Made in the USA Islamophobia
The recent in-depth investigation into Islamophobia carried out by the Center for American Progress in the United States can be described as a catastrophic tragedy in the rotten US policies.
Archive for August, 2011
REPORT: $42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel The Rise Of Islamophobia In America
The report, titled “Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America,” lifts the veil behind the hate, follows the money, and identifies the names of foundations …
Aug 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Background of Islamophobia
One may suggest that religion is no longer a decisive factor in shaping social or political life in Europe thanks to secularism, democracy, human rights and other secular European ideals.
Aug 27, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Anti-Muslim Blogger Pamela Geller Lashes Out At Islamophobia Report: ‘Pile Of Dung Masquerading As Research’
Geller, much like her colleagues Robert Spencer and David Horowitz, uses the report as an opportunity to solicit readers for contributions while never meaningfully challenging the factual accuracy of the 130-page report on Geller and her anti-Muslim allies.
Aug 27, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Sharia Paranoia Industry is very lucrative
These efforts however, won’t succeed as long as Republican leaders continue to tacitly and sometimes explicitly embrace and enable those in the Sharia Panic Industry
Aug 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
5 Questions About Glenn Beck’s Restoring Courage Rally
Glenn Beck’s Israel adventure, Restoring Courage, is in full swing. This raises a few questions about the former Fox News host and his political power.
Aug 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
COVERING-UP, UNCOVERED: The Veil’s Revival
She also emphasizes that the Muslim Brotherhood in particular has a long-standing commitment to social justice, including provision of education and medical treatment to the poor …
Aug 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Muslim Brotherhood Can Be a Moderate Voice in Islamist Politics
If Egypt’s Islamists are able to successfully reconcile Islam and democracy, it would discredit extremist groups who rely on violence, and not the political process, to achieve their goals.
Aug 22, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslims Smash Right-Wing Stereotypes
It’s probably safe to say that while the Muslim community may have advanced, the general perceptions of it by the rest of America has not gone beyond middle school.
Aug 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslim Brotherhood: Structure & Spread
Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is one of the most important Islamic movements in the Arab world and the Muslim world. It represents a broad and distinguished trend within modern Islamic thought.
Aug 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Commentary: MB and Democracy, Mutually Exclusive?
Latest events in the Middle East, particularly Egypt following the January 25 revolution, have proven that the conservative Muslim Brotherhood is the true pro-democracy advocate, compared to liberal groups which ironically behaved so undemocratically after the fall of the regime.
Aug 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
10th Anniversary of 9/11 and Muslim Americans: the Need for a New Narrative
Islamophobia grew exponentially, as witnessed in America’s 2008 presidential and 2010 congressional elections, Park 51 and post-Park 51 anti-mosque and so-called anti-Shariah campaigns, as well as increased hate speech and violence
Aug 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Islam and Europe: An Equal and Opposite Reaction
Rather than the “clash of civilisations” advocated by Islamophobes, those who seek social and economic justice can find inspiration in the eternal truths of Islam, looking to Europe’s own Islamo-Christian heritage.
Aug 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Hate Group Head Pamela Geller, Breitbart Label SPLC “Threat To Freedom”
Pamela Geller, the head of a Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) certified hate group has decided to add the SPLC to her new “Threat to Freedom Index.”
Aug 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Tariq Alhomayed: Do the Egyptians trust the Muslim Brotherhood?
Of course, the Muslim Brotherhood’s rejection of the constitutional principles means that they have fallen into the trap they had set for the young people and other civil political forces.
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Fox’s Bolling: ‘We’re Keeping An Eye On’ Chris Christie’s Muslim Judge Appointee
Yesterday on Fox Business, host Eric Bolling ran an entire 7-minute Islamophobic, fearmongering segment hyping the myth that Sharia law is creeping its way into the United States.
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Debunking stereotypes of Muslim Americans
The report, which is based primarily on polling conducted in 2010, covers politics, social identity and religious engagement. And some of the results radically undermine popular stereotypes of Muslims Americans.
Aug 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Using Shariah to create fear
Oklahoma recently passed anti-Shariah legislation that is being challenged in court, but twenty other states have introduced legislation similar to Oklahoma’s.
Aug 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Racism and Islamophobia in America
Three books recently published by the American radical publisher Clarity Press reflect different aspects of racism in the US, which even under a black president is unfortunately alive and well, promoted in US policy at home and abroad — if not officially.
Robert Spencer Admits “Islam Makes” Most Muslims “Very Moral”
At some point, Spencer must have had a “change of heart” and decided all his years of attacking Muslims as a whole, the Prophet, and the Quran wasn’t really fair.
Aug 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Why Aren’t There More Muslim Terrorists?
Charles Kurzman begs to differ. In his new book, The Missing Martyrs, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill sociology professor rejects that Muslims are especially prone to violent extremism.
Aug 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Germany’s Unhealthy Obsession with Islam
Muslims in Germany have been accused of many things, from threatening the feminist cause to trying to destroy German society through “demographic jihad.” It isn’t the Muslims that are the problem, however, but rather our obsession with Islam.