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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 16, 2016 |
Trump and the Collapse of Neoliberal Economic Order!
The string of right-wing political parties gaining the upper hand in elections across Europe and now joined by Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election points to a much bigger phenomenon: the collapse of the neoliberal economic and political order. Consequently, focusing on each election outcome across Europe and the U.S. misses the overall global…
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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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October 12, 2016 |
Police Violence in America and Compounded Racism
The spike in killing of unarmed African Americans by police officers is directly related to greater exposure, of historical and long-term endemic problems, and through the utilization of cameras and social media. Instead of seeing this as a drastic increase in the cases, the public should focus on police’s violence and abuse that has been…
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October 5, 2016 |
Racism at the University: Silence, Indifference and Culpability
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” Martin Luther King’s words are as true today as the time they were uttered during the tumultuous years of the 1960s. I don’t…
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September 28, 2016 |
The First U.S. Presidential Debate: Divided We Shall Remain!
The first U.S. presidential debate is already behind us and the day after, the American people are still as split as they were for the past 16 years. We find the country is divided on almost every issue: race and racism, gender and equal pay, immigration, war on terror, military expenditures, NATO, healthcare, economy, taxes,…
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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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September 4, 2016 |
Does Europe Have an Inquisition Problem?
Switzerland banned the construction of minarets; Spain and Italy have placed heavy restrictions on permits for building new mosques; Austria adopted a law to redefine the status of Islam and Muslims in the country; France has layered bans on the Hijab, Niqab and now Burkini; and the continent-wide massive surveillance of Muslims raises an important question: Will Europe forever have…
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