Religious Bigotry

Corporations Pulling Ads From All-American Muslim Are Engaged In Jim Crow-Style Discrimination

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Religious Bigotry, All American Muslim, Discrimination, Lowe's, Bigotry, Media News
Abdulrahman El-Sayed

By pulling its advertisements from a television show meant to normalize the Muslim experience, Lowe's and other corporations have tapped into that murky history of institutional discrimination.

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A New Lowe For Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Kari Ansari | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: All American Muslim, Religious Bigotry, Lowe's, Bigotry, Islam in America, Islam, Religious Tolerance, Islamophobia, Tlc All American Muslim, Muslim Americans, Lowes All American Muslim, Religion News
Kari Ansari

Sadly, a small group of anti-Islam bigots were able to hoodwink a major American retailer into thinking an innocuous show is some sort of stealth jihad on America.

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Bill Donohue Gets on The Ledge

Matthew Chapman | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Intolerance, Catholicism, Religious Bigotry, The Ledge, Religious Intolerance, Bill Donohue, Bigotry, The Ledge Film, Culture News
Matthew Chapman

If Bill Donahue traveled a little more he'd know there are many countries where attempts to censor criticism of religion -- as the Catholic League attempts to do -- are rightly considered archaic and repulsive.

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Open Letter To President Obama From A Muslim Family

Kari Ansari | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Anti-Shariah, Islam, The Middle East, Hate Crimes, Obama Muslims, Muslim Women, Obama-and-Muslim-Nations, President Barack Obama, Religious Bigotry, Islam in America, Osama Bin Laden, Religion News
Kari Ansari

While I appreciate your encouraging statements to the people of the Muslim world, I couldn't help feeling that many Americans are not setting the example of which you spoke when it comes to our own Muslim citizens.

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Addressing Religion-Based Bigotry

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faith in America, Religion Based-Bigotry, Mitchell Gold, Gay Rights, Religious Homophobia, LGBT Issues, LGBT Organizations, Religious Bigotry, LGBT Equality, Religion News
Wayne Besen

This month, Faith in America released a comprehensive report, "Addressing Religious Arguments to Achieve LGBT Equality." The strategy memorandum boldly confronts religious arguments head on and offers solutions.

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Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mormon, Burris, Impeachment, Blaggy, Representative Rush, Lord Has Ordained, Obama, Reconstruction, Race, Republican, Blagojevich, Politics, Revels, Bobby Rush, Senate Seat, Wallace, Reed Smoot, Religious Bigotry, Rush, Racism, Qualifications, Black, Faubus, Mississippi, Plantation, Reid, Illinois, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Appointment, Smoot, Garrett Davis, Roland Burris, Kentucky, Democrat, Appointee, Senate Appointment, Barack Obama, Yellow Dog, The Lord, Racial Politics, Hiram Revels, Religion, Chris Weigant, African American, Appointer, Harry Reid, Plantation Politics, Utah, Obama Senate Seat, Senate, Bull Connor, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

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