Bashy Quraishy

Bashy Quraishy was born in India, but grew up in Pakistan. He studied Engineering in Germany and USA, and later studied International Marketing in London, United Kingdom.

He is member of a number of Commissions, and Working Groups involved with Human Rights, Ethnic Equality issues and Anti-discrimination work, both in Denmark and abroad.

On the Danish level, he is the Chief Editor of MediaWatch, which is a quarterly magazine on media and minorities, Chair of media monitoring organisation, Fair Play and member of the Advisory Council of Danish Human Rights Institute.

On the international level, he is President of ENAR – Brussels which is the largest EU network against racism with over 600 member organisations, member of the "Board of Trustees" of the Dutch Foundation "More colour in the media" and board member of international foundation" Education for life" based in Israel as well as a member of the European Commission's High Level Committee on the Social and Labour Market integration of disadvantaged ethnic minorities.

He contributes regularly to the Danish and European press with essays, chronicles and TV debates as well as lecture on various issues concerning Ethnic Minorities in EU, Islam in the Western Media, Multiculturalism, globalization, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, Racism and Resistance in EU and Integration's dilemma in Europe.

Publications

Books published:

# "Fort Europa" –1994
# "EU – the lost paradise" - 1995
# "European Union or Fortress Europe" – 1996
# "I am not a racist but --." – 1996
# "My Europe" – 1997
# "Searching for a humane Europe" – 1998
# "From Punjab to Copenhagen" – 1999
# "Danish identity – seen through brown eyes" - 2003

At present, he is working on a new book, dealing with the living conditions of Muslim Communities in Europe.

Study papers published From 1986 - 2007:

# Inter-cultural communication is the way forward
# Multiculturalism and the European integration
# Ethnic minorities in the west – conflict or enrichment
# Resisting racism in Europe
# Europe is marching in the wrong direction; Latest development in the European Union on immigration and asylum
# EU Constitution and ethnic minority rights
# Lobbying against hate speech in Europe
# NGOs and trade unions – partners against racism
# Human Rights – Western dictates versus the global necessity
# Shared citizenship – immutable core or dynamic nucleus
# The Scandinavian societies and ethnic minority integration
# Shadow reports on Danish discriminatory practices –2002,2003,2004,2005
# EU -Directives on Racism
# Police profiling and ethnic minorities in Europe
# Lobbying the media by ethnic minorities
# Media and minorities in the Danish society
# Racism's effect on Muslim Youth in Europe
# Media’s role in cementing Islamophobia
# Western terminology and Islam
# The history of Islamophobia in the West
# Islam in the Western media
# Islamophobia and anti-Semitism – a time for reflection
# Integration or segregation
# NGOs and the decision making process in EU
# Jewish Muslim Dialogue – A time for reflection

External links

* [http://www.islamonline.net/English/EuropeanMuslims/Community/2006/02/01.SHTML "Is There Nothing Sacred?" by Bashy Quraishy]
* [http://www.bashy.dk His website]