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Archives: Islamophobia
![GOP Islamophobia: Scott Walker thinks there are only “a Handful” of “Reasonable Muslims”](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/187x137/Only-a-Handful-of-Reasonable-Muslims-.png)
![Slovakia Will Only Accept Christian Migrants](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/slovakia-will-only-accept-christ-187x137.jpg)
Slovakia Will Only Accept Christian Migrants
Jo Ankier and Jose Marcelino Orti | (TheLipTV Video News) | - - "Slovakia announced Thursday that it will only accept Christians when it takes in refugees fleeing conflict in Syria under…![Young Muslim-American entrepreneurs Fight ISIL Online](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/young-muslim-american-entreprene-187x137.jpg)
Young Muslim-American entrepreneurs Fight ISIL Online
Ayman Mohyeldin | (NBC News Video report) "Startups are launching to help young Muslims, who might fall to ISIS’ luring appeal, grapple with issues of identity and religion." NBC News: "Young Entrepreneurs…![No, Mr. Netanyahu, Iran isn’t trying to Take over the world & it isn’t ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/no-mr-netanyahu-iran-isnt-trying-187x137.jpg)
No, Mr. Netanyahu, Iran isn’t trying to Take over the world & it isn’t ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanahu charged last week that Iran was the major sponsor of terrorism in the world and that it wants…![Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/michael-oren-neo-orientalism-and-187x137.jpg)
Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said
By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | - - Poor Edward Said cannot rest in peace. Twelve years after he passed away from cancer, his ghost apparently haunts the State Department, Pentagon…![CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/cnn-mistakes-dildo-banner-for-is-187x137.jpg)
CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "A CNN reporter saw a sex toy banner at a London Pride event and thought it was an ISIS flag." AJ+: "CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner…![Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/since-2002-right-wing-white-terr-187x137.jpg)
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s a global conspiracy and they are coming…![Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari: “Europe’s Muslims after Charlie Hebdo: Challenges and Misconceptions”](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/juan-cole-jocylene-cesari-europe-187x137.jpg)
Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari: “Europe’s Muslims after Charlie Hebdo: Challenges and Misconceptions”
David Speedie, Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (Video) | - - "Months after the "Charlie Hebdo" attacks, questions remain about Europe's Islamic communities. How…![“Nationalism and terrorism are constructed things to divide us”: Macedonian elections and a Balkan “War on Terror”](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/nationalism-and-terrorism-are-co-187x137.jpg)
“Nationalism and terrorism are constructed things to divide us”: Macedonian elections and a Balkan “War on Terror”
By Frances Trix | (Informed Comment) | - Now it appears, thanks to EU mediation, there will be new national elections in Macedonia next April 2016. In one sense it is quite…![Young Muslim-Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/young-muslim-americans-draw-thei-187x137.jpg)
Young Muslim-Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad
AJ+ | - "Muslims condemned the attack at a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas. But some of them started drawing cartoons of their own." AJ+: "Muslim Americans Draw Their Own Muhammad"![How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by the Israel-Firsters: Look again and the Prophet’s example](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/how-muslim-americans-can-avoid-b-187x137.jpg)
How Muslim-Americans can avoid being Trolled by Israel-Firsters: Look again at the Prophet’s example
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - In the period from roughly 610 to 622 CE ("AD"), Muhammad ibn Abdallah of the noble Quraysh tribe in the western Arabian city of Mecca…![What the Tsarnaevs didn’t Know: The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/04/what-the-tsarnaevs-didnt-know-th-187x137.jpg)
What the Tsarnaevs didn’t Know: The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence
By Rebecca Gould | (Informed Comment) While the Boston bombing trial continues to dominate the media, its perpetrators, the Tsarnaev brothers, are associated with a geography scarcely known by Americans: Chechnya. If…![What’s Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/whats-religion-got-to-do-with-it-187x137.jpg)
What’s Religion Got to do with it? German Co-Pilot as Terrorist
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Once it became clear that Andreas Lubitz, 28, deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, a reporter immediately asked "what was his religion?" (Parent company Lufthansa said…![Tom Friedman & funding ISI: Israel/Iran Derangement Syndrome](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/tom-friedman-funding-isi-israeli-187x137.jpg)
Tom Friedman & funding ISIL: Israel/Iran Derangement Syndrome
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Being a liberal Zionist was always a tough thing to pull off, but it is becoming increasingly just impossible. The intrinsic contradiction between wanting social…![Facing Down Anti-Muslim Bigotry Through Faith in America](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/187x137/mosques_map.png)
Facing Down Anti-Muslim Bigotry Through Faith in America
David Schanzer | (ISLAMiCommentary) - Address to Islamic Association of Raleigh (NC) David Schanzer As-salamu alaykum. Thank you so much for the invitation to address you this afternoon. I am very pleased…![Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/palestinian-israelis-aspire-to-n-187x137.jpg)
Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections
France24 | - At 20% of the Israeli population, Israelis of Palestinian heritage have united to back a single party and for the first time could lead the opposition in parliament with…![Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/dear-msm-the-israeli-elections-a-187x137.jpg)
Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran
By Sammy Smooha | (The Conversation) There are 5.3 million eligible voters living in Israel today (votes may be not cast abroad). Among these voters there are three main minority (non-dominant) groups.…![5 Things Benjamin Netanyahu Won’t Tell Congress](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/5-things-benjamin-netanyahu-wont-187x137.jpg)
5 Things Benjamin Netanyahu Won’t Tell Congress
AJ+ | - "He's back. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu – questing to win hearts, minds and votes back home during election season – will be speaking to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday,…![Iranian Cleric Says ‘Final Steps’ Being Taken In Nuclear Talks](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/03/iranian-cleric-says-final-steps-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Cleric Says ‘Final Steps’ Being Taken In Nuclear Talks
By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader says the "final steps" are being taken in Iran's talks with six global powers aimed at reaching an agreement curbing Tehran's disputed…![Maz Jobrani: I’m not a Terrorist but I’ve played one on TV (Interview)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905073658im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/02/maz-jobrani-im-not-a-terrorist-b-187x137.jpg)