Tag: islam

Who Are the Rohingya and Why Are They Fleeing Myanmar?
Nearly 400,000 Burmese Muslims have fled across the border into Bangladesh amid allegations of ethnic cleansing. What is happening and why? Courtney Yusuf explains.  
‘Pacifism; It’s Over’: The Story of Morocco’s Hirak Movement
The Hirak movement, centred in Morocco's Rif region, demands social change: ‘a university, a hospital, and work’. It has been met by brutal repression by the Makhzan: a word for the combined apparatus of the ruling class. But the Makhzan is now on the back foot, and tomorrow's protest is set to be the biggest yet, report Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns from Morocco.
Silence = Death: Orlando, and Why We Can’t Let Racists Hijack Queer Grief
Wail Qasim on the Orlando shootings, the portrayal of Omar Mateen in the media and the way liberal Western values are mobilised to marginalise both muslims and queers.
What is Islamophobia?
Ash Sarkar examines how a state-sponsored distrust of 'Muslimness' in the west has led to the emergence of new racisms, blurring the boundaries between scientific and cultural definitions.