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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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December 10, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Islamophobia is at a violent tipping point
In the past few months, DAESH unleashed on the world a series of horrendous terrorist attacks in major cities all across the globe and impacted every continent. Aside from the massive death toll, Islam and Muslims are doubly victimized – once by the actual terrorist attacks and twice by being despised as a religious group…
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December 2, 2015 |Death certificates in America – Cause of Death: “Being Black”
Numbers are cold and can narrate America’s story of deep rooted structural racism and white supremacy in clear and sometimes an overtly clinical way. When numbers are combined with the picture and video of a 17-year-old young black kid, then America’s racist and troubled soul is exposed. A soul frequently drenched in blood, pain, and…
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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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November 12, 2015 | Daily Sabah
The clash of civilization: A racial discourse
The oft-cited clash of civilization thesis promoted by right-wing politicians, religious extremists and public figures is predicated on extending and reformulating the already discredited notions of “scientific/biological racism” into new categories based on cultural, religious, and ethnic norms – nebulous and difficult to define terms, as the concept of race itself. In the clash of…
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November 9, 2015 | AlJazeeraThe Palestinian cause and international law
The Palestinian quest for international recognition took another major step forward when 107 nations voted to admit Palestine as a full member to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). At the meeting, the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel, and 10 other countries opposed the motion, while 52 countries, including Great Britain, abstained…
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November 5, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Trump and the Spectacle of Reality TV
Donald Trump’s political campaign represents the logical evolution of the media age and entertainment serving as a spectacle where the line between the real and the imaginary is completely blurred. The age of reality TV and non-stop entertainment has become the dominant avenue for people to receive and share information about a wide range of…
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October 31, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Al-Aqsa Mosque and Israel’s colonial bullying
The name of Hatem ibn Abdellah ibn Saad at-Taiy is recorded in Arab history as being the most generous of the Arabs, and is often used as a basis of comparisons and associated with many proverbs. The phrase: “More generous than Hatem,” is the most commonly used maxim when a person acts generously. The actual…
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September 3, 2015 | Daily Sabah
Donald Trump’s racism pushes Republicans further to the fringe
The Aug. 31 Time Magazine cover had Trump’s image with the caption “Deal with it,” as if to say that the problem is with all of us and not with the candidate’s racism. Jorge Ramos, the anchorman of the largest Latino TV network, had to “deal with it” during Trump’s press conference when bullied out…
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