Islamophobia

Romney: Going Negative, Subtly

James Zogby | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Hilary Clinton, Birthers, Patriotism, Xenophobia, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Gop, Jeremiah Wright, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney 2012, Romney 2012, Politics News
James Zogby

It is important to note some worrisome signs indicating that Mitt Romney and his campaign may have opted for a more subtle approach to establishing the "otherness" of Barack Obama.

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The Media's Limitations and Manipulations

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Politics, Media Manipulation, Corporations, Media, News Corporation, Media Bias, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Media News
Ziad El-Hady

All social, political and economic policies and debates are communicated through our media. Therefore, the breadth of our democratic experience is largely defined by the structure of the media and its content.

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'We Are Not At War With Islam'

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Homeland Security, Terrorism, George W. Bush, American Muslims, Guantanamo, Nypd Surveillance, Fbi, Barack Obama, Islam in America, Religion News
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz

This incessant message of denial is hard to swallow by many sectors of our society. The sad reality is that our nation has institutionalized vigilance based on stereotypical ethnic and religious profiling.

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The Dictator Misses the Point

Munira Syeda | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: The Dictator, Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Arab Americans, American Muslims, Sacha Baron Cohen the Dictator, Islamophobia, Sacha Baron Cohen, Entertainment News
Munira Syeda

Isn't it possible to be entertaining, humorous and intelligent all at the same time? We appreciate thought-provoking, envelope-pushing entertainment; Muslim and Arab communities are not above that.

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Think Before You Stereotype

Iman Hariri-Kia | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: 9/11, September 11, Islamophobia, Racial Stereotypes, Teen News
Iman Hariri-Kia

After the Iraq War started, a girl came up to me on the playground and shouted, "Pick a side, terrorist." Her father was serving in the American military in Iraq and she assumed that was where I was from.

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Which Is Scarier: Terrorists or Superheroes?

Daniel Moulthrop | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, The 99, The 99 Comic Book, Daniel Pipes, Cleveland Bridge Bombers, Muslim Superheroes, Impact News
Daniel Moulthrop

A terrorist plot was recently exposed in Greater Cleveland, but if you ask the pundits who spend full time hours worrying about terrorism, though, the big threat to Cleveland isn't bomb plots. It's superheroes.

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Bin Laden Is Still Alive

Kashif N. Chaudhry | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslim Americans, Osama Bin Laden, United States Islam, Politics News
Kashif N. Chaudhry

America is a great place. Our greatness lies in our plurality, tolerance and freedom and rejection of all forms of bigotry. To provide complete closure to Osama bin Laden's victims, therefore, we must all work to account for all of his crimes -- including rising Islamophobia.

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The U.S.'s Unwelcoming Approach To Welcoming Foreigners

Philip Seib | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Discrimination, Lax, US Immigration and Customs, Public Diplomacy, Travel News
Philip Seib

Presumably, the training of the men and women working at U.S. entry points includes instruction in the religions and cultures of the people they will encounter. In this case, at least, the training didn't work.

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Is It Safe For A Muslim Woman To Wear The Hijab In America?

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Burqa, American Islamophobia, Islamophobia, Hate Crimes, Hijab, Shaima Alawadi, Trayvon Martin, Niqab, Honor Killing, Islam, Video, Religion News
Jacques Berlinerblau

What is it like for a Muslim-American woman to wear a hijab in public? Does this particular religious attire render its wearers vulnerable to verbal and physical violence?

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Anders Breivik's Victims -- Also Guilty

Barry Lando | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islamophobia, Israel, Anders Behring Breivik, Pamela Geller, Politics News
Barry Lando

At his trial, Anders Behring Breivik shocked onlookers when he announced he would "like to offer an apology" to those innocent bystanders injured in his bombing of a building last July. As for the other 69 people who he gunned down -- well, that was something else: They bore some of the fault themselves.

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Allen West Warns Of 'Cultural Suicide'

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Fbi Training, Video, Fbi Training Muslims, Fbi Training Manual, Allen West, Fbi, Allen West Cultural Suicide, Slidepollajax, Fbi Manual, Allen West Fbi, Allen West Muslim Brotherhood, Politics News

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) sounded the alarm on Monday over the FBI's decision to scrap nearly 900 pages of training materials that had been determined ...

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Thoughts Born From Yom HaShoah 2012

Rabbi Ted Falcon | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Ted Falcon

There is no adequate way to embrace the horrors of annihilation, of the Jewish people and of so many others, during those terrible Nazi years. Beyond name though it might be, it is important to remember, not only for our own sake, but also for the world's.

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The U.S. and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddling Iran Islamophobia?

