Tommaso Virgili, Ph.D.

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Visiting Researcher of the Research Department
Migration, Integration, Transnationalization

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Dr. Tommaso Virgili is a and a Visiting Researcher at the Migration, Integration, Transnationalization Department of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, where he previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He is also a Senior Policy Advisor at the AJC Transatlantic Institute and a Research Associate at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

His research focuses primarily on Islamism, Muslim integration, Islam and human rights - in Europe the MENA region. His broader expertise encompasses sociological jurisprudence, constitutional law and fundamental freedoms. He is the author of the book Islam, Constitutional Law and Human Rights: Sexual Minorities and Freethinkers in Egypt and Tunisia (Routledge, 2022).

Previously, Dr. Virgili was a 2023/2024 Fellow of the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the Université de Tunis and served as Programme Director at the European Foundation for Democracy in Brussels. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Public Law and a Master’s degree in Law from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, as well as a Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies with Arabic from the American University of Paris and Cairo. 

Research fields

Islamism | Constitutional Law and Fundamental Freedoms | Integration | Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies | Sociological Jurisprudence

Book

Virgili, T. Islam, Constitutional Law and Human Rights. Sexual Minorities and Freethinkers in Egypt and Tunisia. Routledge, 2022.

 

Selected Publications

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Bergeaud-Blackler, Florence/Virgili, Tommaso (2025): Unmasking The Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherism, Islamophobia and the EU. Brussels: The European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament (ECR Group).
Virgili, Tommaso (2025): "LGBT+ Rights in Tunisia. The Spring is Yet to Come". In: Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Vol. 24, S. 39-63.
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Virgili, Tommaso (2024): "Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany. An Organisation Supporting the Terrorist Entity Hamas Does not Enjoy Protection under the ECHR". In: Strasbourg Observers Blog, 19.01.2024.
Virgili, Tommaso/Panchetti, Benedetta (2024): Did Secularisation Kill God? Changes in Religiosity and Values Among Natives and Migrants in Europe. Brussels: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
Virgili, Tommaso (2024): "Islamism in Italy. The Muslim Brotherhood Network and Its Allies". In: Thomas Jäger/Ralph Thiele (Eds.): Handbook of Political Islam in Europe. Activities, Means, and Strategies from Salafists to the Muslim Brotherhood and Beyond. Springer Handbooks of Political Science and International Relations. Cham: Springer, S. 441-459.
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Virgili, Tommaso (2023): "L'hiver de l'Etat de droit en Tunisie". In: Quaderni di diritto e politica ecclesiastica, Vol. 16, No. 2, S. 539-562.
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Virgili, Tommaso/Giacalone, Giovanni (2022): Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeinism in Italy. The Told and the Untold. Report 28/May 2022. s.l.: European Eye on Radicalization (EER).
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "Tunisia Is the Sole Survivor of the Arab Spring. It Was Nice While It Lasted". In: MENASource - Atlantic Council Blog, 22.07.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "‘Respect for Religious Feelings’. As the Italian Case Shows, Fresh Paint Can't Fix the Crumbling Wall of Blasphemy". In: European Public Law, Vol. 28, No. 2, S. 297-318.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "Rabczewska v. Poland and Blasphemy before the ECtHR. A Neverending Story of Inconsistency". In: Strasbourg Observers Blog, 21.10.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso/Gemolo, Matteo (2022): "Religions and LGBTI Rights. God Is Not a Trump Card". In: Human Rights in the 21st Century - Blog of the European Liberal Forum, 17.01.2022.
Virgili, Tommaso (2022): "La strada interrotta verso i diritti in Egitto e Tunisia". In: Domani scenari [online], 19.10.2022.
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Stott, Paul/Virgili, Tommaso (2021): Network of Networks. The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. Brussels: The European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament (ECR Group).
Virgili, Tommaso (2021): "Europe and COVID-19. The Rule of Law Has Fallen Ill". In: European Eye on Radicalization, 05.04.2021. (auch erschienen in arabischer Sprache)
Virgili, Tommaso/Stott, Paul (2021): Aligning Principles and Practice. EU Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian NGOs - Rethinking the Approach to Meet Normative Goals. Washington, DC: B'nai B'rith International.
Virgili, Tommaso (2021): "Islamo-Communist-Nazi-Fascism. The Muslim Brotherhood and Its Muses". In: Rashid al-Khayoun (Ed.): Hardline Movements and the Hijacking of Societies. Nazis, Fascists, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Monthly Periodic Book Published by Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center, Vol. 176. Dubai: Al-Mesbar Studies & Research Center, S. 27-45. (in arabischer Sprache)
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Virgili, Tommaso (2020): "Il futuro del sogno europeo e dei suoi valori universali tra multiculturalismo e integrazione". In: Loredana Teodorescu (Ed.): Riflessioni sul futuro dell'Europa. Un confronto generazionale per rilanciare l'UE. Studi e Documenti Di Diritto Internazionale e Comunitario, Vol. 77. Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, S. 95-102.
Ashworth, Lillie/Tadesse, Mahalet/Virgili, Tommaso (2020): Freedom of Thought Report 2020. Key Countries Edition - A Global Report on the Rights,Legal Status and Discrimination Against Humanists, Atheists and the Non-Religious. Humanists International.