Let’s Fight Islamophobia Together

UK: ‘One in four’ Muslims experience Islamophobia in Labour Party 

Report finds anti-Muslim sentiment within party ranks, with members and supporters called ‘terrorists’ and ‘foreigners’

‘Moved by Islamophobia’, Rajasthan youth applied for Islamic Studies MA in Kashmir, made history 

Shubham Yadav, 21, is the first non-Muslim and non-Kashmir resident to top the all-India entrance exam for a Master’s course in Islamic Studies at Central University of Kashmir

France’s Jean-Luc Melenchon Condemns Political Islamophobia 

French MP and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon decries “disguised” hatred against Muslims

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Austria’s new law on ‘political Islam’ opens door for crackdown on Muslims 

After a hijab and face veil ban, Austria’s right wing government is set to introduce draconian measures against expressions of “political Islam.” Austria’s right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced a raft of new measures which would make “political Islam” a criminal offence.

Focus on ‘Racism, Islamophobia and Hate Crimes’ At Home, Turkey Advises US Ahead of Pompeo Visit 

Turkey’s Islamist government has taken issue with the fact that an upcoming visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a religious freedom focus.

The politics of Islamophobia 

The term Islamophobia can be decoded as the racism, discrimination, hatred, prejudice, bigotry and fear against Islam and its followers, Muslims. Anti-Muslim sentiments are increasing rapidly as the leaders of the countries especially in the west are using it as a tool for their own political objectives.

The West against Islam

Tens of thousands of Muslims protest France’s ‘Islamophobia’ 

Anger erupts in the Muslim world over caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad and President Macron’s comments on Islam.

France: Islamophobia replacing antisemitism 

Experts say Muslims taking place of Jewish community in France of scapegoats for country’s problems.

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“Collective Against Islamophobia in France” may be banned as an extremist organization 

The Islamic group “Collective Against Islamophobia in France” had launched a slander campaign and had pronounced a fatwa on the French teacher who was killed in an attack last Friday, reports the French Gérald Darmanin (Interior) on Monday.

French state exploits murder to attack Muslims 

The murder and beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in France last week was appalling. It must not be used to deepen Islamophobia and racism.

Islamophobia, Turkophobia Armenia’s main disease, says Turkish presidential administration 

Islamophobia and Turkophobia are Armenia’s main diseases and, apparently, the authorities of this country do not want to get rid of them, a source in the Turkish presidential administration told Trend.

Rising Islamophobia

Turkey accuses France’s Macron of ‘sowing Islamophobia’ 

‘Scapegoating Islam, Muslims for failures of French Republic is far cry from rational policy,’ says Turkish spokesman

PM Trudeau condemns Islamophobia after threats to Toronto mosque

The National Council of Canadian Muslims says a downtown mosque received several violent emails on the weekend containing threats to kill Muslims and referenced two mosques in New Zealand where a gunman killed 51 people in 2019

Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films 

While the Bush administration manufactured Islamophobia, the Trump administration seeks to normalize it…

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Islamophobia in the US presidential election

Biden is not an anti-Islamophobia candidate. Just take a look at Obama’s legacy.

Klau Center hosts speaker on Islamophobia

The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted Dalia Mogahed, Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington D.C., to speak about Islamophobia on Friday as a part of their Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary lecture series.

Is Islamophobia the ‘Last Acceptable Form of Prejudice?’

A round the world, From China and India to the U.K. and U.S., reports of hate crimes against Muslims are increasing. In the case of Uighurs and Rohingya Muslims, there is evidence of ethnic cleansing.

The Islamophobia Industry

Islamophobia in the media

Covid-19 has highlighted more than ever the power of the media which, as an outlet of mass communication, has the potential to influence opinion both consciously and unconsciously. The media in any form can shape, confirm and deny our deepest convictions and suspicions. Taj Ali.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid under fire for ‘casual Islamophobia’

Primetime MSNBC host Joy Reid on Tuesday drew condemnation from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for how the host framed a question on her Monday night show.

Living closer to Muslims might be a cure for Islamophobia

A study of attitudes of Non-Muslims who live in proximity to Muslims in Sydney and Melbourne found they are less likely to mistrust Muslims and are more likely to be tolerant of difference.

Rising Islamophobia

Al-Azhar Launches Campaign against Islamophobia

“Islam that They Do Not Know” is the title of the campaign, launched in Twitter and Facebook following acts of desecrating the Quran in two European countries.

MSNBC’s Joy Reid Accused of Islamophobia for Comparing the ‘Way Muslims Act’ to Radicalized Trump Supporters

“That’s how we talk about the way Muslims act,” she said. “When you see what Donald Trump is doing, is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people?”

Rep. Ilhan Omar accuses MSNBC host Joy Reid of ‘Islamophobia’ after she compared ‘radicalized’ Donald Trump supporters to ‘the way Muslims act’

‘When leaders, let’s say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in order to win against whoever they decide is the enemy, we in the U.S. media describe that as they are ‘radicalizing’ these people, particularly when they’re radicalizing young people,’ Reid said.

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How GOP House candidate Laura Loomer explains her history of hate-speech, Islamophobia

Six days after hundreds of supporters celebrated Laura Loomer’s win in the District 21 GOP primary at the Airport Hilton Hotel in West Palm Beach, the 27-year-old Islamophobic internet provocateur returned to the same stage amid a standing ovation.

The ‘fighting Islamophobia’ books for young adults

A girl being groomed to become a suicide bomber might not sound like the most child-friendly novel.

To beat Trump, the ‘good Muslim, bad Muslim’ messaging has to end

I spoke this week at the 2020 Democratic National Convention’s Interfaith Council meeting. As refreshing as it was to hear voices encouraging change from the last four years, it felt like some things were still being missed.