The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants 4. Muslim migrants around the world ByStephanie KramerandYunping Tong Who are migrants? Roughly 80 million international migrants are Muslim, representing 29% of all people living outside their country of birth. By comparison, Muslims were about 25% of the world’s total population in 2020, […]
Hafed Al-Ghwell September 29, 2024 A self-inflicted crisis in Europe, arising from controversial border externalization policies, is unfolding with the predictability that many warned it would. The EU’s decision to […]
Azouz Begag September 27, 2024 France has witnessed an unprecedented event. At his farewell address, Gérald Darmanin, born in 1982 in Valenciennes and now former minister of the interior, dropped a bombshell before handing over to his successor, conservative Catholic Bruno Retailleau. As he often did during his seven-year tenure, […]
leidenislamblog Felicia Rosu University lecturer June 16, 2016 • History • 6 comments • 3 min read Leiden based research in the Vatican Archives sheds light on an easily ignored part of European history: the positon […]
Swiss Abroad Listen to the articleToggle language selectorShare Every family has mysteries, but few involve an ancestor who was mummified. The anecdote of Claudio Mazzucchelli’s “Pasha great-grandfather” circulated for decades […]
By Belén Carreño September 13, 2024 Item 1 of 4 Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez poses for a family photo with Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Spain’s Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Emma Aparici, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister […]
Pia Klemp Fortress Europe keeps cruelly raising its walls against the global south The deliberate policies of the EU and its member states have turned the Mediterranean into a mass […]
Ehtesham Shahid September 11, 2024 First articulated in his 1978 book “Orientalism,” philosopher and academic Edward Said critiqued how the West historically portrayed and conceptualized the “Orient” — a term often used to refer to the Middle East, Asia and North Africa. Said argued that these portrayals were not just […]
Video Duration 46 minutes 55 seconds46:55Al Jazeera World The Chibanis – Bitter Bread: Algerian pensioners’ struggle in France Algerians who came to France in the ’50s now face laws making it […]
Israeli security forces transport the body of a Palestinian man from an old building during a raid in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank on September 1, 2024. (AFP) […]
by Mohamed Zakaria Fodol Aug 31, 2024 – DAILY SABAH “The Sahel Confederation represents a significant stride toward strategic autonomy for Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. This alliance empowers them […]
Hafed Al-Ghwell August 27, 2024 Libya remains embroiled in a state of political fragility, which is being exacerbated by a new “war” among its litany of belligerents that now seek […]
Christopher Phillips August 21, 2024 Sudan’s grim war continues with few hopes of resolution. In mid-August, US-sponsored peace talks began in Geneva but, with the army, a key protagonist, refusing […]
Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemned ‘insulting’ scenes that organisers say depicted Olympian gods The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony in Paris, 26 July 2024 (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski) By Alex MacDonald Published date: 29 July 2024 The opening ceremony of the Olympic games in France provoked a backlash from Christian and Muslim religious […]
HAFED AL-GHWELL July 27, 2024 In an era marked by enduring turmoil, the political elite in North Africa have found the crises that plague the world and strain domestic resilience […]
ANALYSIS The first half of 2024 alone has seen hundreds of people killed in terrorist attacks, reflecting a dramatic escalation in violence. (AFP) Updated 25 July 2024 ROBERT BOCIAGA July […]
HAFED AL-GHWELL July 13, 2024 As thousands of migrants continue to embark on treacherous journeys to Europe, seeking refuge and opportunities, their paths often lead them not to safety but […]
Format Situation Report Source Posted10 Jul 2024 Originally published10 Jul 2024 OriginView original Attachments Summary Humanitarian organisations in Sudan face significant dangers both on the ground and online. An analysis of nearly 1,000 comments on Facebook from April to May 2024 shows that misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) on social media remains a […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL JUL 09, 2024 – DAILY SABAH Muslims celebrate the feast of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan, in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, April 10, 2024. (Reuters File […]
Residents of working-class neighbourhoods fear an increase in police violence and discrimination if National Rally takes power Mounia Merzouk (centre) – the mother of Nahel, a 17-year-old who was shot […]