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13 April 2014
Very well-connected and rappers: these are the Italian jihadists
Following the publication of Lorenzo Vidino's Homegrown Jihadism in Italy, Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera features a report on the profiles of young Italians who are drawn to radical groups, and their possible motives for joining Syria's civil war....
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Article
12 April 2014
Possible ties between radical Islam and anarchical ideology
Italian intelligence magazine, GNOSIS features a study from EFD's Valentina Colombo on the possible ties between radical Islam and anarchical ideology....
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Broadcast
11 April 2014
Renewed pro-Morsi protests in Egypt. The analyst: The Muslim Brotherhood has two sides
EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo speaks on Radio Vaticana about rising tensions in Egypt and presents a profile of the Muslim Brotherhood....
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Article
11 April 2014
The die is cast: Russia’s intentions in Ukraine
In the below article, EFD’s Anna Borshchevskaya underlines the importance attached by Russia to Ukraine. The recent events, which took place in Crimea, do not only threaten Ukraine’s democracy but also “Western credibility on protecting freedom”....
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Article
10 April 2014
We need to talk about Mali
Mali is the best example of a country where governmental, judicial and educational shortcomings let Islamist groups establish themselves.
EFD Senior Policy Director Magnus Norell discusses the UN intervention in Mali and the Islamists’ possible reaction to it....
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Mention
10 April 2014
We will never completely eliminate the danger
Following the return from Syria of one of Switzerland's foreign fighters, EFD's Lorenzo Vidino speaks to Swiss daily 20 Minuten about how these individuals can be reintegrated into society....
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Article
09 April 2014
Muslim Brotherhood out to conquer Europe
The article follows a statement of concern as to the Muslim Brotherhood's background and motives, issued by British Prime Minister David Cameron, and the subsequent response from the Muslim Brotherhood....
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Broadcast
09 April 2014
The fatal consequences of a poor upbringing
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour speaks to Germany's Deutschlandradio Kultur about how we can deal with violence in immigrant communities.The interview follows an open letter from German police woman,Tania Kambouri, who has spoken out against the aggression and lack of respect she frequently experiences from individuals in these communities....
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Mention
08 April 2014
Hezbollah fundraisers banned
In one of its articles on the German ban of a Hezbollah’s support group, the German news Tagesschau quoted EFD Senior Policy Advisor Alezander Ritzmann.
In 2009, EFD had already expressed its concerns as regards the linkage between the Lebanese Islamic militant group and “Orphans Project Lebanon e.V.”...
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Mention
05 April 2014
German women becoming ‘holy warriors’ in the name of Jihad
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour is interviewed in Germany's Deutsche Welle about the increasing number of German women who are being drawn to Syria's civil war in the name of Jihad....
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Article
03 April 2014
Migration board should have a bad conscience
In the below article, EFD Senior Policy Advisor Magnus Norell assesses and criticises the performance of the Swedish Migration Board (MV)....
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Mention
02 April 2014
“How do we want to live?” : Teaching materials on Islam, Islamophobia, Islamism and Democracy
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour contributes to new teaching resources on democracy, Islamophobia, Islam and racism from the German organisation UFUQ....
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Article
01 April 2014
Russian airborne troops descend
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya contributed to OE Watch’s researches on security issues in Russia.
During the Ukrainian crisis, Russian airborne troops began a high-intensity military training involving thousands of soldiers....
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Article
01 April 2014
Russian military in Crimea: Convoys from the North Caucasus and land mines
In a monthly Operational Environment Watch commentary, EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya discusses Russian security issues.
Despite Russian declarations that only Crimean militias were involved in military engagements in Ukraine, it has been proved that also Russian convoys entered into Crimea’s territory....
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Article
01 April 2014
Ukraine crisis reverberates in Russia: the Caucasus connection
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya contributed to OE Watch’s researches on security issues in Russia.
Analyses of the Ukrainian crisis seem to reveal a possible military connection with the Caucasus....
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Article
30 March 2014
Migration border sets new record
In an article published by Swedish newspaper Göteborgs Posten, EFD Senior Policy Adviser Magnus Norell writes about refugees in Sweden, illegal immigrants and self-deportation....
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Article
28 March 2014
Here comes Al-Sisi, the new Nasser
EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo, in an article published on La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, opines that Al-Sisi's presidential candidacy echoes that of Nasser: both are very charismatic men, oppose the Muslim Brotherhood and are against outsider intervention in Egypt (In Al-Sisi's case from the US and the EU)....
