New Report Explores the Global Diversity & Inclusion Tipping Point
BOWIE, Md., June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — What do Brexit, islamophobia, Caitlyn Jenner, colorism, and technology all have in common? In a new report, The Winters Group suggests they all contribute to The Global Diversity and Inclusion Tipping Point. The highly anticipated report, The Global D&I Tipping Point: 11 Key Trends in Diversity & Inclusion, […]
The great divide of Islam – Shia vs. Sunni
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2016 – Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has experienced a crushing wave of Islamophobia. These sentiments have only been strengthened throughout the past 15 years as indiscriminate terrorist attacks have taken place around the world. People want someone to blame after the loss of a friend […]
Fear Sells – Islamophobia is Big Business
According to a report released today by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley, 33 Islamophobic groups had access to at least $205,000,000 in total revenue between 2008-2013. Not bad business for fear-mongering and inciting hatred and bigotry, after all, we all know fear sells. We […]
New CAIR, UC Berkeley Report Reveals Funding, Negative Impact of Islamophobic Groups in America
‘Confronting Fear’ offers four-point strategy to counter Islamophobia in the United States WASHINGTON, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to a report released today by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley, 33 Islamophobic groups had access to at least $205 million in total revenue between […]
Chelsea Clinton campaigns for Hillary in N.J. ahead of decisive primary
Chelsea Clinton traveled through New Jersey on Monday asking voters to support her mother in what she called the most important presidential election of her lifetime. Clinton made stops in North Bergen and East Hanover touting the record of her mother Hillary Clinton as First Lady of Arkansas and in the White House, as a […]
Largest US Muslim center targets spike in Islamophobia
LANHAM, United States (AFP) — Sitting on a red and green carpet inside a mosque in a suburb of Washington, Nabill Abdulle describes an invisible force. You can’t see it, he says, but “it’s there.” Islamophobia haunts the Muslims of Lanham, Maryland — 30 minutes north of the US capital — as the country’s divisive […]
Study: Hate Speech in US Election Campaigns Encourages Attacks on Muslims
TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamophobic attacks in the United States have risen since the launch of the US presidential campaign, a new study from Georgetown University revealed. The study noted that Islamophobia in the US was already steadily rising in recent years, but the presidential election campaign seems to have prompted a significant spike in aggression towards […]
When Islamophobia Turns Violent: The 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections
Posted on May 2, 2016 at 3:33 pm. Written by Bridge Initiative Team EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report highlights trends and patterns surrounding Islamophobia since the start of the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle. It does so in the broader context of hatred, violence and social hostilities confronting Muslims as a minority faith group in contemporary America […]
Don’t Forget That Islamophobia Targets Another Peaceful Religious Group, Too
Islamophobia has long been inextricable from the social fabric of the West. It is a symptom of imperialism and a generic fear of the “other,” and attacks like those in San Bernardino, Paris, and Boston these past few years have only served to aggravate it. It is as though the West is incapable of humanizing […]
Hundreds of US Cops Gather to Hear Accused Islamophobe Lecture on Islam and Terrorism
Around 800 police officers will descend on the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York, this week to attend the New York Tactical Officers Association Conference. Over three days, officers can attend dozens of workshops designed to prepare them for combat: there are training modules for the AR-15 rifle, a seminar on how to hide […]