Farid Hafez

Scholar of Race, Muslims, and Europe

Philosemitism and Herbert Kickl

Far‑right parties across Europe increasingly present themselves as defenders of Israel and the Jewish people despite long histories of antisemitism — and they often do so while vehemently criticizing Muslim communities. The pivot from antisemitism to what many observers describe as overt Islamophobia was on display at the European Parliament in September when Herbert Kickl […]

Centre-right’s Civil Society witch-hunt in EU Parliament

On Wednesday (7 October), the largest group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party (EPP), has scheduled a debate on a “European Parliament resolution on the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network.” Read what this really means here

Arabs, Blacks, and Islam in German Colonial Imagination

Germany, a latecomer to the colonial expansion of European powers, colonized several territories on the African continent in the 1880s: German East Africa (parts of today’s Tanzania), German South-West Africa (Namibia), German Kamerun (parts of today’s Cameroon) and German Togo (parts of today’s Togo). Until the beginning of World War I, the German colonial empire […]

Die ÖVP gegen den „politischen Islam“

Campus Tivoli, die Denkfabrik der Österreichischen Volkspartei (vormals: Politische Akademie), hat ein Policy Paper mit dem Titel „Politischer Islam in Österreich“ präsentiert. Trotz Bekenntnis, sich „nicht gegen den Islam als Religion oder gegen die friedliche Religionsausübung von Muslimen“ zu positionieren, laufen die Forderungen letztendlich auf eine Aushöhlung von grund- und Freiheitsrechten hinaus. Zum Kommentar geht’s […]

Book talk at GMU

The Colonial Legacy of Europe’s Islam Policies. The Cases of Austria and Germany More Information: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/17976 Zoom RSVP RSVP Required. ACGIS Guest Lecture with Dr. Farid Hafez Monday, March 23, 2026 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM EDTHorizon Hall, 3225 – Hybrid

افقد ذاتك أو ارحل.. العشر العجاف لمسلمي أوروبا

يعد اليوم الدولي لمكافحة الإسلاموفوبيا- الذي أقرته الأمم المتحدة- فرصة للتأمل في عشر سنوات من إصدار “التقرير الأوروبي للإسلاموفوبيا”، حيث يسهم فيه أكثر من ثلاثين باحثا ينشرون ما يزيد على 25 تقريرا قُطريا كل عام يرصدون واقع القضية وتطورها، بصورة مستمرة منذ 2015. https://www.aljazeera.net/opinions/2026/3/15/%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A