Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw

Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw (* 1974 ) is a researcher on Islamism . He is co-founder of the NGO “DERAD - Network Social Cohesion for Dialogue, Prevention of Extremism and Democracy”.

activities

Diaw has lived since the age of three in Austria and studied teaching with the subjects politics, religious education, history and English. He wrote his master's thesis at the University of Vienna .

He holds seminars at the University of Vienna and at universities of teacher education as part of basic, advanced and advanced training in Austria.

He is also a lecturer at meetings of international organizations such as the UNODC , OSCE and think tanks such as Chatham House in London and Institut français des relations internationales in Paris.

As of 2017, he is a doctoral candidate at the University of Osnabrück , where he did his doctorate on Muslim zealotism and political Salafism . He was a research associate and coordinator of further training for imams in Germany . Diaw was also co-director of a course at Danube University Krems , where he taught the subject of “Neo-Salafism”, and also worked at the Center for Interreligious Learning, Migration Education , Multilingualism (ZIMT) at the Linz University of Education.

Since 2016 he and his DERAD staff have been cooperating with the Ministry of Justice in the area of ​​preventing extremism in prisons.

In the field of Jewish-Muslim dialogue, he regularly organizes seminars with his colleagues from the NGO EMJD and the Jewish Austrian university students .

In his publications and research he has dealt with the topics of political ideologization of religion , migration and identity , racism , anti-Muslim racism and anti-Semitism .

Diaw is a co-founder of DERAD. The members also volunteer to educate young people who are at risk of radicalization or who have already come into contact with radicalism to deter violence. In 2015, Diaw and political scientist Thomas Schmidinger accepted the European Citizens' Prize 2015 from the European Parliament to the Social Cohesion Network .

Memberships

• Radicalization Awarness Network of the European Commission RAN Europe
• European Muslim-Jewish Dialogue (EMJD)
• Foundation for Ethnic Understanding - Gathering of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders (FfEU)

Publications

• With Murat Kemal Hirsekorn and Salih Seferovic: radicalization of women in the context of Islamic political extremism using the example of Austria .
• Worlds of life and the course of radicalization of so-called jihadists imprisoned in Austria. A study of people related to terrorist organizations from the so-called political and jihadist Salafiyya in Austria
• Paths to Radicality - The ideology and thinking of politically and religiously motivated movements . In: Jasmina Rupp (Ed.): The (Alb) dream of the caliphate. Causes and effects of radicalization in political Islam . Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 2016.
• Salafism u. political exclusivism . In: Rauf Ceylan, Benjamin Jokisch (Ed.), 2014: Salafism in Germany. Emergence, radicalization and prevention . Series for Osnabrück Islam Studies, Volume 17. Peter Lang Verlag, revised version.
• Salafism, zealotism and political exclusivism . In: Journal for Youth Criminal Law and Youth Welfare , Volume 24, March 2013.
• The role of religion in the integration of Muslims from a Muslim perspective . Albert Biesinger, Friedrich Schweitzer, Matthias Gronover, Joachim Ruopp (eds.): Integration through religious education. Perspectives between vocational training and religious education . Volume 1: Faith-Value-Building-Interreligiosity. Professionally oriented religious education . Waxmann Verlag, 2012.
• Islam and human rights . Friedrich Johannsen (Ed.): Human rights in interreligious dialogue - potential for conflict or integration? Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2012.
• Religious diversity as an opportunity for a tolerant approach to religious practice in state schools . In: Gudrun Guttenberg, Harald Schroeter-Wittke (ed.): Religionssensible school culture . Edition Paideia Verlag, Jena 2011.
• Islamic religious instruction in higher schools . In: Bülent Ucar (ed.): Islamic religious education between authentic self-positioning and dialogical opening. Perspectives from science and everyday school life for teachers . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2011.
• Radicalization of Islamic reform movements and their effects on today's Europe . In: Republic of Austria, Federal Minister for National Defense and Sport (Ed.): Intercultural Competence . Series of publications of the Army Sergeant Academy, issue 18, 2011.
• Ideologization of Islam and political sectarianism . In: Republic of Austria, Federal Minister for National Defense and Sport. (Ed.): Military cultures, Ethica series of the Institute for Religion and Peace, publication by the Austrian Armed Forces, Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport, 2011.
• The post-Islamist generation in the mosque communities . Michael Borchard, Rauf Ceylan (Ed.): Imams and women in mosques in the integration process. Community educational perspectives . Volume 4. Konrad Adenauer Foundation / ZIIS Osnabrück. V&R Unipress, 2011
• Wrong images - second generation Muslims between cliché and reality . In: Gregor Maria Hoff, Ulrich Winkler (Hrsg.): Religious Conflicts: on the local topography of a globalization phenomenon . Tyrolia Verlag, 2011, together with Mouhanad Khorchide. Event from 27.-28. June 2008 in St. Virgil, Salzburg
• Multi-religious prayer in school from a Muslim perspective . Ed .: Rainer Oechslen together with Bülent Ucar.
• Identity of young migrants between the society of origin and the host society. Integration or marginalization . Peace Office Salzburg (ed.). Specialist reader on transculturality and youth work. Salzburg 2010

Articles and reviews

• Alexandra Wehry: Interreligious Learning. The role of women in Islam . Lit Verlag, Berlin 2007. In: Hikma. Journal of Islamic Theology and Religious Education . Freiburg / Osnabrück, 2011/11 (review)
• Georg Wenz, Stefan Meißner (ed.): About dealing with the Holy Scriptures. Jews, Christians and Muslims between touch and gap . Lit Verlag, Berlin 2007. In: Hikma. Journal of Islamic Theology and Religious Education . Freiburg / Osnabrück 2011/11 (review)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katrin Burgstaller, Nina Weißensteiner: IS-Terror - "Radicalization happens wherever people meet". Interview with Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw and Thomas Schmidinger. In: derstandard.at . September 15, 2014, accessed November 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ Benjamin Breitegger: Salafism: "The state has hesitated too long". In: zeit.de. November 17, 2016, accessed February 27, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Twenty-third meeting of the Council of Ministers, December 8th and 9th, 2016 - Statements by the Council of Ministers, decisions by the Council of Ministers, statements by delegations, reports to the Council of Ministers. (PDF; 656 KB) In: osce.org. 2016, p. 116 , accessed on June 9, 2020 . 
4. ^ Security in Europe: Challenges and Priorities for the OSCE. In: Chatham House. Chatham House, December 16, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 . 
5. ^ Institut Francais des Relations Internationales: Immigration and Cultural and Religious Diversity Franco-Austrian Dialogue. In: IFRI. IFRI, February 23, 2017, accessed February 8, 2019 . 
6. ↑ The Ministry of Justice is now cooperating with the DERAD association on de-radicalization in the prison system. Department of Justice, accessed January 21, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Citizens' Prize awarded to the "Network Social Cohesion". In: www.ots.at. European Parliament Information Office, 29 September 2015, accessed on 17 September 2017 . 
8. ^ Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw: Radicalization of women in the context of Islamic political extremism using the example of Austria. In: Researchgate. DERAD, October 1, 2018, accessed February 8, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw: The worlds of life and the course of radicalization of imprisoned so-called jihadists in Austria A study of people with reference to terrorist groups in the area of ​​so-called political and jihadist Salafiyya in Austria. (PDF) In: BMEIA. BMEIA, May 1, 2017, accessed February 8, 2019 .