Comedians Video Response to Trump’s Promotion of Racism
Time to Say It: Trump Is a Racist Source: New York Times By David Leonhardt When it comes to President Trump and race, there is a predictable cycle. He makes […]
Sharia for New Year’s
Source: Gate Stone Institute By Bruce Bawer, who is the author of the new novel The Alhambra (Swamp Fox Editions). His book While Europe Slept (2006) was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The same reporters and commentators who insist that it is absurd to worry about sharia coming […]
Onstage, a revealing perspective of Muslim women
Source: The Boston Globe By Christopher Wallenberg Rohina Malik was attending a friend’s wedding some 15 years ago when the realities of post-9/11 America rocked her world. A Chicago-based theater […]
2017 is the year global terror became mainstream. This is what we’re doing to tackle it
The two ends of the ‘extremism spectrum’ – Isis and the far right – are similar and feed off each other. Some would say they even need each other to function, […]
Trump’s Islamophobic Retweets Widely Condemned By Religious Leaders
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to retweet the messages of a far-right and virulently anti-Muslim British activist has provoked condemnation from religious leaders on both sides […]
Muslims Once Again Are Being Targeted For An Attack They Had Nothing To Do With
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz “We’re going to burn your mosque down,” a voice said angrily in a voicemail left on the mosque’s phone. “We’re coming to kill you,” […]
BBC Debate: Do we misrepresent Islam?
Suggested Reading Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran ‘Islamic Law’: A Myopic Reading of the Quran The Purpose And Context […]
Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help?
Source: The Guardian BY Ashifa Kassam in Toronto After a 46-year-old man was charged with assaulting a Muslim teenager on a busy commuter train in Vancouver, Canadians are asking why just one […]
The Future of Muslims in the West
Written by Tariq Ramadan SOURCE: https://tariqramadan.com/english/the-future-of-muslims-in-the-west/Muslims in the West bear an enormous responsibility, and it falls to them to commit themselves to building their future. There is no doubt that some […]
Muslim student says she was ordered to remove headscarf at McDonald’s
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Greenfield and Kevin Rawlinson Fast food chain apologises to 19-year-old stopped from entering and repeatedly told her to take off hijab McDonald’s said it did not […]
Nearly Half of Canadians Have Negative Feelings Towards Islam: Poll
Source: Vice By Mack Lamourex A new poll reinforces a bleak truth that many of us have probably known for a long time—almost half of Canadians have a negative opinion about Islam. […]
Europe’s Growing Muslim Population
Source: Pew Research Center Muslims are projected to increase as a share of Europe’s population – even with no future migration Migrants who had arrived via buses chartered by Austrian authorities walk towards the border to Germany on October 17, 2015 near Fuchsoedt, Austria. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Deutsch | Français […]
The Growth of Germany’s Muslim Population
Source: Pew Research Center Between 2010 and 2016, the number of Muslims living in Germany rose from 3.3 million (4.1% of the population) to nearly 5 million (6.1%), while the […]
Mosque gives University of Cincinnati $1M to teach more about Islam
Source: THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER* Mark Curnutte, mcurnutte@enquirer.com A local mosque is donating $1 million to the University of Cincinnati to increase understanding of the Islamic religion amid concerns about Islamophobia. UC is adding […]
Racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia are poisoning societies, says UN chief
Source: The Hindu His comments came in response to a question on US President Donald Trump’s response to the violence at rallies held by white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. […]
RACIST BACKLASH AGAINST SUPERMARKET AD SHOWS ISLAMOPHOBIA IS ALIVE
Source: Newsweek BY CRISTINA MAZA Anti-Muslim Britons are slamming a Christmas ad from a popular supermarket chain because it features a Muslim family celebrating the holiday, the latest sign that xenophobia is increasing in the […]
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RACISM: CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE BREAKING POINT
Source: What inspired you to write Islamophobia and Racism in America? The work that became this book really began for me in the year 2000. That year, I went on an […]
Leipzig University considers firing law professor over call for ‘white Europe’
Source: The Local By Shelley Pascual: shelley.pascual@thelocal.com @shelleypascual One of Germany’s most venerable universities is considering the future of a law professor who tweeted solidarity with Polish white nationalists. While […]
Assaults against Muslims in U.S. surpass 2001 level
Source: Pew Research Center BY KATAYOUN KISHI The number of assaults against Muslims in the United States rose significantly between 2015 and 2016, easily surpassing the modern peak reached in 2001, […]