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We Participate in the VII National Congress “Dismantling Islamophobia”

The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies reinforced its commitment to the fight against racism and discrimination by actively participating in the VII National Congress “Dismantling Islamophobia,” held on October 21 and 22 at the Faculty of Education of the University of Málaga.

The Congress, organized by the Moroccan Association for the Integration of Immigrants, brought together experts, academics, and activists to analyze the complex manifestations of Islamophobia in Spain and Europe, and to propose effective strategies for its eradication.

The Euro-Arab Foundation’s participation, part of the activities of its Research and Projects Department, featured the double intervention of its experts, Rascha Albaba and Lucía G. del Moral.

Institutional Training as a Prevention Tool

The Euro-Arab researcher, Rascha Albaba, during her intervention.

The Euro-Arab Foundation researcher, Rascha Albaba, presented her paper titled “Institutional training: preventing Islamophobia from within”, highlighting the essential work of the Euro-Arab Foundation in providing specialized training aimed at various key actors:

  • Security Forces and Bodies: for a better understanding and management of diversity.
  • Civil Society and Experts: to strengthen their intervention capabilities.
  • Institutional Actors: at the state and European level.

This training addresses crucial topics such as Islamophobia, interreligious dialogue, intercultural coexistence, and human rights.

Albaba emphasized both the activities developed within the framework of European projects and the Foundation’s own initiatives, stressing the accumulated experience of its experts and the solid institutional connections of the Euro-Arab Foundation.

Furthermore, the expert underlined the importance of human rights mechanisms as fundamental vehicles for transferring Spain’s situation regarding Islamophobia to the international sphere, using political and international dialogue as a crucial method for prevention.

The Euro-Arab researcher, Lucía G. del Moral, during her presentation.

For her part, Lucía García del Moral participated in the panel dedicated to analyzing institutional Islamophobia, with a paper titled “From Theory to Practice: European projects that transform the institutional response to Islamophobia.”

The participation of the Euro-Arab Foundation in this important national forum reaffirms its commitment to promoting the values of tolerance, diversity, and respect for human rights, and its active role in the fight against all forms of discrimination.

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International experts seek joint strategies against Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism

This week, the New Ground Research Foundation convened at the headquarters of the Euro-Arab Foundation a high-level reflection and debate on an urgent global challenge: the coordinated fight against Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.

During two intense days, a group of prominent experts from different nationalities and creeds met in Granada to analyze the convergences and divergences of these forms of racism, their political instrumentalization, explore innovative solutions and define strategies to fight them jointly and effectively.

The meeting held this week in Granada, culminated with a public session where the conclusions of the two days of debate held behind closed doors were presented, in which the need to build just societies free of hatred was highlighted.

This initiative of the New Ground Research Foundation is part of the agreement signed between the Executive Secretary of the Euro-Arab Foundation, Antonio Sanchez Ortega, and the President of the foundation, Khalid F. Al Khater, an agreement aimed at promoting and developing joint academic and research activities of international relevance.

The importance of this meeting is underlined in a context marked by increasing polarization, especially after the events of October 7, 2023. A scenario in which islamophobia and anti-Semitism have emerged as two of the most worrying and interconnected forms of racism, with significant repercussions in both the cultural and political spheres.

Debate with the public: a call for unity

The meeting culminated with a day open to the public, held at the Euro-Arab headquarters. Participants included Khalid F. Al Khater (president and founder of New Ground Research), Professor John L. Espósito (Georgetown University), Professor José Miguel Puerta Vílchez (University of Granada), Professor Dalia Fahmy (Long Island University) and Professor Dov Waxman (UCLA). The round table was moderated by Barbara Boloix, Deputy Secretary of the Euro-Arab Foundation.

During this public session, the results of the debate and analysis developed by experts during the previous days were presented. The repercussions of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in both the cultural and political spheres were highlighted, as well as the use of conspiracy theories to mobilize audiences predisposed to social fracture. As the main avenue of solution, the participants proposed the reengagement of the Jewish and Muslim communities, and the alignment of strategies to build a future and just societies, free of stereotypes, racism and hate speech.

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We participate in the round table on Islamophobia organised by the Qatari government in Doha

Conferencia sobre islamofobia en Catar el pasado año, 2023

The Deputy Secretary of the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies, Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, is travelling to Doha to participate in the roundtable ‘Combating Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism: New Grounds for Understanding and Policy’, a conference that will take place on 9-10 June in the Qatari capital and has been organised by the Department of Policy Planning of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The conference will be divided into six sessions, with the first and second sessions exploring current narratives of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism and questioning how they should be addressed. The third session will address the challenges facing the media in the fight against racism.

The second day of the conference will open with the fourth session dedicated to the opportunities and perspectives of the fight against Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in history, art, society and culture, where the Deputy Secretary of the Euro-Arab Foundation, Arabist and Doctor in the History of Al-Andalus from the University of Granada, will speak.

This will be followed by the fifth session, which will address the intersection between Islamophobia and anti-Semitism from geopolitical and historical perspectives, and will end with a concluding debate that will explore new joint approaches and the way forward.