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Category Archives: Islamophobia
Davidson: Martin Peretz And The Dangers of Obsessive Love
Lawrence Davidson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Martin Peretz is editor-in-chief of The New Republic. He acquired that position by simply buying the magazine in 1974. Although he resold it to a group of investors in 2002, … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia
5 Comments
Dude, You Have no Quran
CNN reports on “Dude, you have no Quran!” And, of course: The Remix: Print
Posted in Islamophobia
2 Comments
Schama: Islamophobia Recalls anti-Catholic, Anti-Jewish Nativism of America’s Past
Historian Simon Schama explains the outburst of anti-Muslim bigotry in contemporary US society on CNN. Yay for Schama and kudos to CNN for seeking out a historian’s view. I made a similar point last week in this post: “They used … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia
7 Comments
Top Ways 9/11 Broke Islamic Law
On the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it is clear that al-Qaeda was a tiny fringe terrorist movement, not a globe-straddling threat to Western societies. The organization has been decisively disrupted and now lacks command and control. Its … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Islamophobia, al-Qaeda
47 Comments
Top Stories More Important than Quran-Burning Nut Job
The horrible era of anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States yielded a one-day silly season on Thursday, covered wall-to-wall by the US cable news channels. The weird cultist Terry Jones, fired from his church in Cologne, Germany last year for … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Environment, Islam, Islamophobia, Pakistan, US Politics
30 Comments
They used to Burn Catholic Churches, now they Burn Mosques
The hysteria about mosques in the United States is nothing new in our history. Even though the United States was founded by a ragtag series of religious heretics seeking freedom to worship as they would; even though its constitution enshrines … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia, Uncategorized
27 Comments
‘Burn the Qur’an Day’ Endangers US Troops: Petraeus
Every day for the past few days there have been demonstrations in Afghanistan against the scheme of the Christian fundamentalist Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, to burn copies of the Qur’an on September 11. This sort of grandstanding … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia, Uncategorized
43 Comments
Wertheim: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification
Anne-Ruth Wertheim writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification Propagators of modern-day racism, which is often called Islamophobia in an effort to take off the edge, claim that all they … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia, Uncategorized
9 Comments
Olbermann: Wave of Religious Intolerance Sweeps US
Keith Olbermann and CAIR on the wave of religious intolerance sweeping the US. Print
Posted in Islamophobia
1 Comment
Kurashige: The Islamic Center and the “Pearl Harbor” Analogy
Scott Kurashige writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: In May 2007, George W. Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House, hosting a ceremony attended by 7,000 guests followed by the first white-tie state dinner of his … Continue reading
Posted in Islamophobia
17 Comments