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Liberty and Justice for Non-Muslims
Since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, genuine concerns about national security as well as politicking and fear have led to a shift in the balance between civil liberties and law enforcement.
Apr 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11
Twenty Muslim-Americans were indicted for violent terrorist plots in 2011, down from 26
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Muslim superhero comics meet resistance in U.S.
Al-Mutawa isn’t shy about responding to the criticism his comics have received in the U.S. “There is nothing different from them and the extremists in my country,” he says. “They are just as bad. They are just intellectual terrorists.”
Oct 05, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Islamophobia Network Targets Top Performing American Schools
The firm is planning a campaign to counteract Islamophobia in America and was conducting interviews with Washington policymakers who have addressed this topic.
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
MTA Rejects Pamela Geller’s Subway Advertisement That Calls Muslims ‘Savages’ (PHOTO)
“Yeah! Why is everyone shocked at the word “savage?” Or the phrase “war between the civilized man and the savage?” It’s not as if that phrase has ever been used in history to suppress minorities or advance theories of white supremacy. Nope.”
Al Arabiya Poll: Some Arabs Justify 9/11 And Deny Al-Qaeda’s Culpability; I Say: Yeah, So What? (I)
Out of the 220,000 Arabs who participated, 23% believed Al-Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and 26% did not. 36% said that the attacks were justified and 38% that they were not.
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Six
“Fear” is a key word when considering the future of the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the US. This multifaceted fear can be explained for a number of reasons.
Sep 17, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Five
The American invasion of Iraq led to a significant deterioration in the relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood organizations. Many Muslim Brotherhood members had frozen or restricted their contact with American officials
Sep 15, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Four
There are at least two levels of relations between the various Islamic organizations in the region; the first is on the level of ‘coordination of ideologies and positions’, and the second is the ‘coordination on an organizational, operational and financial’ level.
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Three
The General Statute of the international organization of the MB, which was ratified on July 29 1982, emphasized that security, political and financial constriction upon country-based organizations affiliated to the MB is an incentive for the organization to endorse international cooperation.
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part Two
The main question is: do the rules of the game allow for the equal participation of concerned parties, Islamists and secularists, liberals and leftists?
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Brotherhood and America Part One
There are three major events that have shaped the Western world’s knowledge of political Islam; namely, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1981 assassination of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat and the 9/11 attacks.
Sep 12, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
September 11th And The Legacy Of Islamophobia In America
Despite the fact that those responsible for the unnecessary deaths on September 11 were by no means identical to the majority of Muslims in America, and the fact that over 300 people who died that day were Muslim, the unwarranted hatred continued.
Sep 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Don’t Fear Islamic Law in America
a bill recently passed by the Tennessee General Assembly equates Shariah with a set of rules that promote “the destruction of the national existence of the United States.”
Sep 05, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
David Yerushalmi, The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement
Since last year, more than two dozen states have considered measures to restrict judges from consulting Shariah, or foreign and religious laws more generally. The statutes have been enacted in three states so far.
Aug 03, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
The Great Islamophobic Crusade
(CBS) Max Blumenthal is a writing fellow for the Nation Institute and author of the bestselling book Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party (Nation Books). This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
Dec 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
GR White Paper: Islamophobia And The New York Mosque Controversy
Religious and racial prejudices, political opportunism, and a deliberate campaign of Islamophobia have all contributed to a publicly accepted negative perception of Islam and Muslims.
Mother Jones: Muslimophobia: Election Roundup
The good news: Many anti-Muslim candidates did not get elected Tuesday. Now the bad news: Alas, several anti-Muslim candidates won—mostly in the South.
Nov 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
The Hater Party: How Right-Wing Candidates Have Turned Hate Into Political Currency
The running theme for campaigns supported by the Tea Party and other GOPers is hate: hate for us poor mamas, poor people of color, poor families and immigrants.
