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Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, Swiss Vote, Switzerland, Terrorism, Tariq Ramadan, European Muslims, Democracy, Minaret Ban, Islamophobia, Minarets, Fascism, Muslims, Bnp, Swiss Minaret Ban, Geert Wilders, World News
Ahmed Rehab

To ban an architectural form that scares you is a thing of prehistoric naiveté.The shortsightedness of the anti-minaret campaign is fueled by more than fear. It is fueled by hate.

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Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?

John L. Esposito | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Swiss Minaret Ban, Islam, Europe, Freedom Party, Switzerland, The Netherlands, European Parliament, Danish People's Party, Minaret Ban, British National Party, World News
John L. Esposito

The Swiss minaret ban, like some other European countries' policies, highlights a failure of Western liberalism and raises fundamental questions about religious discrimination and freedom of religion.

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Passive European Muslims Partially To Blame for Swiss Minaret Ban

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Kosovo, Holocaust, Danish Cartoons, Mosques, Swiss People's Party, Minaret Ban, Burka, European-Muslims, Swiss Minaret Ban, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.

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Hijab Case: Why Bigoted Battery Makes For A Hate Crime

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Richard Roeper, Michael O'Connell, Anti-Muslim, Valerie Kenney, Hate Crime, Tinley Park, Amal Abusumayah, Bigotry, Matthew Shepard, Marwa El Sherbini, Chicago News
Ahmed Rehab

Amal Abusumayah, a 28-year-old American mother of four young girls, was going about her usual shopping when she was randomly treated to a dose of derogatory comments about her faith.

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Terror Fears Scarier Than Guantanamo Bay Suspects in the Heartland

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Violence Against Muslims, Valerie Kenney, Tinley Park Illinois, Thomson Illinois Prison, Islamophobia, Fort Hood, Mark Kirk, Guantanamo Bay, Backlash, Nidal Malik Hasan, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

I'm less scared of the possibility of an armed Islamic radical coming into my life than I am about the everyday bigots.

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Why The Right Is Wrong On Ft. Hood

Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sesame Street, Ft Hood Shooting, Michelle Obama, Right Wing, Michelle Malkin, Islamophobia, Iraq War, Rwanda Genocide, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, American Muslims, Fox News, Religious Right, Muslim, Sesame Street 40th Anniversary, Hindu-Militants, Christian Right, Military, James Allison, Politics News
Azam Nizamuddin

In the Ft. Hood aftermath, we shouldn't allow right-wing hooliganism, wherever it stems from, to dictate how we view tragedies and interpret human beings with cultures and religions separate from our own.

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Fort Hood Tragedy Is Being Exploited To Bolster Discrimination

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslim, Fort Hood, Islamophobia, Terrorism, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

Our law enforcement and national security policies need to deal with all extremist perspectives vigorously and vigilantly, but there's no justification for any "backlash" against Arab or Muslim Americans in general.

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Illinois GOP Orchestrates Smear Campagin Against Muslim Civic Organization CAIR

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Fort Hood, Illinois Republicans, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Illinois Politics, Fort Hood Shootings, Republicans, Chicago News
Naazish YarKhan

I am shocked, but should I really be? Yesterday the Illinois GOP issued a press release baselessly accusing a respected Islamic civil rights organization of being anti-Semitic.

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Cairo to Fort Hood: Broader Engagement at Home and Abroad

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Science Envoy Program, Islam, Fort Hood, Physicians, Veterans Day, Anderson Cooper, In the Land of Invisible Women, Taliban, Waco, State Department, Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Al Qaeda, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Zakat, Islamophobia, Unabomber, Jihad, Armistice Day, Saudi Arabia, Cnn, Insomnia, New York Times, Nidal Malik Hasan, Hillary Clinton, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Ground Zero, Politics News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.

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Marwa al-Sherbini, Murdered Egyptian Woman, "Stabbed With Considerable Force"

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Marwa Al-Sherbini, Islamophobia, Murder, Marwa-Al-Sherbini, Alexander Wiens, Germany, World News

DRESDEN, Germany — A medical expert testified Tuesday that a knife attack on a 31-year-old Egyptian woman in a German court room caused serious ...

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Malaysia's Government Goes Islamic: Commentary

RealClearWorld | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Malaysia Islam, Islamic Radicalism, Malaysia, Malaysia Muslims, Asia, World News

In Malaysia's current political climate, it is no longer possible to distinguish Islamic radicals from Islamic moderates. Despite official boasting ab...

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Who's On First?: Haters, Conspiracists and the Conspiracists Who Hate Them

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, World Net Daily, Orly Taitz, Hate, Cair, Michael Savage, Alan Keyes, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

With unemployment in the United States at a 26 year high of 9.8% and the UK not far behind, a sector of the economy in both nations is booming -- extremism.

