European-Islamic Consultancy and Research Institute
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About EICRI
The European-Islamic Consultancy and Research Institute (EICRI) is an independant international organisation dedicated to shed a fair light on certain subjects connected to religion, social behaviour and society. We stand for an inclusive society where people of different background, religion and colour will coexist while the universal values are reserved. EICRI pursues these unchanging ideals through independent thinking, years of political and religious affinity with the society in Western-Europe, facts and the highest standards of research and exposition. We dedicate our work to a more prosperous and safer world.
EICRI research is conducted through several primary research divisions: Economics, Middle-Eastern and Western relations, Policy, Politics, Public Opinion, Religion (with Islam as our main subject), Society and Culture and many more. Make EICRI your HUB to the west!
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Wealth of western muslims grows, but Islamic SPAC’s to lead the way are nowhere to be seen
EICRI - Barely 10 years after the huge financial crisis of 2008 and the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment institutions, global stockmarkets are reaching their all time highs (ATH). Although retail investors constitute just a relative small portion (<10%)...
Islamic organizations around the world write an open letter to President Macron
EICRI PARIS - Dozens of Islamic organizations around the world have come together to stand against the discriminatory regulations imposed in France against the muslim minority. The EICRI Institute is one of the European organizations to have signed the letter. The...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité? Not for France’s 6 million muslim residents
EICRI PARIS - A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" first appeared during the French Revolution. Although it was often called into question, it finally established itself under the Third Republic. It was written into the 1958...
These five Arab countries will sign the #AbrahamAccords very soon
EICRI BRUSSELS - EICRI has learned that Sudan, Oman, Morocco, Kuwait and Qatar will most likely sign the Abraham Accords in the coming weeks. Arround 800 officials, diplomats, politicians and guests attended the signing of the so called "Abraham Accords" in...
“Islamic” Militant Activism in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany
EICRI BERLIN - A rare insight into muslim activists in Western-Europe. That's what the new book "Islands in a sea of disbelief" by several European researches has brought us, thanks to the Palgrave publisher. The book, written by Martijn de Koning, Carmen Becker and...
Reactions on the UAE & Israël “peace deal”: fame or shame?
EICRI BRUSSELS - President Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates spoke today and agreed to the full normalization of relations...
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Information sharing has increased across Europe, but some Muslim leaders fear Dutch government wants to co-opt community leaders.
Fifteen years after 9/11, islamophobia is still on the rise
2016 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, in which almost 4,000 people lost their lives. 9/11 didn’t only change New York, Washington DC or Pennsylvania; it changed the whole world.
EICRI sets up a new department in Birmingham (the UK)
After years of consulting, we’re glad to announce that EICRI has launched a new consultancy department in Birmingham (the UK).
Survey: difficult to get candidates for (...) in MENA region
A new survey has found that about 70 percent of companies in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are finding it difficult to search candidates for senior positions with the required skills.
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May 15th - Birmingham
Countering the narrative: What would Trump's reign mean for the harshening situation between communities in Europe?
Dec 24th - Netherlands
Survey: How will the Dutch (of foreign descent) vote?
Feb 28th - Amsterdam
Post 'Caliphate': What does the future hold for those who survive the 'Fall of IS'?
Mar 2nd - Brussels
Introduction to Muslims and Islam: Introduction to Muslims and Islam: Contemporary Issues Affecting European Muslims post terror-attacks.
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Islam and Muslims in Europe
EICRI is the front-runner in observing the muslim population in Western-Europe. As of 2016, the situation in which the muslims live is changing like never before. Islamophobia, terrorism, hate-crimes; these and other subjects have a large impact on the lives of muslim inhabitants in Europe. It’s important for all to know that Islam gained its first foothold in continental Europe in 711 with the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. They advanced into France but in 732, were defeated by the Franks at the Battle of Tours. Over the centuries the Umayyads were gradually driven south and in 1492 the Moorish Emirate of Granada surrendered to Ferdinand V and Isabella. Muslim civilians were expelled from Spain and by 1614 none remained in Spain.[2] Islam entered Eastern and Southeastern Europe in what are now parts of Russia and Bulgaria in the 7th[3] and 13th century, respectively. Following the Muslim conquest of Persia, Islam for the first time penetrated into regions that would later become part of Russia.[4] The Ottoman Empire expanded into Europe taking huge portions of the Byzantine Empire in the 14th and 15th centuries. Over the centuries, the Ottoman Empire also gradually lost almost all of its European territories, until the empire collapsed in 1922. However, parts of the Balkans (such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro) continue to have large populations of native, European Muslims. Transcontinental countries, such as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have large Muslim populations.
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According to the latest research outcome, as of 2010, there were 4.8 million Muslims in Germany (5.8% of the country’s population) and 4.7 million Muslims in France (7.5%). In Europe overall, however, Russia’s population of 14 million Muslims (10%) is the largest on the continent.
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