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Archives: Western Religion
![What to do when anti-Muslim Hate Speech now passes the Dinner Table Test?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/what-to-do-when-anti-muslim-hate-187x137.jpg)
![What’s Wrong with the March against Sharia?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/whats-wrong-with-the-march-again-187x137.jpg)
What’s Wrong with the March against Sharia?
The Bridge Initiative . | - - ACT for America hosted a series of marches “against sharia” in 27 cities across the United States. To many Americans — for whom sharia is…![Surprise! The discourse of Anti-Muslim Hatred led to attack on Mosque-Goers in London](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/surprise-the-discourse-of-anti-m-187x137.jpg)
Surprise! The discourse of Anti-Muslim Hatred led to attack on Mosque-Goers in London
By Bharath Ganesh | (The Conversation) | - - Following the attack on a group of Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park that left one person dead and 11 injured, Londoners have once…![London Mosque attack: Did Trump’s Tweets embolden Bigots?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/london-mosque-attack-did-trumps-187x137.jpg)
London Mosque attack: Did Trump’s Tweets embolden Bigots?
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A man driving a white van swerved just after midnight early Monday morning into a crowd of Muslims coming out of Finsbury Park…![Is Trump’s Travel Ban Succeeding despite Court Blocks?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/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/20170701064432im_/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/20170701064432im_/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/20170701064432im_/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/20170701064432im_/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…![It was ISIL, not Hackers, who Hijacked French Election](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/it-was-isil-not-hackers-who-hija-187x137.jpg)
It was ISIL, not Hackers, who Hijacked French Election
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That hackers, most likely Russia-linked, were trying to throw the French election to Marine Le Pen this weekend by releasing thousands of emails…![Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/hassan-minhaj-was-told-not-to-ro-187x137.jpg)
Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)
Hassan Minhaj | (White House Correspondents Dinner) | (Video Clip) | - - "Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took full advantage of Donald Trump's absence by taking aim at the president and…![For First Time, a US President backs a Fascist France](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/for-first-time-a-us-president-ba-187x137.jpg)
For First Time, a US President backs a Fascist France
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - While she is highly unlikely to win the run-off presidential election on May 7 against the Bill Clinton of France, Emmanuel Macron, Marine…![Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-musli-187x137.jpg)
Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?
By Fatima Khemilat | (The Conversation) | - - On April 8, the well-known French television show Salut les terriens turned sour when guests discussed the very sensitive topic of the so-called…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/PF_17.04.05_projectionsUpdate_GRL310px-1-187x137.png)
The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Demographically, the 21st century will be the Muslim Century, as the Pew Research Center on Religion in Public Life has shown. Muslims will…![Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trump-syrian-refugees-can-have-t-187x137.jpg)
Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US
By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday night described the deepening Syrian refugee crisis as partial justification for the first…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170330-4555-11a10if-750x577-1-187x137.jpg)
What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments
By Ingrid Anderson | (The Conversation) | - - This February, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society Cemetery outside of St. Louis, Missouri and at the…![Iranian Woman Visiting US arrested, taken to distant Jail Despite Valid Visa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/iranian-woman-visiting-us-arrest-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Woman Visiting US arrested, taken to distant Jail Despite Valid Visa
TeleSur | - - Alia Ghandi was denied U.S. entry to visit her family in Portland. Although courts rejected the so-called "Muslim ban," an Iranian tourist was detained at an airport and…![Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/populist-wilders-may-have-come-u-187x137.jpg)
Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | - - The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear:…![Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/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…![Islamophobia barring young Western Muslims from Ordinary Politics](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064432im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/islamophobia-barring-young-weste-187x137.jpg)