What Islamophobic Politicians Can Learn From Mormons
Source: The New York Times By Asma Uddin Ms. Uddin is a lawyer and expert on religious liberty. Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Trump’s travel ban, […]
Anti-Islam Movement Has New Rallying Cry — Let’s Delete Verses of the Quran
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan, who is a Columnist, The Intercept. Contributing Editor, New Statesman. Host, Al Jazeera English. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University. YOU THINK LIFE is bad for […]
French call to change Quran aims to promote antagonism toward Muslims
Source: The Daily Sabah MEHMET ÇELIK @celik ISTANBUL The controversial call by some 300 famous French figures to change the Quran is a provocative move which targets Muslims, experts say, […]
U.S. Agencies Fueled A National Increase In Anti-Muslim Incidents: Report
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Under President Donald Trump, the United States government has shown an “unprecedented level of government hostility” toward the Muslim religious minority in the country, according to a newly released report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR’s 2018 civil rights report, “Targeted,” disclosed that federal government […]
A hopeful vision for the future of Islam in Europe
Competing Visions of Islam Will Shape Europe in the 21st Century Source: The Atlantic By David Frum Akbar Ahmed’s new book deals with how migration is reshaping the continent, and […]
Islamophobia not an issue in the British press? You’ve got to be kidding
Source: The Guardian BY Miqdaad Versi I’ve personally complained and won corrections from national papers on more than 40 stories related to Islam and Muslims ‘This is not a question of freedom of speech. It is about the choices of editors to tolerate, if not encourage, bigotry in our newspapers.’ […]
Michigan GOP Politician Is Spreading Conspiracy Theories About His Muslim Opponent
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla COLBECK FOR GOVERNOR/FACEBOOK State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, a Republican, is vying to be Michigan’s next governor. A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan is facing […]
The former FBI director says there’s a real question as to whether the President presents a threat to the nation
Trump now faces Comey’s moral assault Source: CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson The former FBI director’s appearance threw into focus questions that will be at play over the next 10 days: […]
White Militiamen Charged In Plot To Massacre Muslims Argue They’re Just ‘Knuckleheads’
Source: Huffington Post Three Kansas men on trial in a domestic terrorism case are trying out arguments that wouldn’t fly in other terrorism cases. By Ryan J. Reilly SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright have been charged in a conspiracy to bomb a community of Somali […]
America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia
Guardian: Twenty-four hours on from the “Punish a Muslim Day” and the well-meaning but deeply reductive framing of “Love a Muslim Day”, the UK’s Muslim communities and no doubt the police and authorities are breathing a huge sigh of relief that this designated day of hate passed off without major incident. “Punish […]
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to […]
Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia
Source: The Guardian The rising tide of bigotry against Britain’s Muslim communities needs tackling head-on – and Theresa May should take the lead ‘Last month the leaders of Britain First […]
‘Punish a Muslim day’ generates anger, fear and solidarity in Britain
Source: The Washington Post By Jennifer Hassan April 3 at 12:34 PM Email the author The letters arrived in March. Sent anonymously to multiple communities, the letters with words in bold at the top declared that […]
Hijab ban attempt is ‘racism dressed up as liberalism’, teachers’ conference told
Source: The Guardian By Richard Adams Efforts to bar girls from wearing the hijab at primary schools were “naked racism dressed up as liberalism”, a teachers’ union conference heard as […]
‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to hate letter
Source: BBC The man who created a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ list in response to letters promoting hateful acts hopes his idea will “bring people together”. It was sparked by […]
My descent into America’s neo-Nazi movement & how I got out
Source: TED Talk Christian Picciolini At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist — and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United […]
How John Bolton and Mike Pompeo mainstreamed Islamophobia
Source: Vox By Zack Beauchamp John Bolton, President Trump’s pick for his next national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, are well-known hawks. […]
Trump’s travel ban stranded her. Then America welcomed her.
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Photographs by Melissa Golden/Redux and Nichole Sobecki for CNN Atlanta (CNN) Batulo weaves through the crush of passengers streaming down the train station stairs. It is loud — so […]
What It’s Like To Be A Muslim Woman In Hijab Teaching In The Trump Era
Source: Huffington Post By Sadia Reza For nearly two decades now, being an American Muslim has come to mean seeing my faith eviscerated in headlines everywhere I go, feeling the […]