Attacks against the French Muslim community are on the rise as the French state doubles down on anti-Muslim racism.

Attacks against the French Muslim community are on the rise as the French state doubles down on anti-Muslim racism.

Far-right leaders may be paying respects today, but their power reflects the growing threat of genocidal violence.

It is not the first time the country fixates on demonising a racialised group and blaming it for its crises.

The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
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The problem is the right-wing swing of the major establishment parties.

The campaign against George Soros has fueled a dangerous symbiosis between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
