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[Video] Glenn Greenwald> Debating Bill Maher on Muslims, Islam and US foreign policy
The HBO host has become a leading advocate of the view that Islam is uniquely violent and threatening. Does that hold up under critical scrutiny? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk Saturday 11 May 2013 09.25 EDT [Video below] From l to r: Glenn Greenwald, Joy Reid, Charles Cooke, Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time”, May 11, 2013 Photograph: screen […]
Kathy Manley> I Was One of the Radicals at the Mosque
In Defense of Radicalism by KATHY MANLEY WEEKEND EDITION MAY 3-5, 2013 Counterpunch.org After the Boston Marathon bombing some media outlets have suggested that the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) was an incubator of radicalism because the Tsarnaev brothers occasionally worshipped there, and because they had permitted “radicals” who “defended terrorism suspects” to speak […]
Margaret Sarfehjooy> The Business of Islamophobia
Reblogged from WAMMToday: The Business of Islamophobia A positive view of Muslims would hinder the multibillion dollar Islamophobia industry that promotes fear as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.” By Margaret Sarfehjooy http://www.worldwidewamm.org WAMM Newsletter March/April 2013 Part I: The Attack on CAIR-MN With offices in the U.S. and Canada, the Council of American […]
Margaret Sarfehjooy> The Business of Islamophobia
The Business of Islamophobia A positive view of Muslims would hinder the multibillion dollar Islamophobia industry that promotes fear as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.” By Margaret Sarfehjooy http://www.worldwidewamm.org WAMM Newsletter March/April 2013 Part I: The Attack on CAIR-MN With offices in the U.S. and Canada, the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]
Liza Burr> The Purposeful Creation of Islamophobia
“Islamophobia has a much longer history in Europe than in the U.S., but there is now ample evidence that Islamophobia is a flourishing industry in this country.” By Liza Burr WorldwideWAMM.org November 2012 What is Islamophobia? Fifteen years ago, in 1997, the Runnymede Trust, a British think tank, identified eight components of Islamophobia. By this […]
Uzma Kolsy> Eight attacks, 11 days> Is something sinister at work?
Eight attacks, 11 days There’s a crime wave targeting houses of worship, most of them Muslim. Is something sinister at work? BY UZMA KOLSY August 14, 2012 Salon.com The remains of the Islamic Society of Joplin mosque(Credit: Islamic Society of Joplin/Facebook) David Conrad, a resident of Morton Grove, Illinois, was likely peeved by the noise from […]
Margaret Sarfehjooy> Iran> The Threat is Very Real
Iran> The Threat is Very Real By Margaret Sarfehjooy February 4, 2012 We are in very dangerous times, and we have to do everything we can to prevent another war—this time against Iran. Almost every day we hear about new sanctions, new threats, new promises that “all options are on the table.” It seems like the […]
ACLU: FBI guilty of ‘industrial scale’ racial profiling> ACLU
ACLU: FBI guilty of ‘industrial scale’ racial profiling The ACLU says the FBI is guilty of racial profiling when investigating criminal threats. The FBI says it is taking into account the reality of the post-9/11 world. By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / October 21, 2011 Christian Science Monitor Muslims pray during a prayer service held at the Islamic […]
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