Islamophobia as a Key Contextual Factor in Human Rights Adjudication

Trispiotis, Ilias

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“…There is evidence from different Western countries showing that Muslim(looking) people face a wide variety of socio-psychological problems. Next to psychological disorders such as the loss of self-worth, selfconfidence, life-satisfaction, stress, illness, loneliness, depression, and even suicidal feelings, Muslims face lower employment, higher than average rates of racism and discrimination, limited mobility opportunities, frustrations on the blocked mosque and schools, various forms of systemic disadvantage and structural inequalities in the workplace, education, health, housing, entertainment, criminal justice system, and other public domains Dunn & Hopkins, 2016;Warren, 2019;Itaoui, 2020;Marfouk, 2019;Trispiotis, 2019;Abdelhadi, 2017;Bila, 2019;Ali & Whitham, 2020;Noble & Poynting, 2010). This means that Muslims in the West have been facing several issues concerning their identities, adoption of religio-cultural norms, and values, even citizenship (Fletcher, 2014;De Koning et al, 2015).…”

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Encountering the Other

Ardekani¹

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It has been a long journey to finish this dissertation. The idea for this project is partly based on my personal experiences of being the Other. Many of the stories presented in this thesis are, one way or another, similar to my own Othering experiences within everyday life, academia, and beyond. Finishing up this PhD trajectory, however, means that I came to peace with being the Other. I could transfer my anger into hope. As my favourite poet, Sohrab Sepehri, says "I have stayed long enough in the darkness to speak of the light." This dissertation is an important stage in my life to move forward, emotionally, personally, and professionally.Writing this book would have been impossible without the support and encouragement my supervisors. Bettina and Sander, I learned a lot from you. Your comments and suggestions on research ideas improved the quality of the arguments. You supported me throughout my journey. I very much appreciate all the opportunities that you generously offered me, including teaching activities, links with co-authors, call for papers, fellowship in Tallinn, and attendance to courses and conferences. I appreciate, admire, and cherish your dedication to my work.Many thanks to my paranymphs, Erik and Donya. Erik, bruh, I had the pleasure of sharing that legendary office with you. We had indeed great times discussing ethnography and the fleshiness whilst playing dart competing over high or low score with the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in background. Thanks for being a great friend. Donya, you are the contemporary embodiment of Khayyam, the appreciation of the passing moment, joy, laughter, light in the deep darkness. You never let me feel alone. For your friendship, and for many other things, thank you.Thanks to all my colleagues at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences those with whom I could share my thoughts, feelings, teaching, and fun including Dimitris,

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Encountering the Other

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Human Rights, Intersectionality, and Superdiversity

Henrard¹

2022

The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity

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Investigations of how a superdiversity angle might lead to changed interpretations of legal concepts could be undertaken in various fields of law. This chapter zooms in on “intersectional discrimination” because the prohibition of discrimination is an essential tool for (analyzing) legal approaches to population diversity and because intersectionality is conceptually aligned with superdiversity. Indeed, both concepts alert us to the lack of homogeneity of ethnic groups and the multiple axes of differentiation within these groups. This chapter proceeds along three themes. First, it highlights the importance of intersectional discrimination for a richer nondiscrimination analysis. Second, it explores what a proper (explicit or implicit) identification of intersectional discrimination and a suitable assessment thereof would be. Third, it highlights the hesitation, even reluctance, of a range of international courts and quasi-courts to actually proceed as necessary. The analysis shows obvious differences of degree concerning the extent to which the United Nations treaty bodies, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Court of Justice of the European Union are even willing to identify intersectional discrimination, let alone properly evaluate it. By way of conclusion, the chapter identifies an urgent need to develop a comprehensive methodology for assessing instances of intersectional discrimination. The latter methodology is essential to develop nondiscrimination laws and policies that are suitable for superdiverse societies.

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Muslims’ Experience with Islamophobia in Slovakia

Kosárová

2023

J. Religion Eur.

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In several European countries, Slovakia included, Islamophobia has been shaped by the challenges faced by Europe (an influx of refugees, terrorism, rise of the far right) since circa 2015. Anti-Muslim narratives have penetrated politics as well as the media and are shared by a significant part of the Slovak population. This article aims at contributing to the existing research on Islamophobia in Slovakia through an exploratory case study focusing on a different perspective, Muslims themselves. The main objective of the research is to identify the magnitude and character of Islamophobia experienced by Muslims in Slovakia since 2015. Data were gathered using an online survey. The findings revealed not only the extent but also the most common features of Islamophobia experienced by Muslims, including the type of incidents, the places of their occurrence, and the nexus between Islamophobic incidents and origin of respondents (Slovak or foreign), external manifestation of their faith, and sex.

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Islamophobia as a Key Contextual Factor in Human Rights Adjudication

Cited by 3 publications

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Encountering the Other

Encountering the Other

Human Rights, Intersectionality, and Superdiversity

Muslims’ Experience with Islamophobia in Slovakia

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