Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks video report) | & Media Matters | – – 1. Media Matters Tweet: Fox co-hosts attack Mark Zuckerberg over expressing support for the Muslim community: https://t.co/c0M3YVpg7l pic.twitter.com/2yU4IHffhE — Media Matters (@mmfa) December 10, 2015 2. Cenk Uygur: “Mark Zuckerberg recently put out a statement supporting Muslims throughout the world. […]
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Muslim-Americans
The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate: How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews
BY TAREQ A. RAMADAN | (Informed Comment) | – – Highly essentialist and virulent anti-Islamic, anti-Arab ‘conservative’ platitudes on Islam and Muslims being disseminated by outspoken members of the GOP (such as Donald Trump, Ben Carson and others) have become so dangerously popularized and, to varying degrees, normalized as Presidential candidates use reckless, xenophobic and […]
Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: “Mr Trump…is feeding hatred and misinformation”
Euractiv.com | – – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday (8 December) defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his plan to the World War Two detainment of Japanese-Americans in an attempt to dismiss growing outrage from around the world. On Monday (7 December), the billionaire conservative called for blocking […]
Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections
Karam Dana | (Informed Comment) | – – Just when you think GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has done it all, you are proven wrong. Reminiscent of the Chinese Exclusion act, the prequel to Japanese American Internments, Trump has called for banning Muslims from entering the US. Why is it so acceptable to target Muslims […]
Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American history. Rather, they remind us of the worst and most shameful detours of the American Republic in the past. From the mid-nineteenth century racial theory became prominent in European and […]
Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his never-ending trolling of the American public, Donald Trump has now come out and urged banning Muslim immigration into or even entrance into the United States. Some of the below is revised from an earlier text Forbidding people from entering the United States on the […]
Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik: ‘Self-Radicalized,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Lone Wolf’ and Double Standards
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Federal officials are now investigating the San Bernardino massacre as an “act of terrorism” rather than just workplace violence. But when Dylann Roof allegedly shot nine persons dead at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, there was strong resistance on the part […]
Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving
TomoNews | (Video Report) | – – 1. TomoNews | – Update: The shooter is allegedly one Anthony Mohamed, the first name indicating a Christian. The original title of this posting was incorrect and has been corrected. “PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA — A Muslim taxi driver was shot in Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving Day by a male passenger, […]
Muslims are our Scientists, Physicians, Philanthropists & are critical to American progress
By Dalia Mogahed and John L. Esposito | (Progressive Media Project) | – – While the world mourned the savage and senseless loss of innocent life, some capitalized on the attacks in Paris to score political points. Within hours, Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., tweeted: “How’s that Syrian refugee resettlement look now? How about that mass […]