theguardian: by Kristina Keneally — Every Muslim who speaks out is expected to own, explain and condemn any act carried out by Muslims worldwide. The same doesn’t apply to Catholics ‘Why isn’t the outrage machine demanding the Catholic prime minister condemn this horrendous and sustained attack on Australians every time […]
theguardian: by Julia Ebner — In the hope of preserving the status quo the government is enacting a symbolic policy that feeds into identity wars between Muslim and non-Muslim ‘The policy ultimately risks normalising far-right rhetoric, validating populist party programmes and empowering Austrian identity movements by demonising Muslim communities.’ […]
Source: The New York Times By HAROON SIDDIQUI TORONTO — On Sunday night, a gunman opened fire in a mosque in Quebec City, killing six people and wounding eight. Our […]
Source: The Guardian As well as an attempt to remove a student’s hijab at the University of New Mexico, books across the country have been defaced A spate of racist incidents has been reported by US librarians in the aftermath of the presidential election. According to data gathered by the […]
Source: The New York Times Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has been a bulwark against the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-globalization forces afflicting Western democracies. So it was dismaying when, on […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner American Muslim leaders on Monday sent an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump, calling on him to “reconsider and reject” some of the individuals […]
Source: Time BY Norman Y. Mineta & Ann Burroughs Norman Y. Mineta is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum and the Secretary of Transportation under George […]
theworldin.com: The possibility of a nuclear weapon being used in anger for the first time since 1945 is still, mercifully, extremely remote. But in 2017 the chances of it happening can no longer be discounted entirely. The inconvenient truth is that nuclear weapons are a greater danger now than at […]
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days since Donald Trump became President-elect Trump. These incidents are hitting not only colleges and universities, but high schools, middle schools and even […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Bloomberg — This is frightening. WIKIPEDIA New York University is one of dozens of schools that have been hit by anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist incidents since the election. Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days […]
http://www.rabwah.net: British Muslim leaders have called on Britain to declare Ahmadis ‘non-Muslim’, the sentiments were expressed at an event held in Luton. The event which took place at Jamia Islamia […]
Huff Post: by JamesMichael Nichols — We need to feel that pain of this moment. And we need to take care of each other. ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Waking up today felt like waking up from a fever dream. Over the past 18 months, minorities have endured an […]
Source: The New York By RON NIXON ROSEMONT, Ill. — An imam of a mosque in New York City and his associate shot dead while strolling following afternoon prayers. A […]
Source: Lancaster Online BY ELIZABETH EISENSTADT-EVANS Tempted to make generalizations about a world population of 1.5 billion Muslims? Please think twice, says Georgetown University professor Jonathan Brown. “There are going […]
mcclatchydc.com: WASHINGTON: Hours after Mohammad Abdulazeez fired 100 rounds into Chattanooga military offices, gunning down four Marines and a sailor before being killed by police, the emerging story was one of a “lone wolf” jihadist with possible ties to extremist groups abroad. But Abdulazeez’s family made a decision that would […]
Source: The Guardian Sam Levin in Sacramento, California Renee Hale makes her point outside the Verity Baptist church in Sacramento. Photograph: Sam Levin for the Guardian Adele Sakler has struggled […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Yasmin Nouh Blog Editor, The Huffington Post Nura Takkish, 22, was sitting with two of her friends at Andrew’s Ice Cream and Dessert in Orange County, California, on Monday, May 23, when they noticed a commotion at the counter. A customer was being asked to leave for […]
Source: Patheos.com By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when the first anti-Islamic articles started appearing in major news outlets. In particular, Christian pundit […]
France’s Oedipal Islamist Complex http://foreignpolicy.com/: France is at war! Perhaps. But against whom or what? Last November, when the Islamic State staged the shootings that killed 130 in Paris, it did not send Syrians. A year ago, when al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula purportedly ordered the deadly attack on […]
Source: Religion News Service SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) The University of California’s regents declared on they would not tolerate anti-Semitism on campus but rejected a proposal to equate anti-Zionism with religious […]