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Iran, Islamophobia, James Risen, New York Times, Juan Cole, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Nuclear Program, Edward Said, Orientalism, Ny Times Iran, u.s. Iran Talks, Media News
Robert Naiman

Last Saturday -- the same day the United States and Iran were having "constructive and useful" discussions on Iran's nuclear program in Istanbul -- the New York Times published a piece titled, "Seeking Nuclear Insight in Fog of the Ayatollah's Utterances."

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Anders Breivik -- Our Standard Bearer?

Barry Lando | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, American Islamophobia, Anders Breivik, Pamela Geller, Anders Breivik Trial, World News
Barry Lando

Deranged he may be, but his beliefs and bloody actions are very much a natural product of the mounting fear and hatred of Muslims throughout much of Europe these past few years, as well as the United States.

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Muslims As Ordinary People: What’s The Angle?

Imran Ahmad | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims, Religious Discrimination, American Muslims, Religion News
Imran Ahmad

From an early age -- despite being a boring Muslim from embarrassing Pakistan -- I had decided that I was going to belong, rather than wallow in self-segregation and resentment like many from my 'home' country.

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Why Islamophobia Must Fail - The Case of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Rabia Chaudry | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Religion and Politics, Muslim Americans, Fear Inc, Islam in America, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Religion News
Rabia Chaudry

The politicians who continue to be used to spread or confirm the network's ugly narrative must realize something very important: while winning small battles, they are losing the war.

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The Golden Rule, for Each and All

Christopher Holshek | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Religion, Fearmongering, National Security, Iraq War, Civil-Military Operations, Christianity, Christians, Tolerance, Iraq, Golden Rule, Religious Tolerance, Foreign Policy, Impact News
Christopher Holshek

Sitting at his right hand in front of thousands of worshipers, hearing him refer to me as "his brother in faith," it was as exhilarating as my first firefight in combat -- except much more pleasant and uplifting.

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Narnia in the Eyes of A Young Muslim Reader

Imran Ahmad | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: James Bond, Muslim, Narnia, Muslims, Children's Books, Pakistan, The Chronicles of Narnia, Islamophobia, Anti-Islam, Religion News
Imran Ahmad

Decades later, I still find it hard to reconcile the fact that the Narnia books are immensely enjoyable children's stories with the theological undercurrents which Lewis has woven into them.

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Steps the FBI Must Take to Remedy Misinformation Campaign About Arabs and Muslims

James Zogby | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Police, Ethnic Profiling, Fbi, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Bigotry, Arab Americans, Politics News
James Zogby

There must be an acknowledgment of the wrong that has been done to our communities and to our country's ability to respectfully engage with Arabs and Muslims. This is vital to our future as Americans.

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Go Back to My Country?

Melody Moezzi | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Islamophobia, Shaima Alawadi, Shaima Alawadi Death, Iraq, United States, My Story, U.S., Culture News
Melody Moezzi

You never forget the first time you're told to "go back to your country." It's like being punched in the heart and stomach simultaneously.

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American Apartheid? The Republican "Dream" Scheme

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Immigration, Gay Rights, Marco Rubio, DREAM Act, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Michael B. Keegan

The real cruelty of this Republican proposal is that it seeks to take advantage of the desperation of some DREAM Act-eligible youth to avoid deportation. The Republican proposal offers them that in the short term, but at the price of second-class status for the rest of their lives. They deserve better.

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Three Killings: California, Florida, France

John Feffer | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Economic Justice, Mohamed Merah, Shaima Alawadi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Trayvon Martin, Xenophobia, Tribalism, Utopia, World News
John Feffer

When our notion of the common good, of commonwealth, begins to disintegrate, all that is left are tribes defending their turf, standing their ground, enclosing their land.

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Toulouse Killings -- When Do We Download the Video?

Barry Lando | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Toulouse, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics News
Barry Lando

The cold-blooded killing of a rabbi and three students at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France yesterday have left the French shocked -- and dismayed. ...

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Penalizing Criticism Of Islam Threatens Free Speech And Reforms

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Cairo Declaration, Arab Spring, Hillary Clinton, Blasphemy, Cartoon Intifada, Free Speech, Islam, Sharia, Ahmadis, Christian Persecution, Blasphemy Laws, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

The eminent Turkish Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was recently welcomed in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. However, this organization has an agenda to criminalize criticism of Islam, which threatens to strangle dissent and reform.

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We Are All Muslims: A Sikh Response To Islamophobia In The NYPD And Beyond

Sonny Singh | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Sikhism, Hate Crimes, Muslim Americans, Nypd Spying, Nypd Demographics Unit, Sikh Americans, Religious Tolerance, Interfaith, Nypd, Religion News
Sonny Singh

What is it going to take for Sikhs and Muslims to join together in solidarity against the common enemies of racist harassment and violence, racial and religious profiling, and Islamophobic bigotry?

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