Challenging times for veiled women
No to Islamophobia Many veiled women living in the West may have found great comfort in the heartening call of President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen for all women to wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslims and fight what he described as “rampant Islamophobia”. For the left-wing former Austrian Green Party leader, the veil […]
Stop Islamophobia – Movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
The movie plot revolves around Omar, who was born in Bosnia to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. When the war in Bosnia started in 1984, Omar, only 8 years old at the time, immigrated with his mother to Rotterdam to start a new life after the disappearance of his father. As a teenager […]
What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate
The days after Election Day last year seemed to bring with them a rise in hate crimes and bias incidents. Reports filled social media and appeared in local news. There were the letters calling for the genocide of Muslims that were sent to Islamic centers from California to Ohio. And the swastikas that were scrawled […]
The US Supreme Court has empowered Trump’s Islamophobia
On Monday, December 4, the United States Supreme Court allowed the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to take immediate effect. The latest rendition of what is broadly called the “Muslim Ban”, a campaign promise that Trump delivered on three times during the first 10 months of his presidency, limits entry of nationals […]
Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos
President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by the deputy head of a British far-right group who has been convicted of a hate crime. One of them purports to show a Muslim beating up a Dutch boy on crutches. Another is described as showing an Islamist mob pushing a teenager of a […]
Teen Called a “Muslim B**ch” After Accusing Teacher
A Virginia teen who alleges a teacher pulled off her Islamic headscarf is now being harassed online by other students and another teacher from her school, a Muslim civil rights group has reported. Student Yasmin Yahye said last week that that teacher Lesmond Saunders removed her headscarf without her consent and has since told the […]
Muslim Leaders Outline Tools To Identify ISIS Recruitment, Prevent Terrorist Attacks [VIDEO]
A day after a self-proclaimed jihadist carried out the latest terrorist attack in New York City, more than three hundred Muslim and Interfaith leaders have published a new report, WISE Up: Knowledge Ends Extremism, to combat terrorism. They are requesting a sit-down, face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump and House and Senate leadership. The effort […]
Tell MAMA: Most Islamophobic attackers are white men
London, England – Anti-Muslim attacks in the UK rose 47 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year, according to a new report released by Tell MAMA, a hate crime monitor. The attacks were largely levelled at Muslim women – 56 percent of victims of 642 incidents were female. Sixty-six percent of perpetrators were male, […]
The Empire Files: The Most Dangerous Year for Muslims in America
Abby Martin interviews Dr. Deepa Kumar, professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, about the roots of this alarming situation. From confronting right-wing arguments, to examining the reality behind Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims, to how Islamophobia is a reinforcement and basis for the structures […]
Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani talks Islamophobia and racism on SNL
Pakistani-American comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani’s recently hosted Saturday Night Live in which he delivered a powerful monologue, tackling Islamophobia and racism he faced over the years. His film The Big Sick was a big hit this summer. The movie was inspired by the true story of his real-life wife’s Emily V. Nanjiani grew up […]