SOURCE: WAR IS BORING BY: JUAN COLE It’s hard today even to imagine that, in the late 1980s, the right-wing Christian Voice Magazine published a “candidate’s biblical scoreboard,” urging its readers to rate their politicians by how “biblically” they cast their ballots in Congress. One key measure of this — did that legislator support the … Continued
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH BY: FARID HAFEZ Many Muslims still remember the killing of a pregnant Muslim woman in a German court based on anti-Muslim motivation. On July 1, 2009, Marwa was stabbed to death by the attacker, who openly revealed his anti-Muslim bias. Five years later on July 1, 2014, a Muslim student union launched … Continued
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION For many, Muslim veiling represents the oppression of women in Islam. The head and/or face veils are a frequent topic of debate, which suggests that “saving” Muslim women from their oppressive religion is a moral duty of the West. But focusing on the (in)visibility of women in Islam does not help the … Continued
The #AfterSeptember11 hashtag tells the stories of those who faced hatred and prejudice after the 9/11 attacks SOURCE: SCARY MOMMY BY: VALERIE WILLIAMS Three years ago, Jessica Talwar, a political science student at Loyola University, began the hashtag #AfterSeptember11 so people could share stories of being targeted for being Muslim or having brown skin after the … Continued
‘I’ve been called everything from a terrorist to a cockroach.’ SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: MICHA FRAZER-CARROLL A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures in just two days. It comes in the wake of outrage at Boris Johnson for comparing Muslim women who wear the burka to … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: MELISSA LEVINSON Donald Trump’s travel ban, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, is wreaking havoc on Muslim families, forcing some Americans to leave the United States for countries in the midst of devastating wars in order to reunite with loved ones. The resilience ― and, among some Americans, popularity ― of the … Continued
SOURCE: HUFFPOST BY: ROWAIDA ABDELAZIZ AND CHRISTOPHER MATHIAS KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― It was just after 8 p.m. last Friday at the Living Room Theatre, a repurposed auto showroom in downtown Kansas City, when the lights went down. One by one, the cast of area locals took the stage and addressed the audience. “I’m the … Continued
In the shadows during the Obama administration, Islamophobia has come out into the light under Trump. The silver lining is that it can now be challenged. SOURCE: TRT WORLD BY: KHALED BEYDOUN On June 26, 2018, the United States Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s executive order, widely dubbed as the “Muslim Ban.” This decision … Continued
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH BY: HATEM BAZIAN Mesut Özil, the German National Team player, posted a letter on July 22, 2018 explaining his reasons for retirement from the German team and international competitions. One sentence in Özil’s letter crystalized the predicament that racial, ethnic and religious minority players face across Europe: “I am German when we … Continued
SOURCE: SALON BY: SOPHIA A. MCCLENNEN June 2018 was an especially bad month for the status of Muslims in America. First, we learned that a new study showed that many Americans view Muslims in the United States as insufficiently “American,” and almost 20 percent would deny Muslim citizens the right to vote. Then, the Supreme Court upheld President Donald … Continued
SOURCE: TRUTH DIG BY: ARNOLDS R. ISAACS Imagine that a nominee for secretary of state had shared platforms with white nationalist Richard B. Spencer and been given a major award by his National Policy Institute, which describes itself as “an independent organization dedicated to the heritage, identity, and future of people of European descent in the United … Continued
SOURCE: WISCONSIN MUSLIM JOURNAL As Donald Trump enters the second year of his four-year term as a president, many began unpacking their initial impressions of his unexpected victory and controversial administration. One of them is Louise Cainkar, a sociologist and associate professor of Sociology and Social Welfare and Justice at Marquette University where she also … Continued
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