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Article
06 August 2013
Mosques urge jihad in Syria
Sweden's daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet features an op-ed on the problem of terrorist recruitment in Sweden. It is estimated that at least seven men from the city of Gothenburg have been killed in the Syrian conflict and there are fears that mosques in the city are encouraging young men to travel to the Middle East. The Swedes who head to Syria often join the most radical rebel groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra and there are fears that once th...
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Mention
06 August 2013
Possible car bomb in Copenhagen
Norway's public broadcaster NRK reports on the discovery of a possible car bomb in Denmark's capital Copenhagen. A suspect vehicle was found rigged with cables and police were ordered to evacuate the area and a bomb robot was used to investigate the car. EFD's Lorenzo Vidino is quoted in the report....
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Mention
05 August 2013
Terrorist threats – or intelligence tactic?
Sweden's daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet features an article on the terror threat posed to US interests in the Middle East and North Africa. At least 22 US embassies closed in August after warnings emerged that an al-Qaeda linked attack was imminent and some senior US officials compared the situation to the days leading up to the September 11 attacks. EFD Senior Policy Advisor Magnus Norell believes that given the fragmented nature of al-Qaeda,...
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Article
05 August 2013
What can the world expect from Iran’s new president?
EFD Senior Fellow discusses what we can expect from Iran's newly elected President Hassan Rohani....
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Broadcast
04 August 2013
A conversation with Ahmad Mansour
EFD Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour is interviewed on Germany's NDR radio show "Der Talk" about his background growing up in an Arab town in Israel and his time spent in a fundamentalist Muslim group before attending university where he overcame his prejudices against Jews....
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Article
02 August 2013
Iran: President Rohani’s anti-Israel rhetoric
Iran's President Hassan Rohani has accused Israel of being a wound in the body of the Islamic world....
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Article
01 August 2013
Iran’s Supreme Leader issues fatwas
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued an extensive list of fatwas ordering people to avoid contact with the Bahai....
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Article
31 July 2013
Iran: Al-Qods Day
Al-Qods day in Iran has become symbolic of the regime's desire to target Israel....
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Mention
31 July 2013
Terror expert: Recruiters seeking new warriors in Gothenburg
Swedish newspaper features a story on the growth of terror recruitment in the city of Gothenburg. EFD Senior Policy Advisor Magnus Norell says that it is common for new jihadists to be recruited by their friends and through the use of social media. This is in contrast to the UK and Germany, where jihadists are often recruited at universities and mosques....
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Article
25 July 2013
More action than a terrorist stamp required
EFD Senior Policy Advisor Magnus Norell writing in Sweden's daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet believes that the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah is a "united organisation" and it is not possible for the European Union to separate its political wing from its military wing....
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Broadcast
24 July 2013
The Interview: Lorenzo Vidino
International news channel France 24 talks to EFD Senior Policy Advisor Lorenzo Vidino about the political situation in Egypt following the removal of President Mohamed Morsi....
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Broadcast
10 July 2013
Ramadan: Fasting in times of crisis
The festival of Ramadan is an important occasion for Muslims to fast and devote time to their loved ones, yet this year's festival will be very different, according to EFD Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour, as many countries across the Middle East are in the grip of civil strife and in the case of Syria, hundreds of families have been torn apart by conflict....
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Broadcast
07 July 2013
Radio interview: what is honour?
EFD Policy Advisor, Ahmad Mansour is interviewed on the popular cultural show "Tandem" on Germany's national radio station SWR2 . He discusses his efforts to help Muslim youth to break with harmful traditional practices, especially towards women and girls. In the interview, he talks about his work with HEROES, his Berlin-based non-profit organisation to encourage Muslim youth to become part of Germany’s tolerant, multi-cultural society. This in...
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Article
04 July 2013
Iran: Anti-Semitism in the Media
EFD Senior fellow discusses how Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism is still widespread in Iran's media....
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Article
03 July 2013
Iran: President Rouhani’s anti-democratic past
EFD Senior Fellow Wahied Wahdat-Hagh reveals how Iran's new President has little respect for democracy. (German)...