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Article
26 March 2014
Professor who failed to support Putin line on Crimea fired
Andrei Zubov and Aleksandr Konkov lose their jobs after speaking out against Crimean invasion...
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Article
26 March 2014
Tatars may hold own Crimean referendum
EFD's Anna Borshchevskaya reports that Crimean Tatars may hold their own referendum on whether to join Russia or Ukraine....
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Article
25 March 2014
Purge of the Muslim Brotherhood, a fatal error
Following an Egyptian court’s ruling of March 2014, which condemned 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death, EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo expresses her concerns about the problematic impact this decision could have for Mansour’s government, both at a domestic and international level....
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Broadcast
24 March 2014
Radicalisation and the appeal of the conflict in Syria
“ mainly because I was looking for the same things which many young people in Germany are also looking for: some sort of meaning, happiness, recognition. And the Salafists offer all of these things.”...
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Broadcast
23 March 2014
Between dialogue and exclusion: the debate about the German Islam Conference
A critical look at the role and influence of the German Islam Conference, a body which seeks to enable productive dialogue between the German state and representatives of the Muslim community....
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Article
23 March 2014
The Muslim Brotherhood claim revenge on Saudi Arabia
An announcement made on 7th March from Saudi Arabia claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood was inserted in their list of terrorist organisations took the Islamist group by surprise. EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo analyses the historic relations between Saudi Arabia and the Islamist group...
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Mention
20 March 2014
Don’t Trust Rouhani – Iran’s Nobel Peace laureate speaks
In an interview during a visit to Brussels organized by EFD, Shiran Ebadi, 2003 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, says Iran's supposed reformist leader Hassan Rouhani has done little to improve human rights....
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Article
20 March 2014
Echoes of the past
Analysts draw comparisons between Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler following the Russian president’s speech announcing the annexation of Crimea on March 18....
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Mention
18 March 2014
Show some respect!
Germany's Tagesspiegel newspaper features a report on Ahmad Mansour's work to support female teachers who encounter difficulties with male pupils from patriarchal cultures....
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Article
17 March 2014
The deception of the Arab Spring and the increasingly unstable Middle East
EFD Researcher Giovanni Giacalone on the 'redefining' of the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring....
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14 March 2014
EFD Hosts Nobel Laureate and Iranian Human Rights Activist Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Abadi briefed MEPs, EU officials and the media in Brussels and Strasbourg on the human rights situation in Iran....
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Article
13 March 2014
Iran: women have been veiled for 35 years
This is the thirty-fifth year that it is compulsory by law for women to wear the hijab in Iran. EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo discusses that the hijab is used in Iran as a vehicle to subordinate women....
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Article
10 March 2014
The slow decline of the Muslim Brotherhood
Following the court decision in Egypt to outlaw the Palestinian group Hamas, Giovanni Giacalone discusses the increasing isolation of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East....
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Article
10 March 2014
West must do better on Ukraine than it did with Syria
Ukrainian protesters in Kiev last month, for their part, flew the Syrian revolutionary flag alongside the Ukrainian flag. The big question, though, is whether the West will see the connections that the protesters see – and draw some vital lessons....
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Article
08 March 2014
Egypt bans Hamas and Saudi Arabia’s Muslim Brotherhood
Giovanni Giacalone on the court order in Egypt to ban all activities of the radical Palestinian group Hamas....
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Article
06 March 2014
The inevitable decline of Erdogan
Giovanni Giacalone on the decreasing popular support in Turkey for Tayyip Erdogan and the AKP....
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Article
04 March 2014
Jihadists massacre Egyptian Copts
In Libya, Egyptian Copts are being persecuted and tortured. EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo observes that whilst in Libya simply looking for work, Egyptian Copts are accused by jihadists, salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood of being the cause of the ousting of Muhammad Morsi in 2013....
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Article
03 March 2014
The crisis in Yarmouk and the silence of pro-Palestinian activists
Giovanni Giacalone on the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, Damascus....
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Article
01 March 2014
How Stable Are the South Caucasus? New Hostilities over Nagorno Karabakh?
In a monthly Operational Environment Watch commentary, EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya looks at conflicting viewpoints regarding Russia's involvement in a potential war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region....
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