Police Monitoring and a Climate of Fear: Muslimophobia by NYPD
NY Times: The counterman at the Jordan Halal Restaurant, a greasy spoon of a greasy spoon on South Orange Avenue, tossed up his hands as I pulled out my press […]
A Hindu refugee in 2002 anti-muslim Gujarat riots relief camp
Shivappa Basappa Manu’s family was the only Hindu group that lived at the Shah-e-Alam relief camp meant for Muslim refugees during the 2002 riots. Instead of taking the lifesaving way out and asserting his Hindu identity, Shivappa – from Hussainnagar ni Chawl in Naroda Paita – chose to not abandon […]
Palestinian Textbooks debate: Do they Teach Hatred
If words like ‘kill a jew’, ‘Israel hamas’, ‘electronic intifada’, ‘counter terrorism’, ‘Palestinian terrorism’, pictures of gunmen in and all sorts of misinformation about either Palestinians or Israelis are coming to mind then here is an article worth reading. Apologists for Israel’s continued occupation and control over Palestinian lives have […]
Now for some home truths
WE in the media have spared no effort to vilify the civilian elected politician but our vigour seems to taper off dramatically in the case of other significant players in the country. Take for example a news item in this newspaper on Wednesday which said four armed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) […]
Anti Muslim graffiti insulting Allah scrawled on Kensington insurance shop
Source/Credit: NY Daily News Bangladeshis in Kensington said they are living in fear after Muslim hate graffiti was found on a storefront in the neighborhood’s bustling shopping strip. The manager of TDS Insurance on Beverly Road near McDonald Avenue, came to work Monday and spotted a nauseating sight: “It was […]
Radical U.S. Muslims Little Threat, Study Says
NY Times: Of 14,000 murders last year in the US not a single was attributed to Islamist radicalism. A feared wave of homegrown terrorism by radicalized Muslim Americans has not […]
Radical Critics of Islam and Islamophobia – Denying the Individuality of Minority Members
Source: Qantara.de At a recent conference in Germany looking at radical critics of Islam, there was consensus that it was about time that politicians and society looked more seriously at the growing defamation of Muslims. By Claudia Mende For a long time, nobody took hate propaganda against Muslims very seriously […]
Overcoming Islamophobia in American elections
Individual tolerance or fear of different groups is not confined to political elites by DR. MUQTEDAR KHAN, ARABNEWS Islam has become an important part of American discourse leading up to the 2012 federal elections and candidates everywhere appear eager to take a position on Islam for political gain. Across the […]
Protesting surveillance at mosques
Source/Credit: Timesunion.com Fatima Akbar, center, marches with her son Shafiyu, 11, left, and Ayesha Mohammed, right, towards the New York Police Department headquarters during a rally asking for the resignation of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne, in a demand for independent community control of the NYPD, […]
The very excellent Difa-e-Pakistan Council
One cannot be faulted for assuming that the Difa-e-Pakistan Councilmay perhaps comprise of officials of the defence ministry, four-star generals and decorated admirals who wish to ponder over the defence needs of the country and make major strategic decisions. To find out that it is actually a motley crew of fourty-odd religious […]
Umar Farooq: Who pioneered religious freedom for the whole of humanity!
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The following is a slightly modified version of a short speech I gave in Vestal High School, New York […]
Taslima’s book launch cancelled
Source: BDNews24 Dhaka, Feb 1 (bdnews24.com) – Kolkata Book Fair cancelled the release of Taslima Nasreen’s latest book, Nirbashan, which was scheduled at 3 pm Tuesday. The organisers of the fair, Publishers and Booksellers Guild, telephoned the publisher to cancel the auditorium booking, The Times of India said. “We were […]
Police: Vandalism at Mosque Likely Not a Hate Crime
The evidence at the scene indicates that the crime was a random act of destruction. By Mary C. Stachyra, CentrevillePatch Fairfax County Police believe that the recent vandalism at the construction site of a new Chantilly mosque was probably a random act of vicious vandalism, Captain Purvis Dawson, the commander […]
Holy bans only
While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without their consent last week, in Lahore the Punjab assembly passed a resolution seeking a blanket ban on music concerts in educational institutions. Both are despicable acts of moral policing in a country which […]
Karnataka communal riots: Peace meeting calms affected villages
Uppinangady, India: In the backdrop of communal violence activities, the district administration will be organising peace meetings in the village levels in order to maintain communal harmony. Deputy Commissioner Dr […]
NYC Police commissioner regrets being part of Hate Film
Source: NY Times. In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It The New York City police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, through a top aide, acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that he personally cooperated with the filmmakers of “The Third Jihad” — a decision […]
DEFINING “ISLAMOPHOBIA”
The term “Islamophobia” was first introduced as a concept in a 1991 Runnymede Trust Report and defined as “unfounded hostility towards Muslims, and therefore fear or dislike of all or […]
Pluralism in Islam
Source: Dawn Author: Muhammad Ali In today’s globalised and sometimes polarised world, there is a dire need to understand the pluralistic perspectives of Islamic teachings in order to develop an […]
All-American Bigotry
Source: The Huffington Post Author: John Feffer Islamophobes would like you to believe that they’re not anti-Islam. They’re only anti-Islamic extremism. So why is it that Islamophobes are always going […]
Polygamy and Social Peace
Polygamy and Social Peace Islam’s Response to Contemporary Issues by Mirza Tahir Ahmad Polygamy and Social Peace In the West it is quite common to confront a speaker on […]