Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Rayan Freschi
-
The Hague Group: Global South states mobilise to end genocide in Gaza
On 26 September in New York, amid the high-stakes atmosphere of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, the Hague Group — consisting of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa — convened a high-level inter-ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the UN, bringing together more than thirty…
-
Tangled in conspiracy theories and violence, Muslims prepare for a new Islamophobic law
In the wake of the tragic and violent Islamophobic murder of Aboubakar Cissé — who was stabbed 57 times in a mosque — Muslims were left to grieve for both his loss and the countless lives lost in Palestine. The State had the opportunity to halt its relentless Islamophobic agenda.…
-
How an insecure France criminalises Muslim children
The end of August marks the beginning of the new French political season. It’s when government officials back from their summer break introduce their new policies. In that context, newly-appointed Minister of Education Gabriel Attal announced on live TV the banning of the abaya, a traditional long dress worn by…
-
Will stoking Islamophobia help reverse France’s international decline?
We are living in a period of international tumult. A war on European soil, a global pandemic and increasing climate change alarm converge to destabilise the international political balance. In the midst of this, France’s status as an international power is feeling increasingly insecure. Indeed, in the last decade France’s…
-
Who will win France’s election and does it matter? Islamophobia and anti-Muslim persecution will always come first
As the French election looms on the horizon, Muslims in France are less interested in who will become president, instead of turning their concerns to the systemic Islamophobia that envelops all candidates, underpinning the entire political system. The structural nature of anti-Muslim persecution in France has ensured that the outcomes…