“I Stayed to Fight” — Being a Muslim Immigrant in Post 9/11 America
Watching the twin towers crumble on live television was the start of my deep bond with America that will endure the hate.
Tag: "Tea Party"
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
Mystery of who funded right-wing “radical Islam” campaign deepens
Indeed, the group does not have to release detailed donor information because of its nonprofit tax status. We knew only that there was serious money behind the effort: Clarion spent nearly $19 million in 2008,..
Nov 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Ginni Thomas Stepping Down from Far-Right Think Tank
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is stepping down as president and CEO of Liberty Central, the Tea Party-affiliated think tank she founded,…
Nov 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
2012: Exploiting Islamophobia to Win Big
In fact, anti-Muslim rage in today’s national discourse is populism’s low-hanging fruit, and many Republicans hungrily grabbed at it with both fists and were duly rewarded this campaign season.
Nov 17, 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.
Mmm, mmm, Islamophobia?
Right-wing Islamophobes are now up in arms over the fact that Campbell’s Canada–the soup company–has a line of Halal-certified vegetarian soups.
Oct 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Jihad and Soup: Islam-baiting in America
The anti-Islam wing of the conservative movement is setting its sights on Campbell’s Canada’s now year-old decision to release a line of Halal-certified soups and broths.
Oct 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
New Jersey Fired Tea Partier Who Burned Qu’ran
This guy is a bigoted moron, and I’d have no problem with his termination had he been on the clock — employers do have the right to enforce standards of deportment.
Sep 18, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
CAIR Asks Fla. Tea Party to Drop Anti-Islam Speaker
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on a Tea Party group in Florida to drop an extremist anti-Islam speaker
Jul 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Sharron Angle warns that Muslims have taken over American cities
It’s hard to argue against a jumble of half-remembered anti-Islam talking points and conspiracy theories, but, for the record, Muslims are not going to take over America and install sharia law.