The Washington Post as an experiment in context, perception and priorities — as well as an unblinking assessment of public taste: In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?…more: .washingtonpost
Tag: Islamophobia
A Radical Experiment in Empathy
US liberal Islamophobia is rising – and more insidious than rightwing bigotry
The left is saturated with pundits and self-styled public intellectuals who disseminate discourses that Islam is monolithic; that Muslims must choose between liberal principles and their faith, and, echoing the college student I encountered at in March, a religion that is in need of “reform”….. more: theguardian
Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia
Muslim women were picked out and slotted in a special category – as we’re used to – with points being offered to those who pulled off hijabs from women’s heads.
There may not have been a major incident, but “Punish a Muslim Day” did what it was designed to do – strike fear in the hearts of individual Muslims and those already being impacted by hate crime and racism.more: theguardian
What To Do If You Are Witnessing Islamophobic?
Social Justice Blogging – What to do if you are witnessing Islamophobic harassment more: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1165133-social-justice-blogging
What If The Florida Shooter Was Muslim? Dale Hansen Asked
Accused Florida school shooter allegedly posting a series of disturbing posts on Instagram about guns…more: Heavy. * Florida school shooting suspect booked on 17 counts of ‘murder….MORE :reuters./ Suspected school shooter trained with white nationalist militia...more: nypost.com – Friedman: What if shooter was Muslim..more: CNN
ISLAM DENOUNCES TERRORISM
The Quran turns our attention to the high value of human life, whether it is Muslim or Non-Muslim and makes it absolutely forbidden to take an innocent life unjustly. The gravity of such a crime is equated, in the Quran,…
What Islamophobia Is Doing to American Children
Kansas Anti-Muslim Victim’s Family Speaks Out Against Islamophobia
Toronto – Last week’s shooting of Indian national, Srinivas Kuchibhotlia, 32, was latest in a string of ever-increasing Islamophobic attacks in the US to occur since Donald…
Islamophobia is on the rise in the US. But so is Islam
…According to a 2010 study by the Association of Religion Data Archives, the number of Muslims in America increased by 67 percent in the decade following the Sept. 11 attacks. There were 1 million Muslims in 2000; by 2010 that number increased to 2.6 million. By 2015, there were 3.3 million Muslims in the US. Other studies say conversion and immigration from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are the main reasons for the dramatic increase….more: WUNC.ORG|
