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Archives: Islamophobia
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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”
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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…