Switzerland: Intel chief: general surveillance of mosques ‘unlawful’
Source: Swiss Info There is neither a reason nor a legal basis to monitor all mosques and imams as a preventative measure, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) […]
Here’s Proof It’s Just Plain Ridiculous To Be Fearful Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor “Whether it’s through Christianity, whether it’s through Buddhism or if you’re an atheist, Islam is just one of those paths to help us connect with the world around us.” “If you’re scared of Islam, I would say meet a Muslim,” another woman […]
New Series On ‘The Secret Life Of Muslims’ Aims To Subvert Stereotypes
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Egyptian-American actor Ahmed Ahmed spent the early years of his career playing terrorists and villains, dramatizing the very stereotypes […]
Teacher To Muslim Refugee Student: You’re A Terrorist, And I Can’t Wait Until Donald Trump Deports All You Muslims.
Source: Huffington Post BY Heather L. Weaver Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief CONTRIBUTOR Teacher To Muslim Refugee Student: You’re A Terrorist, And I Can’t Wait Until Donald Trump Deports All You Muslims. 11/03/2016 01:44 pm ET 3.5k Heather L. WeaverSenior Staff Attorney, ACLU Program on […]
Islam and Blackness: A Crossroads
Source: Huffington Post By Mohamud Awil Mohamed; Student of History and the Islamic Sciences, passionate about social justice, mental health and the liberating power of storytelling. Existing at perhaps the […]
Islamic world replete with conflicts over who is actually a Muslim
Source: Cleveland.com By Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in North Carolina, where he is a member of the Muslim Student Association. The […]
Video of a British woman chasing the man, who punched a Muslim train passenger in London, goes viral
Apparent racist attack on London Underground @BTP: hope perpetrator is found & faces justice for this despicable unprovoke assault pic.twitter.com/2lbiQffLmf — Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 18, 2016 Source: Twitter […]
Book Review: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age
Source of the book review: Amazon Book by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh Required reading from the founder of MuslimGirl.com—a harrowing and candid memoir about coming of age as a Muslim American in the […]
Being Muslim American in the year of Donald Trump
Source: CNN Story by MJ Lee; Video by Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN)Muslim Americans describe the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in […]
Islamophobia Just Drove This Boy And His Family Out Of America
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Oh and by the way, his dad fights terrorism for a living. “I’m done with the U.S.,” Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani’s wife told him on Friday. Seeing her youngest son, just 7 years old, walk off the school bus bruised and battered that afternoon outside their […]
Let’s Talk About All That Anti-Muslim Garbage In Your Newsfeeds
Source: The Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The Huffington Post As Donald Trump and other public figures have ratcheted up their anti-Muslim political speech this election cycle, you’ve probably […]
Muslims respond to Trump’s comments with #MuslimsReportStuff
Source: USA Today By Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network During the presidential debate Sunday, Donald Trump encouraged Muslims to report suspicious behavior when they see it happening. Trump made the comments when asked […]
“Isis Sucks!” Billboards Turning Heads
Sound Vision’s “Hey Isis, You Suck!” billboard campaign gets national coverage…and praise. Watch this CBS Chicago story.
Omar Alghabra Faces Racist Messages After Criticizing Tories On Anti-Islamophobia Motion
Source: Huffington Post OTTAWA — A Liberal MP received violent and racist messages on social media this week after he highlighted the refusal of some Conservative MPs to denounce all […]
Germany’s finance minister presses for a ‘German Islam’
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley | BERLIN A veteran ally of Angela Merkel urged Muslims in Germany on Sunday to develop a “German Islam” based on liberalism and tolerance, saying […]
New York City Is Taking Aim At Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post BY Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and violence, officials said. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, […]
Video: Obama: Why I won’t say ‘Islamic terrorism’
Source: CNN By Daniella Diaz, CNN Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has taken a lot of criticism from political opponents over his rhetoric when it comes to terrorism. But on Wednesday […]
California Is Trying To Keep Muslim And Sikh Students From Being Bullied
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Fifty-five percent of adolescent Muslim students in California say they’ve been targeted for their faith. In a move hailed by civil rights groups, California Gov. […]
The secret costs of Islamophobia
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)With Adele’s song “All I Ask” playing in the background, a Maryland teenager opened her computer and wrote an emotional letter to […]
6 takeaways from the first presidential debate
Source: CNN Hempstead, New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton stepped onto the debate stage Monday night determined to show that only one candidate is ready to be president. Clinton poked, prodded and […]