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Archives: Islamophobia
![How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/187x137/nasirulmulk-_ceiling-750x563.jpg)
![Top 5 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/top-5-signs-trump-is-wrong-islam-187x137.jpg)
Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview on Wednesday that "Islam hates us." "I think Islam…![Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/has-the-gateway-to-europe-been-s-187x137.jpg)
Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)
AJ+| Video Report|-- The European Union was founded upon the principles of the promotion of human rights. With the refugee crisis ongoing, the EU has come to an agreement with Turkey to…![The Middle East reacts to Trump: ‘Strange Candidates’ with ‘Weird Beliefs’ & anti-Muslim Pogroms](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/the-middle-east-reacts-to-trump-187x137.jpg)
The Middle East reacts to Trump: ‘Strange Candidates’ with ‘Weird Beliefs’ & anti-Muslim Pogroms
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The meltdown of the US Republican Party is an unlovely sight inside the country, but what do people abroad think about the outlandish…![Debunked: The GOP “Civilization Jihad” Conspiracy Theories](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/debunked-the-gop-civilization-ji.jpg)
Debunked: The GOP “Civilization Jihad” Conspiracy Theories
Bridge | (Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown U.) |- - • Presidential candidate Ben Carson has recently peddled a conspiracy theory about a Muslim “civilization jihad” plan to take…![To combat Extremism on both Sides, Europe Needs its own Islam](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/187x137/image-750x563.jpg)
To combat Extremism on both Sides, Europe Needs its own Islam
By Massimo D'Alema and Tariq Ramadan | ( EurActiv.com ) | - - To escape from extremism and xenophobia, Europe needs to carve a European Islam, not an Islam composed of communities…![US Mil. ‘Expert’ equates Muslim Veiling with ‘Passive Terrorism’; One woman has Questions for Him](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/us-mil-expert-equates-muslim-vei-187x137.jpg)
US Mil. ‘Expert’ equates Muslim Veiling with ‘Passive Terrorism’; One woman has Questions for Him
By Domenica Ghanem | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The U.S. military apparently thinks Muslim women’s clothing choices — rather than, say, drone strikes — are a driver of terrorism.…![Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/trumpism-europes-refugees-poland-187x137.jpg)
Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’
By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com) A dispute over how to shelter 160,000 refugees in Europe got deeper today when Poland said its population is unable to live with people from the…![Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/muslims-in-europe-a-crisis-of-li-187x137.jpg)
Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations
Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ISLAMiCommentary | - - Are Muslims embraced as part of the mosaic of Europe? Or,…![In Retrospect: A Year of Sharpening Contradictions](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/in-retrospect-a-year-of-sharpeni-187x137.jpg)
In Retrospect: A Year of Sharpening Contradictions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Reprint, revised Note: The horrific murder of 12 persons and the wounding of 11 in the attack on the staff of the satirical weely Charlie Hebdo…![Top 5 Things for which We should be grateful to Arabic Writing](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/187x137/image8.jpeg)
Top 5 Things for which We should be grateful to Arabic Writing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - When a teacher in rural Augusta county, Virginia, decided to expose her students to the Arabic script (a piece of calligraphy writing out…![41% of Trump Supporters want to bomb Aladdin and Jasmine](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/41-of-trump-supporters-want-to-b-187x137.jpg)
41% of Trump Supporters want to bomb Aladdin and Jasmine
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Public Policy Polling asked US voters if they favored bombing "Agraba." Some 30% of Republicans said "Yes!" Obviously, this is a a little…![How Islamic law can take on ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/187x137/abdullahi_annaim520.jpg)
How Islamic law can take on ISIL
By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im | (The Conversation) | - - The media coverage of the terrorist atrocities of Friday November 13 in Paris would seem to promote an almost mythical image of…![Terrorism and the Other Religions](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2013/04/187x137/relviolence.jpg)
Terrorism and the Other Religions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reprint edn. slightly revised. Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other…![The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/the-colonial-roots-of-hating-on-187x137.jpg)
The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism
Sami Zubaida | (Open Democracy) | - - The presence of growing Muslim populations in Europe at the same time as the rise of political Islam and the inception of Israel, was…![Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/pope-francis-call-to-host-refuge-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Not all American Christian leaders have covered themselves in glory when it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees being accepted by the…![GOP Islamophobia: Scott Walker thinks there are only “a Handful” of “Reasonable Muslims”](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/187x137/Only-a-Handful-of-Reasonable-Muslims-.png)
GOP Islamophobia: Scott Walker thinks there are only “a Handful” of “Reasonable Muslims”
Via Bridge Project Tracking islamophobia![Slovakia Will Only Accept Christian Migrants](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331033754im_/http://media.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/20160331033754im_/http://media.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/20160331033754im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/no-mr-netanyahu-iran-isnt-trying-187x137.jpg)