats” at the School of Sciences in Granada. He is the director of CINVED (Center for Research on the Extreme Right). Gracia has extensive complementary training and practical experience in the fields of faith and pluralism, including: the renewal of religious thought, political Islam in Europe, social change in the Arab world, Islamic feminism, fundamental rights and far-right movements. He is an academic collaborator with a wide range of public and private institutions in Spain. Gracia is frequently a commentator for different domestic and foreign media on the topics of international relations and right-wing violence.
Sara Ezabe Malliue is a lawyer. She earned her Master’s degree in Advocacy and a Master’s degree in Human Rights Law and Practice, and is currently pursuing a further Master’s degree in Public Policy Leadership at the University of Malta. She completed a leadership course at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, as a Queen Elizabeth II award winner. Ezabe Malliue has been researching hate speech online and conducted a research project titled “Negotiating Peace in the Realm of Freedom of Expression” (ELSA, Malta, 2016) to highlight the importance of creating policies to address hate speech. She co-founded the Redefining Us campaign, which was created to fight discrimination and hate speech while raising awareness about religious and ethnic minorities in Malta. For this work, she received the Young Impactful Politician Award given by the Junior Chamber International (JCI) of Malta.