How British Organizations Are Tackling Islamophobia
Source: Time Opinion on how to tackle the problem is divided In a chintzy banqueting hall in Wembley, London, soft boos punctuate the loud chatter. A 300-person strong crowd, ranging […]
Muhammad as Spirit of Truth: A Christian Testimony Against Islamophobia
By Ian Mevorach Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center (www.commonstreet.org) Huff post: Islamophobia has been on the rise in the United States ever since 9/11. […]
An A-Z Guide to Being a Muslim Ally
Source: Huffington Post By Zoha Qamar; Student at Columbia University Given the recent rhetoric spewing from the political pandemonium sometimes referred to as the United States Presidential Election, as well a spike […]
Islamophobia in the Common Man — A Simple Cure
Source: Huffington Post By Huzaifah Salat Doctor,Internal Medicine enthusiast,Pakistani food lover. “What can Muslims do to overcome Islamophobia?” This question (also on my mind) was asked by a colleague during the grand concluding session of the Islamic awareness week of the Vanderbilt University’s Muslim Students Association event on Valentine’s day. Dr.Todd […]
How One Muslim Artist Is Challenging Society’s Stereotypes About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Azzah Sultan, 20, has personally witnessed rampant Islamophobia since moving to America from her native Malaysia in 2013. The young Muslim […]
Israeli group dubs Oprah Winfrey’s voice to make her say “kill Muslims”
Video by Israeli Law Centre puts violent words into the mouths of US celebrities as part of campaign against Palestinian television Source: The Telegraph By Raf Sanchez, Jerusalem Oprah Winfrey, Stewie from Family Guy, and characters from Game of Thrones all urge viewers to “kill Muslims” in a dubbed-over video […]
A Call to Action: Curing Islam’s American Crisis
Source: Huffington Post By EHAB AL SHIHABI Media Advisor and Senior Fellow (politics, media and policy) The opinion expressed here are his and do not reflect those of his employer The […]
How Muslim women are winning the 2016 campaign
Source: CNN (CNN)This presidential election season we’ve paid much attention to the anti-Muslim ideas some presidential candidates like Donald Trump spew — and rightfully so. Most political candidates would never dare make such utterances about any other religious minority group. Still, in the midst of the vitriol and alarming political rhetoric, […]
Sweden: Mosque love bombed in show of Muslim solidarity after attacks
ibtimes.co.uk: After nearly a dozen reported attacks on mosques across Sweden in 2015, a mosque was flooded with red paper hearts in a show of solidarity for Muslims. People posted […]
Trump’s rhetoric on Muslims plays well with fans, but horrifies others
Source: The Washington Post At a rally in southwest Virginia on Monday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump again told an apocryphal story about a general killing Muslim terrorists with bullets dipped […]
What If America Looked Like Dearborn, Michigan?
Source: Huffington Post By Brian Stone; LGBT advocate, U.S. Navy Veteran and Dearborn, Mich. resident In this small town of a hundred-thousand residents, folks are used to being accused of […]
Video: Australian converts share their views on Islam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation. According to the 2011 census, 476,291 people, or 2.2% of the total Australian population, were Muslims.[1] This […]
Huffington Post is tracking Islamophobic incidents across the U.S. throughout 2016
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection to tackle Islamophobia After last year’s terror […]
On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Sharia Councils
Source: Princeton Press Book written by John R. Bowen, who is the Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. His books include A New Anthropology […]
Reflections of a Muslim American
Source: Huffington Post As a Muslim American for the last two decades, my belief in my adopted homeland has grown stronger and stronger with each trial that has tested the […]
“Good” Muslim, “Evil” Islam Dichotomy
Source: Huffington Post Befriending Muslims while attacking Islam is no way to make friends with Muslims. The attitude that “Muslims are good people, but that which makes them Muslim is […]
Hollywood needs to end Islamophobic portrayals of Muslims
Islamophobia, ISIS, and Authentic Muslim Narratives: Television’s Potential Role Source: Huffington Post By Cynthia P. Schneider; Cultural Diplomacy Expert; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Recently President Obama and Secretary Kerry each called […]
Muslim Student Association looks to bring understanding, love to Islam dialogue
Source: The Daily Nebraskan The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Muslim Student Association will host “Islam 101” this week to educate students and combat Islamophobia in society. MSA began preparing for the […]
Ted Talk: Dalia Mogahed: What do you think when you look at me?
When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this […]
Ken Ham of Noah’s Ark, Key to Understand Trump’s Lure
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Donald Trump had a sweeping victory in Nevada, last night, despite his spat with the Pope, his […]