Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — In his July 17 Facebook post, Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, spewed unhinged hatred and bigotry against American Muslims. Writing his response to the Chattanooga shooting, Graham used language that can only succeed in radicalizing Americans: We are under […]
Salon.com: In his Nobel lecture on Dec. 11, 1950, British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.” Noble motives, he added, deserve our inquiry, for they’re often but façades. The revival in recent months of public appraisals of […]
theguardian: by Mustafa Kurtuldo — When I was caught up in the London bombings I was expected to explain them because of my religion. Not much has changed. If a traumatic event happens, ignore the rolling news and listen to the victims I play back that morning in my head […]
Reported by Nabeela Ali, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Thousands of people held counter demonstration against the UK branch of German far-right wing, anti-Islam political organization “Pegida” when Pegida held a demonstration […]
Telegraph: The cameras are still rolling at Byker Grove. These days, though, they are set high above the security fence at the edge of the grounds, next to signs warning off intruders. When the children’s soap finished its run, in 2006, producers abandoned the Victorian mansion where it was filmed. […]
A protest will take place outside the BBC on Thursday evening to condemn the broadcaster’s minimal coverage of the Chapel Hill murders in the US, which saw three Muslim students shot and killed. Organizers say the BBC’s coverage of the Chapel Hill murders in North Carolina on Wednesday was tantamount […]
A new survey on how Islam is viewed in Austria suggests that anti-Muslim sentiment has risen sharply in the wake of the Paris shootings, with 69 percent of those polled saying they did not believe that Islam belongs in Austria. More………..http://www.thelocal.at/20150209/poll-islam-does-not-belong-in-austria
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN, February 1, 2015 Obama also cautioned against the risk of overplaying the threat of terror groups and said the U.S. should instead align itself with the […]
Source: france24.com A Moroccan magazine said Friday it had chosen to depict President François Hollande as Hitler on its cover in order to draw attention to escalating anti-Muslim acts in France. More…..http://www.france24.com/en/20150130-morocco-france-hollande-hitler-cover-diplomacy/
Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir Duke University’s sudden decision to cancel the Muslim call to prayer, adhan, from the chapel bell tower came as a blow to many Muslims who saw the university’s original gesture to allow the moderately amplified chant as a sign of pluralism. It was especially a […]
Source: france24.com Inflamed by last week’s terror attacks in France, a record 25,000 anti-Islamist protesters marched through the east German city of Dresden on Monday, many holding banners with anti-immigrant slogans. More….http://www.france24.com/en/20150113-pegica-german-anti-islamist-swells-paris-attacks/
Source: france24.com Latest update : 2015-01-06 The square around the Cologne Cathedral was plunged into darkness Monday evening after the historical landmark shut down its lights in silent protest of weekly rallies in Dresden against the perceived “Islamization” of Europe. More…
BBC News: Politicians and celebrities in Germany have joined a media campaign against Pegida, a group protesting against what it sees as the “Islamisation” of Europe. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and retired footballer Oliver Bierhoff are among 80 figures to back a petition in German newspaper Bild. It comes after […]
Disenchanted German citizens and right-wing extremists are joining forces to form a protest movement to fight what they see as the Islamization of the West. Is this the end of […]
Source/Credit: Austin Statesman By Huma Munir This past weekend, the world held its breath as a man who took control of a cafe in Sydney held more than a dozen people hostage for 16 hours. The incident is deeply concerning not only because innocent lives were put at risk but […]
theguardian: Giles Fraser —- It’s depressing that a decade after I wrote about a Christian charity’s thinly disguised Islamophobia, they’re still at it Franklin Graham (second from right) leads his father Billy, flanked by former US presidents George HW Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, on the campus of the […]
Epigraph: “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and […]
Published on Nov 17, 2014 This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Our global and national history has shown a dangerous human […]
salon.com: Last weekend witnessed yet another fierce debate over Islam on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” just four weeks after the comedian tussled with actor Ben Affleck on the issue. This time, Maher’s interlocutor was the Italian-Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal, who took Maher to task for what she called his “offensive” criticism of […]
With the US engaged in air strikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria and with voices calling for deeper engagement in both conflict zones, the American public is being bombarded with commentary and analysis about ISIL, Syria, Iraq – and Muslims. Unfortunately, too much of it is a stringing together […]