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February 13, 2017 |
Trump, Islamophobia and the New McCarthyism
A purported secret document is being used by the Islamophobes, Alt-right operatives, Israel and Arab lobbyists in order to push for a presidential executive order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood movement as a terrorist organization. In fact, successive Republican and Democratic U.S. administrations have investigated the Muslim Brotherhood movement and reached the conclusion that…
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January 29, 2017 |
Trump’s War on Islam and Clash of Civilization Wrecking Crew!
In the few days since Trump took office, the new administration has re-deployed Islam at the center of its anti-terrorism campaign. Trump expressed this shift in his inauguration speech, which had the following line to frame the new administration’s relations with Islam and the Muslim world: “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones…
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December 1, 2016 |
Negotiating Alliances in the Age of Islamophobia: AJC’s Role in Anti-Muslim Discourses
What do Islamophobic figures like Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Wafa Sultan and Nonie Darwish have in common? Many answers come to mind, but not the one that I am seeking. The answer is that all of them are recipients of one award or in the case of Pipes and Emerson glowing public recommendation for their…
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November 24, 2016 |
American Muslims and the Specter of Fear
The election of Trump in the recent U.S. election has unleashed a wave of fear among Muslims and communities of color across the country. After my class today, a friend asked if the conditions in the country are going to become more difficult, for example, if an interment like the Japanese faced during WWII might…
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November 9, 2016 |
Trump’s Victory: Intervention Ghosts, Globalization and Islamophobia!
Thousands of articles have been written and many more will be written concerning the 2016 presidential election and the bizarre nature of the contest. Under normal circumstances and had the Republican candidate been anyone other than Trump, Clinton might have been able to secure the White House for the Democrats but the opposite is also…
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September 7, 2016 |
Muslim Intellectuals and America’s Imperial Project!
The role of the intellectual in these difficult times is paramount as debates on every issue abound in contemporary society. Nothing from the economy to the environment, race relations to healthcare, and migration to outer space exploration escape the debates and are all in contestation and in flux. At the outset, let’s not posit that…
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July 7, 2016 |
Islamophobia: Israel’s Last Frontier to Rescue its Image!
With Israel’s loss of international public standing due to its never-ending occupation and violence against the Palestinians, Israel’s spokespeople and operatives in the U.S. and Europe are jumping heads-over-heels into Islamophobia to reverse the trend. At present, Israel’s propaganda machine is so intensely Islamophobic and constantly working to demonize Palestinians by resorting to every orientalist…
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June 26, 2016 |
‘Confronting Fear’ and Taking Stock of Islamophobia in the US
“Armed anti-Muslim demonstrations” and “Muslim-Free Business” were the two new phenomena documented in a report, “Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States,” released to the public jointly by the Council on American Islamic Relations and the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender’s Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project. The most prominent armed…
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June 16, 2016 |
Islam is Responsible Mantra
The blame Islam mantra, a favorite pastime for the media and political talking heads, got a new lease on life after the horrific attack at the Pulse Club in Orlando, Florida. Immediately after news of the attack spread, media talking heads and political pundits began to pontificate on Islam’s supposed responsibility and the homophobic nature…
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June 9, 2016 |
Remembering Muhammad Ali: “Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee.”
Oct. 29, 1974: Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman; “The Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match was my distant connection to the champ, the greatest. The match was a much-awaited event for the neighborhood and almost everyone crammed into the few houses that had a TV set to watch the fight. Every household had 40 or…
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