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EFI Applauds European Commission’s Strategic Investment to Combat Anti-Muslim Hatred Across the EU

Dublin, Ireland – 11th August 2025 — Enhancing Faith Institutions (EFI) welcomes the European Commission’s latest funding call under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, aimed at addressing anti-Muslim hatred and promoting inclusive societies across the European Union. This targeted funding initiative reflects a timely and strategic commitment to countering Islamophobia, strengthening community [...]

By |2025-08-21T21:10:33+00:00August 21st, 2025|News|
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Attending SHRINEs Hackathon in Assisi on Protection of Places of Worship

Enhancing Faith Institutions was invited by the SHRINEs Project week to visit the beautiful and spiritual town of Assisi in Italy from 25th - 27th November 2024. The three-day hackathon event brought together innovators, exhibitors and project leaders from other EU funded project to explore the technological solutions for the protection of places of worship. The post Attending SHRINEs Hackathon in Assisi on Protection of Places of Worship appeared first on SOAR.

By |2024-12-03T10:26:29+00:00December 2nd, 2024|News, SOAR|
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Mosques in the UK on alert and hundreds sent USB’s with offensive & harmful content

USB Drives with Offensive Content have been distributed via an unknown source to over 300 UK Mosques. EFI are engaging with our networks in the UK to share security guidance and receive updates on the issue. If your institution has received one of these USBs, please follow the guidance below:     //twitter.com/MosqueSecurity/status/1410923095381139465?s=20   Featured [...]

By |2023-02-03T15:19:23+00:00July 5th, 2021|News|
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SOAR Project – Overview of Programme & Vision

The consortium partners are excited to announce the start of the ‘Strengthening the security and resilience of at-risk religious sites and communities’ (SOAR) project. The SOAR project will contribute to advancing the protection and safeguarding of places for worship, with a focus on communities of worship within the European Union (EU). SOAR is funded [...]

By |2023-02-03T15:19:42+00:00June 4th, 2021|News|
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Understanding Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes – Addressing the Security Needs of Muslim Communities: A Practical Guide

Intolerance against Muslims in any form — be it violence, discrimination, harassment or online abuse — has a detrimental effect on the lives of Muslim individuals and communities. This Guide by the OSCE is designed to aid governments in their actions on preventing and combating hate crimes including by an analysis of security risks [...]

By |2023-02-03T15:19:52+00:00March 15th, 2021|Uncategorized|
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Places of Worship Vulnerability Assessment – European Commision

Vulnerability assessment Following recently attacks in Europe, the European Commission have produced an article looking into the aspects that need to be considered when planning the physical protection scheme of places of worship. The next component of the risk analysis is the identification of the inherent vulnerabilities of a particular place of worship. Below several considerations are [...]

By |2023-02-03T15:20:11+00:00February 3rd, 2021|News|
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Turkish mosque in Denmark defaced with anti-Muslim slurs

Turkish mosque in Denmark near the German border has been defaced with anti-Muslim slurs, an official at the place of worship said Saturday. Hurşit Tokay, the president of the mosque association, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that he left Aabenraa Mosque on Friday at 6 p.m. When he arrived at around 11 a.m. Saturday, he noticed [...]

By |2021-12-06T10:04:06+00:00January 28th, 2021|News|
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Security Union: A Counter-Terrorism Agenda and stronger Europol to boost the EU’s resilience

The below is taken from the official website of the European Commission    The EU Commission is presenting a new Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU to step up the fight against terrorism and violent extremism and boost the EU's resilience to terrorist threats. Building on the work done in recent years, the Agenda seeks to support [...]

By |2021-12-06T10:03:27+00:00January 18th, 2021|News|
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€23 million of EU funds to enhance the protection of places of worship and other public spaces

The Commission has granted €23 million to member states and religious communities to enhance the protection of places of worship and other public spaces from terrorist threats, as part of the new Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU. Ten projects will receive funding under the Internal Security Fund–Police. Nine of them will receive €20m worth of [...]

By |2021-12-06T10:03:20+00:00January 12th, 2021|News|
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