Yes, Islamophobia Is Real In America
Source: The Dean’s Report 25 February 2015 Written by Shahina Bashir On Sunday night, I received a frantic email from a friend who lives on the West Coast. She wrote in […]
Calling ISIS Un-Islamic is A Fact, Not an Excuse
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid, Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” Anti-Islam personalities can demonstrate glaring hypocrisy. On one hand they scream “where are the moderate Muslims and why aren’t […]
Obama Claims Republican Rhetoric Could Help ISIS
Source: Time By Michael Scherer @michaelscherer Feb. 19, 2015 Rather than ignore his critics, the President takes them on The newest front in the American war against the Islamic State of […]
Video: Full Speech by Obama at the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
At the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., the President delivers remarks at the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, February 18, 2015.
DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat
Washington (CNN)They’re carrying out sporadic terror attacks on police, have threatened attacks on government buildings and reject government authority. A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security […]
Disabusing Those Who Stereotype Against All Muslims
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Terrorism: Is Islam to Blame?
Epigraph: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32) Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Collection of […]
Fear, Inc. 2.0: As Anti-Muslim Incidents Continue, Report Exposes Funders, Pundits of Islamophobia
http://www.democracynow.org/embed/story/2015/2/16/fear_inc_20_as_anti_muslim Additional Reading Karen Armstrong on Sam Harris and Bill Maher: “It fills me with despair, because this is the sort of talk that led to the concentration camps”
Collection of Articles: Terrorism: Islam, Christianity or Atheism?
Epigraph: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32) Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Yes, There Are […]
Yes, There Are Christian Terrorists
Source: Daily Beast By Dean Obeidallah The anti-Muslim militias in the Central African Republic may not get the same attention as ISIS, but let’s not forget that people are still doing […]
28 years old Muslim man shot dead in Alberta
CTV News: He was peaceful.’ A grieving sister remembers an Ottawa man murdered in Fort McMurray “He embodied everything that our religion teaches us. He was peaceful. He was trustworthy. […]
Chapel Hill shooting: When is a crime a ‘hate crime’?
By Ben Brumfield, CNN Updated 2:25 AM ET, Fri February 13, 2015 (CNN) The cries from family members and shocked Muslims are clear: Call it what it is, a hate crime. […]
Three young Muslims’ killings; hate crime or not?
World Bulletin / News Desk Police say a dispute over a parking space spurred the murder Tuesday of three North Carolina college students, but the Muslim father of two of […]
Denial in Muslim students’ deaths: Column
Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid The shootings in N.C. are about more than parking dispute. Anti-Muslim attitudes are rife. Three college students killed on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, N.C., […]
Heartwarming social experiment asks people to hug a blindfolded Muslim man
Embracing other cultures: Group asks passers-by if they will give a hug to blindfolded Muslim ‘terrorist’ in bid to fight Islamophobia Experiment conducted by group to eliminate Muslim stereotypes Blindfolded […]
NY Times’ Op-ED: The Muslims of Early America
First posted in the Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Source: New York Times By Peter Manseau, who is the author, most recently, of “One Nation Under Gods: A New American […]
Breaking Down President Obama’s Point About Christian Crusades and Islamic Extremism
Piece authored by Jay Michaelson for Religion News Service. For more Religion News Service stories visit their site here. NEW YORK (RNS) The conservative Twitterverse is all riled up because […]
Video: The Big Questions Debate: Is Islamism the biggest threat to the modern world?
Additional Reading For the Muslim Times’ collection on Islamophobia
Wingnuts’ latest meltdown: Conservatives go nuts over Obama’s remarks on Christianity and Islam
Epigraph: Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to […]
Let Europol and Not the Main Stream Media Educate Us about Terrorism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I find each and every act of terrorism and any loss of innocent human life abhorrent, as […]