After 791 days of legal persecution, traumatized kids, sleep deprivation, closed bank accounts & assets, & exodus to the United States, the Higher Court has ruled that investigation of terrorism allegations against me was false
#operationluxor
#justice
Thread: Since some friends & colleagues have already started spreading the word and donating: On 9 November 2020, my home in Vienna was raided by special forces. Here is what happened in a short video
Happy to announce the forthcoming of our new book "The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror. Coloniality, race, and Islam" together with Naved Bakali and many other great colleagues
#Islamophobia
#antimuslimracism
#waronterror
#coloniality
Happy to see our European Islamophobia Report finally out in print. And telling that no Austrian media even covered this year's report given we dedicated the cover Sebastian Kurz. Download the report for free here:
It was a great year on the campus of the renowned
@WilliamsCollege
teaching global perspectives on anti-Muslim racism and politics and religion, happy to share that my position as Professor of International Studies was extended for a second year
#islamlandkarte
ist offline - jetzt sollte die Dokumentationsstelle
#PolitischerIslam
geschlossen werden. Die halbe Million wären besser für Soziales und Bildung zu veranlagen
My article 'Criminalizing Muslim agency in Europe' is out: Indebted 2 great work including colleagues like
@frburgat
@KawtarNajib
@EnesBayrakli
@RezaZiaEbrahimi
Schirin Amir-Moazami, Uzma Jamil, Tobias Müller, Werner Schiffauer and Anna-Esther Younes
After French president Emmanuel Macron, we chose former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for the cover page of our
@islamophobiaEIR
2021 will be launched on September 21, the European Action Day Against
#Islamophobia
. Stay tuned. 📣📣📣
@EnesBayrakli
Is your wife allowed to go to the supermarket? Do your kids play any music instruments? Don't have to explain you what this means. The state prosecutor has up to 3 y to close the case or file a charge, which I cannot believe will happen. My bank account and my assets were frozen.
In these days, let’s remind us of the words of Edward Said: “The problem is that the use of the word ‘terrorism’ was a political weapon designed to protect the strong.”
Stay tuned. European İslmaophobia Report 2020 will be published on 29th of December.
By gathering 37 local scholars and civil society activists specialized in racism and human rights and 31 country reports, the sixth edition of the EIR addresses a politically important issue.
@ProfDNgong
"I am not here to be a politician. We want to fly Africa's flag high just like Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon. We are here to represent Africa."
~ Morocco 🇲🇦 coach Walid Regragui — when asked if his team's win over Spain was a "win for the Arab world."
Less of a surprise to see German elite circles celebrating infamous racist Douglas Murray. It's only a surprise for those, who rely on an imagined notion of the so-called 'center'/Mitte that attempts to regularly whitewash German guilt from past and present forms of racism
#IslamMap
was launched by the Documentation Center 4
#PoliticalIslam
, an Austrian state fund feat many anti-Muslim authors. Happened yesterday: A sign in front of one of the 600 Muslim associations "Beware! Political Islam close by. More information on "
These fearful imagination are an outcome of the racialization and dehumanization of Muslims that has been going on for decades now and are interwoven with the idea of a clash of civilizations, the war on terror and everything that followed from there
In France, the typical person thinks that 31% of the population is Muslim. Actual share: 7.5%. In the US, the typical person thinks that 17% of the population is Muslim. Actual share: 1% (Source: Ipsos MORI). Such misperceptions underlie fears that drive political trends.
Those, who follow my work, know that I have been a harsh critic of Austria's Islam-related policies & far-right Islamophobia for many y. During interrogation, q were asked like: What do you think of the term Islamophobia? Are Muslims discriminated against in Austria? Do you pray?
