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January 21, 2016 | Daily Sabah
America is becoming more Islamophobic!

The Aug. 10, 2010 Time Magazine cover posed the question to the readers, “Is America Islamophobic?” set in bold letters in the middle right above an American flag filled Islamic crescent and a star. The occasion for the cover was the impending 2010 mid-term elections and the national firestorm generated by the proposed Park51 Islamic…
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January 16, 2016 |
Islamophobia and The Three Evils of Society

Edited and expanded text of a speech given by Dr. Hatem Bazian at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference, December 27th, 2015, Toronto, Canada.[i] On August 31st, 1967, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered The Three Evils of Society speech at the National Conference on New Politics, which is the most prophetic and revolutionary address…
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January 12, 2016 |
When Killing is the Only Politics!

Classical Arabic dictionary defines Siyasah, politics, as pertaining to a person assigned the responsibility “to oversee a group so as to rectify their affairs toward that which is better.” The English etymology for the word politics can be traced to Aristotle’s ta politika meaning “affairs of state” or “affairs of the cities.” Merriam Webster’s dictionary…
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January 11, 2016 |
Webinar: Islamophobia Reaches a Violent Tipping Point

Since the inception of ISIS and especially after the horrendous attacks in Paris and California, Islamophobia has reached a violent tipping point. The mainstream discourse has been explicit with open calls for violence against Muslims. In addition, the shock after these attacks was utilized by the power structure to put more pressure on Muslim communities…
January 11, 2016 |
Interview | Al Shabab Recruitment Video with Trump Excerpt

Dr. Hatem Bazian’s interview with TRT World on Al Shabab recr…Dr. Hatem Bazian’s interview with TRT World on Al Shabab recruitment video with Trump excerpt.January 3rd, 2016. Posted by Hatem Bazian on Monday, January 11, 2016 Dr. Hatem Bazian’s interview with TRT World on Al Shabab recruitment video with Trump excerpt. January 3rd, 2016.
January 6, 2016 |
Muslims in America: “Integration” through securitization

Jimmy Makino enlisted in the U.S. Army and joined the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated fighting unit in the history of the U.S. Military. Makino was born in 1921 in Los Angeles and as a Japanese American was interned at the Gila River Relocation Center in mid1940s Arizona. The U.S. Government interned…
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December 31, 2015 |
Islamophobia: Media Coverage is a Symptom Not a Cause!

Islamophobia, an intensifying crisis, is mistakenly approached by many and symptoms are taken for the real causes. The incorrect analysis then, are used in constructing faulty responses that waste time and badly needed resources. Pointing this obvious shortcoming in analyzing the problem does not mean that the symptoms are not important or significant on their…
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December 23, 2015 |
The Islamophobia Industry and the Demonization of Palestine: Implications for American Studies

“I do maintain that pro-Israel groups in the United States are the primary funders, producers, organizers, and distributors of Islamophobic content, which is dominating political and public discourses in Western societies.” Download the PDF file .
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December 23, 2015 |
Revisiting MLK’s speech, “The Three Evils of Society”

On August 31st, 1967, Reverend Martin Luther King delivered The Three Evils of Society speech at the National Conference on New Politics, which is the most prophetic and revolutionary address to date on the questions of militarism, poverty, and racism. “We are now experiencing the coming to the surface of a triple prong sickness” was…
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December 16, 2015 |
Muslims Are Civil Society’s Prisoners!

Prisons are institutions structured and built to maximize control and exercise absolute domination over the incarcerated population. Society’s primary and professed approach to prisoners is centered on a rehabilitation model in which the individual is locked up for a period of time before being allowed back into cities and towns to mix with the “normal”…
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