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February 5, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Black History Month & Dismantling Whiteness in ‘the Shining City Upon a Hill’
A ‘shining city upon a hill’ is one of the most enduring metaphors for America’s self-constructed image of itself in the world, pillar in identify formation and the crafting of larger than life purpose religiously laden with inescapable inferences. In a Farewell Address delivered on January 11th, 1989, the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan framed…
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January 25, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
“No-Go Zones” & No-Intelligence, An Islamophobia Prerequisite
The recent Islamophobic absurdity comes to us courtesy of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who claimed in a London speech delivered at the Henry Jackson Society, a British think tank, that Muslims establish “no-go zones” outside civic control such as the case in Birmingham. Actually, Jindal’s Islamophobic ignorant statements are not original. Steven Emerson was the…
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January 22, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Ahmed Merabet and Charlie Hebdo’s new cover: at whom are we poking fun?
In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo murders, Ahmed Merabet’s brother Malek correctly declared: “My brother was Muslim and he was killed by two terrorists, by two false Muslims. … Islam is a religion of peace and love. As far as my brother’s death is concerned, it was a waste. He was very proud of…
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January 15, 2015 | Al JazeeraThe freedom to take offence
In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo murders, Ahmed Merabet’s brother Malek correctly declared: “My brother was Muslim and he was killed by two terrorists, by two false Muslims … Islam is a religion of peace and love. As far as my brother’s death is concerned it was a waste. He was very proud of…
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January 8, 2015 | Turkey Agenda
Charlie Hebdo, and Murder in the Name of Islam?
The news concerning Muslims engaged in terrorism, mayhem and murder in the name of defending Islam is non-stop and point to a serious crisis that is yet to be addressed. Every day a river of blood is flowing across the world with Muslim names attached to it both victims and perpetrators alike. Is this Islam…
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December 8, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Tunisian Presidential Elections and Monetizing Islamophobia At The Ballot Box
The front runner in the Tunisian upcoming presidential elections Beji Cassid Essebsi has cast himself, starting with the formation of the new party Nidaa Tounes, as the rescuer for the country. Because, in Essebsi view, “the Islamists don’t have experience being in power. They are incompetent and have been in favor of radical Islamist movements.”…
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November 24, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
The ‘Terrorist’ Designation Game: A Tool to Consolidate Power and Saving Islam from Islam!
On November 15, 2014 as part of new broader initiative to combat terrorism, the United Arab Emirates government designated 82 terrorist organizations that will be subject to the newly issued anti-terrorism law. As expected, the UAE’s own Muslim Brotherhood Movement group called al-Islah was at the top of the list. The Egyptian MBM branch was…
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September 3, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
The ‘Randomness’ of Islamophobia at US airports
In June 2014, I traveled to Qatar to attend and present a paper at a conference focusing on Arab-US relations hosted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, right before heading to Granada, Spain, to teach a summer course on Muslims in the West from pre-1492 to the present. The conference was well attended and…
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April 14, 2014 | Al JazeeraLatent and manifest Islamophobia: An inception of ideas
Christopher Nolan’s 2010 movie “Inception” engaged the world of dreams and the complexity around the sources and materials that produce feelings and experiences in the mind. The lead character, Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), is a master at penetrating the inner human subconscious, the dream world, and mining it for valuable ideas that are available for purchase…
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August 20, 2013 | Al JazeeraEgypt, the ‘war on terrorism’ and Islamophobia
In an interview with Der Speigel , Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy offered his German audience a history “lesson” reminding them of “their experiences with a democratically elected politician who then behaved in an undemocratic manner”, thus asserting that the removal of Morsi is in reality a preemptive action undertaken to protect democracy itself. Fahmy…
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