Muslims in America: Separating fact from fiction
Source: The Daily Sabah By Craig Considine, Faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas The words “I think Islam hates us,” “True hatred among […]
Flying while Brown and Muslim
Source: Politico By Qasim Rashid I got harassed at the airport by Customs and Border Patrol. Good thing I’m a lawyer—in the Trump era, others aren’t so lucky. After a […]
Charity ambassador removed over burqa row
Christine Hamilton axed from charity over burka tweet Source: BBC News Christine Hamilton has been removed as a charity ambassador after comparing burkas to the hoods of the Ku Klux […]
The Muslim Times Promoting Hijab rather than Burqa after Boris Johnson’s ‘Burqa Storm’
Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura LONDON — The gibe, ridiculing burqa-wearing Muslim women as “letter boxes” and […]
Boris Johnson accused of ‘dog-whistle’ Islamophobia over burqa comments
Source: The Guardian Inquiry into Islamophobia in Tory party called for amid condemnation for likening Muslim women to letterboxes By Jessica Elgot Boris Johnson said in his Telegraph column […]
The role of fake news in spreading Islamophobia
American Islamophobia’s Fake Facts Source :Huffington Post This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. By Arnold R. Isaacs […]
The play “Tomorrow Inshallah” aims at dispelling misconceptions about Muslims in America
HuffPost’s Islamophobia Reporting Adapted Into Play In Kansas City Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz and Christopher Mathias KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― It was just after 8 p.m. last Friday […]
Senator Richard Di Natale on Greens muslims and Islamophobia
Richard Di Natale on Greens and Muslims Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Manarul Islam In late June, Senator Richard Di Natale, Federal Greens leader, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Danish ban on face-covering garments enters into force
Source: Associated press By JAN M. OLSEN COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Supporters and opponents of a ban on garments covering the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or […]
New York City’s forgotten Muslim past
Source: The New Yorker By Rozina Ali A Ph.D. student offers a free Muslim-history walking tour in Donald Trump’s home town. Back when Donald Trump was a Presidential candidate, he […]
With anti-Muslim laws, Europe enters new dark age
Source: Politico By PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT LONDON — What has become of Europe? New laws targeting Muslims are reminiscent of a time when innocent Jewish children were abducted by masked monks […]
Populism in Europe rooted in Islamophobia
Populist views in Europe: It’s not just the economy Source: Pew Research Center By Bruce Stokes, who is director of global economic attitudes at Pew Research Center. Nationalist populism has […]
Report Documents Disturbing Rise In Anti-Muslim Street Incidents In The U.K.
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla PETER NICHOLLS / REUTERS Women attend Eid Festival 2017 in London. A British hate-monitoring group said in-person Islamophobic incidents in the U.K. rose 30 percent from […]
Delaware Mayor Apologizes After Muslim Kids In Shirts, Hijabs, Kicked Out Of City Pool
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, has apologized to a local Islamic school after a group of Muslim children wearing shirts, shorts and hijabs were […]
Islamic Leaders Have Nothing to Say About China’s Internment Camps for Muslims
Source: Foreign Policy BY NITHIN COCA A demonstrator wearing a mask painted with the colors of the flag of East Turkestan and a hand bearing the colors of the Chinese flag […]
In Western Europe, familiarity with Muslims is linked to positive views of Muslims and Islam
Source: Pew Research Center BY SCOTT GARDNER AND JONATHAN EVANS A woman outside the East London Mosque after the first Friday prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images) Across […]
George Takei: America will fix the mistake of Trump’s travel ban
Source: CNN By George Takei (CNN)As a Japanese-American who grew up behind the barbed wire of US internment camps, I sensed the cold dread that Muslims must have felt when […]
Olympian: This is what it means to be an American
Source: CNN By Ibtihaj Muhammad Updated 1312 GMT (2112 HKT) July 23, 2018 I’ve lived the American Dream — a life as a citizen of these United States, nurtured by […]
Every Muslim in the West is an Ambassador for Islam, Willing or Not!
In Western Europe, familiarity with Muslims is linked to positive views of Muslims and Islam Pew Research Center By Scott Gardner and Jonathan Evans Across Western Europe, people who say […]
Richard Dawkins accused of Islamophobia after comparing ‘lovely church bells’ to ‘aggressive-sounding Allahu Akhbar’
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborn Richard Dawkins has been accused of Islamophobia after he suggested the Muslim call to prayer was “aggressive-sounding” compared to the “so much nicer” sound of church bells. […]