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November 29, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Trump and civil society bullies
The public atmosphere is so intensely poisoned with Islamophobia and racism directed at Muslims and minorities that it has reached a crucial tipping point toward violence. It is no longer a question of whether mass violence will be committed against Muslims and minorities, but a matter of when- for all indications point to heightened levels…
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November 18, 2015 | Daily SabahTerrorism is wrongly framed!
In the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, politicians have taken to the airwaves to shape public opinion and insert a heavy dose of Islamophobia and “clash of civilizations” venom. Florida Senator Mario Rubio called the attacks “a wake-up call” and urged the U.S. to commit itself to “a civilizational war against radical Islam.” Former…
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September 23, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Ahmed’s arrest caused by bigotry and Islamophobia
The arrest of 14-year old Ahmed Mohamed in the Independent School District in Irving, Texas, illustrates the pervasiveness and normalization of Islamophobic responses that assume guilt before innocence. In this incident, Ahmed’s school principle, Dan Cummings, informed parents in a letter that the police were called to the campus in response to a “suspicious-looking item.”…
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July 7, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
On sectarian violence in the Muslim world
Extremist groups often site the Hadith from Sunan Abi Dawud stating, “Ummah (the community) will divide into 73 sects, all of them in hellfire except one,” as evidence for the veracity of their ideology while condemning all others who disagree or differ to death. This frame of thinking is atrocious; evidently, murderous when acted upon…
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April 12, 2015 | Daily Sabah
From the human zoo to diversity initiatives
In the 18th, 19th and early parts of the 20th century, the idea of a human zoo was an established normative way to come into direct contact and examine closely the “lower breeds” of the human evolutionary scale. Human zoos of this type were present in major European cities and frequented by everyone in society…
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March 27, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
How does it feel to be a Muslim?
Events in the Arab and Muslim world direct me again back to W.E.B. Du Bois and the pressing question in his book, The Souls of Black Folk– how does it feel to be a problem? The question posed by Du Bois in relations to African Americans and the problem of race in America has not…
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February 28, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Islamophobia Network: The Fringe Dominating the Center
Clearly, the recent events in Europe, U.S. and the Muslim World have brought renewed attention to Islam and the status of Muslim citizens and immigrants in the West. For some, the idea of Islam and the West are an odd coupling that don’t belong to the same category and are structurally set on a constant…
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February 23, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Islam in countering violent extremism
In an L.A. Times editorial and a speech given at a three-day White House Summit focusing on Countering Violent extremism, U.S. President Barack Obama declared that the effort is “a battle for hearts and minds,” of the Muslim world. Obama maintained in the editorial: “Groups like al-Qaida and ISIS promote a twisted interpretation of religion…
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February 16, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
North Carolina , Paris, Norway & Reinforcing Extremes
The attacks on Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7th, 2015 and the murder of Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in North Carolina point to extremists capturing and shaping the global narrative. What is occurring is a process by which the actions and rhetoric of extremists from one side…
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February 16, 2015 | Al JazeeraWhen Islamophobia turns deadly
“Vaccinate” against Sharia; demands to “publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws”; and Islam “is a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out” are a few recent statements by US political leaders pointing to the level of toxicity and bigotry directed at Muslims in the country. As American Muslims mourn the loss of…
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