This conference brings together scholars and experts to better understand these developments and their consequences. By examining ideas, community dynamics, and security risks together, it aims to provide a clearer picture of the challenges Europe faces and to encourage thoughtful, balanced responses that strengthen resilience, coexistence, and European values.

 

Schedule:

9.00–9.15: Opening Remarks

 

9.15–9.45: Keynote speech: Susanne Schröter (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)

Islam and Women's rights in Europe

 

  1. Ideology, Religion, and Values

Beliefs, doctrine, and norm conflicts shaping political Islam in Europe

 

9.45–11.00

Ednan Aslan (University of Vienna, Austria) – Islamist Antisemitism in Europe – Theological and Societal Backgrounds

Zoltan Pall (Charles University, Czechia) – What Salafism Does: Everyday Piety, Authority, and Religious Debate Beyond Politics

Omar Sayfo (Migration Research Institute, Hungary) – Agency Outsourcing: A Possible Driver of Lone-Actor Violence in Europe

 

11.00–11.30: Coffee break

 

  1. Communities, Networks, and Political Influence

How political Islam is organized and embedded within European societies

 

11.30–12.45:

Guy Dampier (Prosperity Institute, UK) – From Londonistan to the Gaza Independents: Britain and Political Islam

Laszlo Csicsmann (Corvinus University, Hungary) – Middle Eastern rivalries (UAE–Muslim Brotherhood) and Muslim communities in the EU

Andrea Bianchi (Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Belgium) – Moroccan presence in Europe – risk perception

 

12.45–14.00: Lunch

 

  1. Radicalization, Security, and Resilience

From polarization to violence and state responses

 

14.00–15.30

Viktor Marsai (Migration Research Institute, Hungary) – Imported Radicalization from the Horn of Africa: Al-Shabab, the Islamic State, and the Somali Diaspora in Europe

Ferdinand Haberl (Documentation Centre Political Islam, Austria) – Islamist Ideologies, Polarisation and Democratic Resilience

Florian Hartleb (Modul University, Austria) – Political Islam and Islamist Terrorism in Europe: movement dynamics and limits of policy responses