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Archives: Muslim-Americans
![What’s Wrong with the March against Sharia?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/whats-wrong-with-the-march-again-187x137.jpg)
![Is Trump’s Travel Ban Succeeding despite Court Blocks?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-trumps-travel-ban-succeeding-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump’s Travel Ban Succeeding despite Court Blocks?
TeleSur | - - The rate of refugee resettlement has also seen a sharp decline. Despite federal courts halting Trump's restrictive and discriminatory travel ban executive order on six-Muslim majority countries for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/file-20170530-23660-blxvj5-187x137.jpg)
Why Thomas Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today
Denise A. Spellberg | (The Conversation) | - - An estimated 3.3 million American Muslims are celebrating the month of Ramadan. It was during this month that Prophet Mohammad first received revelations…![Trump’s ‘Good Muslim, Bad Muslim’ False Divide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-good-muslim-bad-muslim-fa-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s ‘Good Muslim, Bad Muslim’ False Divide
By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | - - The "war on terror" has killed millions of innocent people. You don't have to be a "bad Muslim" to oppose that. All right, America.…![Trumpism: White Terrorist Murders 2 after harassing Muslim-American](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/trumpism-white-terrorist-murders-187x137.jpg)
Trumpism: White Terrorist Murders 2 after harassing Muslim-American
TeleSur | - - According to one witness, the suspect was heard saying “get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here.” Amidst rising rates…![Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes in US Rose 57 Percent in 2016: Report](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/anti-muslim-hate-crimes-in-us-ro-187x137.jpg)
Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes in US Rose 57 Percent in 2016: Report
TeleSur | - - Anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States rose by a staggering 57 percent in 2016, according to a new report released Tuesday by Muslim civil rights group Council…![Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/hawaii-judge-trumps-muslim-ban-2-187x137.jpg)
Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Derrick Watson, US District Court judge in Honolulu, has issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order against Trump's second attempt at an Executive Order…![To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/to-understand-muslim-ban-2-0-thi-187x137.jpg)
To understand Muslim ban 2.0, think of Trump as a Crime Boss
By Amir Ahmadi Arian | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Donald Trump is not an aberration. He is the extreme manifestation of an existing foreign policy doctrine - the ‘mafia principle’…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/mesa-1-187x86.jpg)
Middle East Studies Assn., joins Md. Suit to block Trump Muslim Ban
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2017 Groups Challenge Revised Muslim Ban BALTIMORE —- Civil rights and refugee groups today asked a federal court in Maryland to block the Trump administration’s…![We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/we-ignore-the-violence-of-radica-187x137.jpg)
We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril
By Sindre Bangstad | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - We ignore the terrorist threat from right-wing extremism at our peril. But the main threat to democracy in our time is even more…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/9781682470794-2-636x960-1-187x137.jpg)
“Dear Nasemi: ‘I’m Sorry.'” (ICE doesn’t Keep out Afghan-American Coffins)
By Jonathan S. Addleton | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear Nasemi – I’m sorry. It is hard to believe that it was almost four years ago that we walked together along…![Oppression in the Land of the Free: A Muslim Leader Speaks Out](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/oppression-in-the-land-of-the-fr-187x137.jpg)
Oppression in the Land of the Free: A Muslim Leader Speaks Out
By Edu Montesanti | TeleSur | - - An interview with Hatem Abudayyeh, head of Chicago's Arab American Action Network, on the rising criminalization of Arab and Muslim life in the US.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/Jesuits-at-Moghul-Court-1-187x137.jpg)
Is Trump right to doubt that Islam is a Religion?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka again declined to say on Wednesday in an NPR interview whether President Trump believes Islam is "a religion." He…![Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/would-trump-let-oscar-winner-mah-187x137.jpg)
Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The film treats themes of sexual repression, gayness,…![“Get out of my Country!” White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/get-out-of-my-country-white-terr-187x137.jpg)
“Get out of my Country!” White Terrorist Shoots Asian-American Engineers in Wake of Trump Visa Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is alleged that Adam W. Purinton, a regular at a bar and grill, went up to two Indian-American patrons on Wednesday night…![Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trumps-refugee-ban-is-even-cruel-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think
By Max Friedman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The so-called "Muslim ban" has been compared to U.S. treatment of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. It's actually even more draconian.…![Why America needs the Muslim Ms. Marvel now more than Ever!](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-america-needs-the-muslim-ms-187x137.jpg)
Why America needs the Muslim Ms. Marvel now more than Ever!
By Katie M. Logan | (The Conversation) | - - During the first few weeks of the Trump administration, we’ve seen increased pressure on Muslim and immigrant communities in the United States.…![Human Cost of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/human-cost-of-trumps-muslim-ban-187x137.jpg)
Human Costs of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount
By Jody Mashek | (Otherwords.org) | - - I've seen firsthand how the White House's cruel ban is impacting moms and kids here in the United States. Legal challenges to Donald Trump’s…![Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-designating-muslim-brotherho-187x137.jpg)
Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad
Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701070822im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-3.26.58-AM-1-187x137.png)