Islamophobia

Ria Ivandic,Tom Kirchmaier, and Stephen Machin study the empirical connections between local anti-Muslim hate crimes and international jihadi terror attacks. They find that local Muslim populations face a media-magnified likelihood of hate crime victimization in the days following such incidents. (British Policy and Politics) – In recent years, the frequency of jihadi terrorist attacks around […]

Islamophobia

“Islam” and “the West” are no longer useful Terms: No ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in a Globalized World

The Conversation

For the Christian West, regardless of the Islamic precept and practice of religious tolerance, Islam has remained often threatening

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The American Tragedy: Veteran Rams Hindu Family, thinking they were Muslims, in Sunnyvale

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An Iraq War veteran, who had spent 5 years in that country, was arraigned Friday. On Tuesday, he had plowed into 8 people in an intersection in Sunnyvale, California, particularly aiming at a South Asian family who he assumed to be Muslims. They weren’t. The names indicate that they are […]

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How Classic Anti-Semitic Tropes are being Marshaled against Ilhan Omar and Muslim-Americans

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The attacks on Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim-American women to serve in Congress and the first of Black African heritage who veils, by the Rupert Murdoch press (Fox, New York Post, etc.) and the US Republican Party are frightening for many reasons, but most of all because […]

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Zionist OA’s Mort Klein uses House Panel on White Nationalism to spread anti-Muslim Blood Libel

Juan Cole

Zionist Organization of America head Morton Klein testified Tuesday before a congressional inquiry into white nationalism and promptly excused white nationalism. Klein denied that the Tree of Life synagogue shooter or the New Zealand mosque shooter were animated by right wing ideas. Rafi Schwartz at Splinter observed, “Klein conveniently neglected to mention that the Tree […]

Islamophobia

Don’t Blame Islamic Law for Muslim Extremism — Blame Western Colonialism

The Conversation

There is no inherent tension between Sharia, human rights and the rule of law

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Would-be Assassin brands Rep. Ilhan Omar as “Muslim Brotherhood,” aping Milstein of Canary Mission

Juan Cole

A man from Addison, New York, was arrested after he made a menacing phone call to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office, speaking with staff. The FBi says that the man told the staffer, “Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you working for her, she’s a fucking terrorist. I’ll put a bullet in her […]

Islamophobia

It’s Not Just that Mosque Shooter’s Islamophobia That Scares Me — It’s the Media’s

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By Domenica Ghanem | – (Institute for Policy Studies) – If we want to avoid another tragic day asking ourselves how this could happen, news organizations have to stop giving a platform to Islamophobic talking heads. When 50 people praying in a New Zealand mosque were gunned down and killed by a white supremacist, the […]