Mutual benefits: Islamic moral economy and Neo-Liberalism An interview with Abdessamad Belhaj by Bianka Speidl You conduct research in Belgium and you gave a lecture in Brussels on the Muslim perception of the goods in Europe. You argue that the neo-liberal economic order profits and accommodates the way sharia governs the life of Muslim immigrants. How did you reach this conclusion? Multidimensional academic research of Islam in Europe as a discursive tradition and a contemporary social complex reality unveils a solidly…

The terrorist attacks in Brussels – a brief analysis Antecedents and timing Prior to the terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22nd, Belgian security forces had arrested Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspected coordinators of last November’s atrocities in Paris. Despite theories linking his arrest to the attacks in Brussels, so far nothing specific has been confirmed. It has been claimed that the attacks in Brussels could have been an immediate retaliation for Abdeslam’s arrest, or a response to Abdeslam’s…

Is the Migration Crisis the End of the European Union as we know it? The crush of migrants flooding Europe poses both a security and political threat to the Continent in many ways as serious as that of Russian military aggression. As Balázs Orbán, Director of Research for the Századvég Foundation, a Hungarian think tank, argues the very survival of the European Union is at stake. The EU urgently needs to reform its policies regarding immigration and border controls in…