World Muslim Leader condemns anti-Islam film
Source: Press Release, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat says that anger of Muslims is fully justified, but violent reaction must be condemned The World Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
Army colonel threatens to sue top general for ‘concealing truth about Islam’
RT: A US Army colonel who was suspended from a top military college for teaching an anti-Islamic course is threatening to sue America’s top general for “violating academic freedom” and “caving in to Islam.” Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley’s attorneys have put Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin […]
Vicious Cycle of Islamophobia
Written by Ram Puniyani We are going through strange times. While the science, technology and rationalism has given us physical and intellectual tools to better the lot of humanity, we are witnessing the production of provocative material, literature and films in particular, which demonize the particular religion, Islam to be […]
Anti-Islamic advertisements to hit NYC
RT: Anti-Islamic advertisements will go up across New York City’s subway system next week after a federal judge ruled that the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority could not legally refuse to host the signs on the basis of “demeaning” language. As early as next Monday, ten NYC subway stations will showcase […]
Catholics Then, Muslims Now: A Case against Islamophobia
Source: NY Times By DOUG SAUNDERS Published: September 17, 2012 THE short, crude anti-Muslim video that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Middle East did not emerge from an obscure pocket of extremism; it is the latest in a string of anti-Muslim outbursts in the United States. In […]
Muslim Sunrise Taking on the Critics of Islam
Source: Muslim Sunrise Dear Critics, As-salamu alaikum. Peace be upon you. With this issue, we invite you to debate the criticisms you levy against the peaceful religion of Islam. We […]
Hidden Causes of the Muslim Protests
Source: The Atlantic By ROBERT WRIGHT As the Muslim protests subside, more and more people have come to realize that what seems to have sparked them–one of the worst YouTube videos ever, which is saying something–isn’t what they were mainly about. But what were they about? Here theories differ, and some of the […]
My Take: It’s time for Islamophobic (anti-Islam) evangelicals to choose
By Brian McLaren, Special to CNN I was raised as an evangelical Christian in America, and any discussion of Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations around the world must include the phenomenon of American […]
Protesters Set Fire to German Embassy in Sudan
Source: Spiegel International Angry protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum attacked the German Embassy on Friday, setting fire to parts of the building. They also tore down the German flag […]
Muslims Bear No Collective Guilt for 9/11 and a List of Muslim Victims of the Terrorist Attack
Source: Loonwatch On this 9/11 let it be remembered that American Muslims do not bear collective guilt for the crime of 9/11, and let us remember those who died in the attacks. (h/t: Abdallah C.) List of Muslim Victims of 9/11 (via. Some Random Thoughts Blog) “American Muslims bear no collective […]
Fox News’ war on Muslims
Roger Ailes, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity have stoked Islamophobia — and encouraged right-wing ignorance By Nathan Lean Excerpted from “The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims” As is the case with any industry, advertising is paramount to the success of a product. One need not look […]
US groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician
Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, David Horowitz’s FrontPage Magazine helped fund Geert Wilders. Source: Reuters.com AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK – Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial support to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, […]
Disillusioned by Obama, Muslim Voters Face Tough Choice
At a time when U.S. Muslims and mosques are increasingly under attack, some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia. The Democrats’ inclusion last week of support for marriage equality and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in their official party platform may have […]
Obama: “[America] will never be at war with Islam”
Video of President Obama’s weekly address where he makes the statement in title of the article.
‘Missing’ posters prompt Muslim anger – The German Interior Ministry’s Controversial Poster Campaign
Source: Qantara.de Sometimes good intentions are just not enough: a new campaign by the German interior ministry, says Robert Misik, only contributes to the widespread paranoia about “the Muslims” – […]
Rising anti-Islamic sentiment in America troubles Muslims
Source : CNN Blog By Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) – When the nation pauses to remember 9/11 next week, a group of Tennesseans will gather at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Franklin for a commemoration. But it will be more than that. On the program, called “The Threat in Our […]
Assam – No Bodo, No Musalman, First Insan (Human)
Source: Ummid.com There was no positive story in the recent past that was reported on the Assam imbroglio, except one. But before telling that lets count the negatives that has shaken us from within. First was the mass exodus of the Bengali speaking Muslims population from their shanty homes residing […]
Debate: Does the Universe have a purpose?
First something about the big picture, atheists are right in exposing the irrationality of the Christian dogma. However, the Christians are right in as far as their claim that there needs […]
Bangla Deshi’s in India: Myth and Reality
Source: Northern Voices Online The Assam violence between Bodos and Muslims, alleged by many to be Bangldeshi infiltrators, has a long chain of repercussions. The number of dead is nearly eighty. Killings are continuing and the people who have been displaced have been over 4 lakhs. There is no exact […]
Spying on New York Muslims Yields No Leads
Peter Fedynsky August 22, 2012 VOA NEW YORK — A senior New York Police Department official says that spying on the city’s Muslim community has not yielded a single criminal lead. Some Muslim targets of surveillance feel vindicated. Surveillance of the Muslim community by the NYPD’s secret Demographics Unit for […]