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Institutional Islamophobia and the Politics of a Minor's Choice

Abukar Arman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Islamophobia, Frank Gaffney, Blake Lorenz, Global Revolution Church, Neocons, Robert Spencer, Right Wing, Rifqa Bary, John Stemberger, Florida Courts, Home News
Abukar Arman

The case of Rifqa Bary has set the stage for the ideological bankrupt neocons and right wing evangelicals to pursue another desperate attempt to resuscitate their all but defunct "clash of civilization" scare.

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Yale and the Danish Cartoons

Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Racism, Christianity, Islam, John Bolton, Danish Cartoon Scandal, Yale, World News
Kamran Pasha

Muslims have always used art, including fiction, to spread the message of Islam. We have just forgotten our own heritage.

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Has Islamophobia Run Amok in America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Islamophobia, India, Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, Abdul Kalam, Anti-Muslim Bias, Bollywood Stars, Airport Security, Cold War, Fbi-Counterterrorism, Al Qaeda, US China Relations, Counterterrorism, Post 9/11, Soviet Union, Politics News
Sheldon Filger

As America becomes increasingly seen as hostile to Muslims irrespective of who they are, while China is perceived as welcoming, these trends will translate into economic realities.

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The Islam-Basher and the Librarian Kerfuffle

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Spencer, Islam, American Library Association, Islamophobia, jihadwatch.com, Politics News
Ahmed Rehab

A controversy erupted last week in Chicago after it was publicly revealed that a noted anti-Islam blogger had been invited to an American Library Association panel.

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European Islamophobia A Creeping Threat: Analysis

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Jews, Marwa Sherbini, Germany, European Islamophobia, Foreign Affairs, European Racism, Europe, Muslim, Advocacy, Anti-Muslims, Egypt, World News
Firas Al-Atraqchi

European leaders must immediately condemn Sherbini's murder, hold her killer accountable, and acknowledge that Islamophobia is a growing threat--otherwise, they are precariously close to repeating past horrors.

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Is Obama America's First Muslim President? I Wish!

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Obama, Obama Muslim, Frank Gaffney, President Obama, Politics News
Dean Obeidallah

Why do I truly wish that President Obama was really a Muslim? Because he is cool. In fact, he may be the coolest guy out there right now. Hence Muslim would equal cool.

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Barack Obama and Islam

John L. Esposito | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-and-Islam, Islamophobia, Jerry Falwell, Cairo, Obama Muslim, Prophet Mohammed, Islamic Radicalism, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Pat Robertson, Muslim World, Islamo-Fascism, Politics News
John L. Esposito

Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.

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Winning The War On Terror

Russell Simmons | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Global Grind, Islamophobia, Muslim, Barack Obama, Russell Simmons, Obama Middle East, Obama Middle East Speech, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Russell Simmons

I was brought to tears by the president's simple, but truthful approach to building a bridge with the Muslim world.

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Engaging American Muslims Will Give a Far Better Message to the Muslim World than Speeches

Abdul Malik Mujahid | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Islamophobia, Hyde Park, Egypt, President Obama, American Muslims, Torture, Foreign Policy, World News
Abdul Malik Mujahid

Muslims are not looking for handouts. We're simply striving for equal opportunity and inclusiveness.

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Have You Ever Heard of the 'Muslim Effect'?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Islamophobia, Islam, Orhan Pamuk, Orhan-Pamuk, Moderates, Samuel-Huntington, Muslims, Muslim, Muhammad Yunus, Clash of Civilizations, Osama Bin Laden, Mohammed Yunus, Foreign Policy, Iran, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.

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German Mosque Protest Spurs Street Scuffles

Al Jazeera | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Religion, Germany, Mosque Protest, Foreign Affairs, European Muslims, Advocacy, German Muslims, World News

Scuffles have broken out after about 1,600 people demonstrated against a rally held by a group opposing the building of a mosque in the German city of...

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How Religions Were United by 'Faith Fighter'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Islamophobia, Hinduism, Faith Fighter, Saudi Arabia, Jesus, Christianity, Video Games, Buddhism, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

I guess when it comes to religion vs. freedom of expression... the game will never be 'over'!

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Islamic Group Forces Site To Remove Satirical Religious Video Game "Faith Fighter"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Muhammad, Islam, Faith Fighter, Un Anti-Racism Conference, Video Gamers, Un Declaration of Human Rights, Islamophobia, Hinduism, Mohammed Cartoon, Controversial Cartoon, Prophet Mohammed, Middle East, Durban, Christianity, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Buddhism, Video Games, Durban 2009, Durban Ii, Durban Conference, Video Games and Politics, Molleindustria, Faith Fighter Game, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, World News

The Saudi-based Islamic group Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) spoke out Tuesday against "Faith Fighter" -- an online video game that pits...

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