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Article
01 July 2013
A Calculating Act
In 2005 Iran's future president Hasan Rohani gave a speech in which he outlined Iran's strategy for dealing with the West regarding its nuclear programme....
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Article
19 June 2013
Iran’s New Machiavellian President
President Hassan Rohani says he wants to have a dialogue with the USA, but under the condition that it accepts Iran's right to have a nuclear programme....
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Mention
18 June 2013
US and Russia divided over Syria
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya is quoted in USA Today on Russia's position towards Syria....
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Article
17 June 2013
“In Iran there are no free elections”
EFD Senior Fellow discusses Iran's elections, its minorities and Hezbollah's activities in Europe....
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Broadcast
14 June 2013
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour interviewed on Germany’s ZDF
EFD's Ahmad Mansour is interviewed on German television on the topic of Muslim anti-Semitism....
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Article
14 June 2013
What to expect from Russia at the G-8 Summit
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya discusses how the Middle East will shape discussions at the G-8 Summit....
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Article
13 June 2013
Iran: Fixing the Election
While it is not clear who will win Iran's presidential election, the likely loser will be Iranian civil society....
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Article
13 June 2013
Sunni and Shia jihad in Syria
By referring to her previous article Syria’s Opportunistic Use of Islam, EFD Senior Fellow Valentina Colombo discusses the increasing centrality of Islam in Syrian regime’s discourse....
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Article
11 June 2013
Iran in the Mediterranean
Senior Iranian Military Advisor discusses the role of Iran in the Mediterranean region....
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Interview
05 June 2013
The dictator’s candidates
EFD Senior Fellow Wahied Wahdat-Hagh talks to Austria's Der Standard about the choice of candidates in Iran's presidential elections....
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Article
04 June 2013
Iran’s new barbaric laws
In other countries there are pre-election promises. In Iran there is new, barbaric legislation....
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Article
03 June 2013
Armenia’s Choice – Will it be Russia or the EU? And why it should matter to the West
EFD Fellow Anna Borshchevskaya writes about Armenia's political future in Turkish Policy Quarterly....
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Article
31 May 2013
New evidence of Iran’s destabilising influence across South America
Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman presented a 500-page dossier providing evidence of the Iranian regime’s efforts at ‘infiltrating’ several South American countries ‘
New evidence of Iran's destabilising influence across South America
By Albany Tribune -- (May 31, 2013)
By Roberta Bonazzi
EFD commends the work of Argentinian General Prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who this week presented a 500-page dossier, providing ev...
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Article
31 May 2013
Saeed Jalili and Israel
Iran's presidential candidate Saeed Jalili has not concealed his desire to confront Israel....
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Article
29 May 2013
The Legacy of Ahmadinejad
Over the past eight years President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become one of the world's most talked-about leaders for his controversial statements and uncompromising views....
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Article
23 May 2013
Iran: The logic of Totalitarian power
Iran's presidential elections are testing the country's power structures and many suspect that it is on its way to becoming a totalitarian state....
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Article
16 May 2013
Hezbollah activism online
In Germany a Shi'a Islamic website has emerged which acts to recruit Hezbollah sympathisers. This article is only available in German.
Das Shia-Forum.de tritt als eine religiöse Vereinigung auf und verbreitet alle religiösen und politischen Mythen der totalitären Herrscher im Iran in deutscher Sprache. Sie sind Anhänger von Ayatollah Khomeini, Gründer der islamistischen Diktatur im Iran. Sie gehorchen dem heutigen Revolutionsführer A...
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Article
15 May 2013
Iran recruits online for militants to fight Israel
Will the West install a political framework which secures peace and development in Syria, or will its people continue to suffer, much to the benefit of Iran's paranoid leadership?...
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Article, Interview
14 May 2013
Iran: EFD Senior Fellow says reform is impossible in the Islamic Republic
Interview: EFD Senior Fellow says he is "closing the book" on the possibility of reform in the Islamic Republic....
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Article
14 May 2013
Iran: No Freedom of Religion
The Iranian government continues to carry out human rights violations on the basis of religious affiliation....
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Interview
14 May 2013
Prospects for Reform in the Arab World
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour says that as long as secular voices in the Arab world are not tolerated, prospects for change remain elusive....
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