Turkey's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun says "deeply saddened and concerned" by Austria’s mistreatment of Muslim academic Farid Hafez for his work on racism and anti-Muslim hate crime
My latest on how 'guilty until proven innocent' increasingly becomes authorities’ approach to organized & political Muslims in Austria, France & Denmark, while basic rights such as freedom of expression and religion are at great risk
#racism
#islamophobia
791 Tagen nach der
#operationluxor
wegen Terrorverdachts (Nehammers Kampf gg 'politischen Islam'), traumatisierten Kindern, eingefrorenem Konto, Beschlagnahmung von Eigentum & Auswanderung in die USA, hat das OLG Graz diesem Irrsinn nun ein Ende gesetzt
#operationluxor
Wortlaut:
As many of you know, an attack happened killing 4 innocent ppl in Vienna one week before. Officially unrelated to this event, but in an atmosphere of having to counter terrorism, the Austrian gov raided the homes of 30 alleged terrorists one week later, blaming me of terrorism
In 3 days, the first volume of the Postcolonial International Studies Series
@ManchesterUP
will be out: The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror. Coloniality, race, and Islam co-edited by Navid Bakali and myself
#islamophobia
#waronterror
#postcolonialstudies
"Kurz and his team have been the champion of institutionalised Islamophobia."
Political scientist Farid Hafez on Austria's move to ban "political Islam"
#EyesOnDiscrimination
Ruling: It is an accumulation of mere insinuations [...] rumors & conjectures fr sources that can no longer be substantiated, as well as their interpretation and subsequent passing on in the manner of conclusions and conjectures, which are not the subject of testimonial evidence.
Should I be shocked? Ahmad Mansour, one of the most vocal and celebrated Islamophobes, allegedly made up large parts of his life, reveals
@derJamesJackson
I spent months digging into Ahmad Mansour, visiting Tira, spoke to classmates, family, and his college. Much of his backstory is an exaggeration or a fabrication. He was never a Muslim Brother, the Imam wasn’t an Imam, he didn’t study psych @ Tel Aviv Uni
Weil es wichtig ist, die Dinge beim Namen zu nennen. Mein Gastkommentar zum Regierungsübereinkommen in Niederösterreich zwischen FPÖ und ÖVP
#rassismus
#nieder
österreich
#FPOE
#oevp
A map that was published by the Austrian state-funded Documentation Center for Political Islam has stirred up major controversy. The
@washingtonpost
reports:
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A thread 4 some context:
Seyran Ates, in D inzwischen weithin diskreditiert, in Österreich ranghoch hofiert (insbesondere von türkiser u später blauer Regierung), schreibt inzwischen Kommentar auf Website von katholischen Fundis und schwadroniert Absonderliches...
#islamophobie
#projektion
In the past few years, a number of European govs, especially those led by right-wing parties, have taken aim at academics & activists who call attention 2 the state’s discriminatory policies against Muslims.
Join us:
#racism
#antimuslimracism
#islamophobia
Im Kampf gegen den politischen Islam werden wir einen Straftatbestand „Politischer Islam“ schaffen, um gegen diejenigen vorgehen zu können, die selbst keine Terroristen sind, aber den Nährboden für solche schaffen.
Breaking: Austrian Conservatives intend to deport some Orthodox Jews for their unwillingness to shake hands. Forgive me, they just meant the Muslims and shortly forgot about preserving Judeo-Christian values...
#ZIB
Chefredakteur meint, die meisten Terroranschläge in Europa seien von Islamisten ausgehend. Ist falsch. Einfach Europol-Statistik ansehen. Unterstelle keine böse Absicht. Aber Fakten-basierte Informationen sind notwendig.
#wien
@Schattleitner
Es fehlt: all dies geht, solange du weiß bist. Denn: wenn du eine andere Hautfarbe hast, wird bei Vergehen damit gedroht, dich abzuschieben
1/ My latest article in
@FrCulturalSt
is out: I discuss the emergence of a discourse on ‘political Islam’ in the policy circles of
European elites as a manifestation of the further criminalization of Muslimness emanating from deradicalizion programs.
Is Islamophobia rising due to Macron's speech? - Farid Hafez(
@ferithafez
), Political Scientist from Georgetown University, evaluates Macron's remarks on Islam.
For the full interview:
Legal Jihad is another old idea championed by anti Muslim think tankers across Europe. The racialized Muslims ought not to defend themselves but surrender to their defeat
Quand des musulmans exercent leurs droits et saissent la justice, Thibault deMontbrial appelle ça un "djihad judiciaire". Mais où cet avocat est-il allé chercher une expression aussi raciste ?
Das neue
@Profil
kann eines, und das besser als jedes andere Medium in AUT bis dato: Die internationale Dimension der
#operationluxor
aufzeigen und mit innenpolitischen Aspekten verknüpfen (Projekt Ballhausplatz). Ob es politische Konsequenzen gibt?