Juan Cole: How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks
1. Stop calling Daesh “the Islamic State.” They are manipulating you. They aren’t a state and they aren’t Islamic. If some fringe cult took over some villages in Mexico and called itself “The Vatican,” then committed terrorism, would journalists blithely say on air “Today, the Vatican killed 39 and injured 200 with a bomb belt”? […]
Vince Hatt: Do our Muslim neighbors hate us?
“I think Islam hates us,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump confidently asserted. I have many images in my head that say it’s true. Here are two: Muslims praising Allah as they pilot airplanes into the Twin Towers and, secondly, Muslims shouting “death to America” as they burn our flags in the streets of the Middle […]
Who is Frank Gaffney?
Once a respectable Washington insider, Frank Gaffney Jr. is now one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes. About Frank Gaffney Jr. Once a respectable Washington insider, Frank Gaffney Jr. is now one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes. Gripped by paranoid fantasies about Muslims destroying the West from within, Gaffney believes that “creeping Shariah,” or Islamic religious […]
You’ll Be Surprised What Your Body Can Do During a Fast!
Philip Weeks discusses the potential health benefits of fasting. Not only can it help you lose weight, but it can have many other health benefits as well. Find out how the body changes when calories are restricted and how it can shift into a different, yet healthy mode. Transcript Scott: I want to talk about […]
Ted Cruz Plays Dumb About Frank Gaffney’s Hateful Rhetoric
Frank Gaffney is, without any doubt, one of the top dealers in Islamophobic hate speech. He’s also on Ted Cruz’s foreign policy team now. Wolf Blitzer took a moment to ask Cruz about Gaffney’s past statements and whether Cruz stands behind them. Like the coward that he is, Cruz chose to stick his head in […]
EDITORIAL: Next president will have to undo Obama’s damage
There are important lessons for the United States in the arrest in Brussels of one of the planners of the Paris massacre of last November. Salah Abdeslam was arrested in the Belgian capital’s notorious, largely Muslim quarter of Molenbeek, where he had lived openly, free of worry about arrest. This identifies a problem that the […]
Struggles of Single Muslim Woman
BEING A SINGLE working mother, I have my battles set out for me. From the moment I wake up, till the time I get back into my bed, every day is a roller coaster. Intensity fluctuates of course, but life is interesting at all times. And all of it is not negative, of course not. […]
CAIR Expresses Solidarity with People of Belgium Following Attacks
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the people of Belgium following attacks in that nation’s capital that left more than 30 people dead and many more injured. In a statement, CAIR said: “We express our solidarity […]
Hillel executive refutes charges of ‘Islamophobia’
Rutgers J Street U founders Thomas Krapin and Samantha Glass were among the coauthors of an op-ed calling on Hillel executive director Andrew Getraer to apologize for his “Islamophobic” remarks. Photo by Debra Rubin Hillel executive director Andrew Getraer said he encourages Muslim-Jewish interfaith programs and has never discouraged J Street U students from participating […]
Hamas Removes Images of Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood Slogans after Its Agreement with Cairo
The organisation is embracing new attitudes to ease tensions with Egypt The organisation Hamas that rules over the Gaza Strip has removed Muslim Brotherhood slogans and pictures of their leaders including the group’s founder Hassan Al-Banna and former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. It is thought that this surprising step is linked to the agreement that […]