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Archives: Muslim-Americans

Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Understand this: I’m an American veteran. I’m also a Muslim-American in a country in which, in these years, that hasn’t exactly been the…

Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists

By Arnold R. Isaacs | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - When you see an immigrant or a foreign visitor, especially from a Muslim country, should your first thought be that you might…

Trump’s Criminalization of Muslims goes beyond Travel Ban

Basima Sisemore | (The Conversation) | - - On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments against the latest…

Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Backfires, Improves Attitudes Toward Them

TeleSur | - - A recent study shows the U.S. "Muslim ban" became unpopular among U.S. voters after its implementation, media coverage contributed to shift. Political scientists revealed that public opinion on…

Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The indictment of George Papadopoulos, the foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign in 2016, for lying to the FBI is the most…

Detroit’s Eminem raps against Trump, defends Muslims

Marshall "Eminem" Mathers | BETNetwork | (Music Video) | - - "Eminem is back! And he's in classic bar-for-bar form blasting at Donald Trump from his Detroit home. The cyphers went crazy…

Trump tries to Camouflage Muslim Ban with a Few Venezuelans and N. Koreans

TeleSur | - - The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela and North Korea will…

New Customized Muslim Banned planned by Trump

TeleSur | - - The original measures tried to prohibited travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban is expected…

Do Muslim Americans need a Civil Rights Movement?

By Emily Cury | (The Conversation) | - - The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According to a July 2017 Pew survey, 48 percent of Muslims report…

Khizr Khan: Liberty requires Vigilance & Sacrifice in defense of Constitution

The Atlantic | (Video Report) | - - “Liberty requires vigilance and sacrifice so we remain standing in defense of our Constitution and its values,” says Khizr Khan. The lawyer and Gold…

Gov.’s branding Mosque bombing ‘terrorism’ astonishes US Press

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - This Saturday, a Bloomington, Minnesota mosque was attacked with an improvised explosive device, which destroyed an office with fire and blew out windows…

What, or who, Explains Spike in Hate Crimes against US Muslims?

By Brian Levin | (The Conversation) | - - Hate crimes against Muslims have been on the rise. The murder of two samaritans for aiding two young women who were facing a…

Independence: Remembering Capt. Humayun Khan, Muslim Patriot

Khizr Khan | Associated Press | - - "The father of Humayun Khan, a Muslim American soldier who died during his service, questioned Donald Trump's patriotism at the Democratic National Convention, asking…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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…