Tag: America

QUIZ: Same Fears, Same Smears: Islamophobia And Other Prejudices

Prejudice against American Jews, Catholics, and now Muslims has looked surprising similar through the decades. Take our “Same Fears, Same Smears” Quiz on Buzzfeed (linked below) to see how rhetoric about religious minorities has compared throughout American history. QUIZ: Same Fears, Same Smears: Islamophobia and Other PrejudicesTo learn more about the similarities between Islamophobia and other forms of prejudice, check out… Read More ›

New Research on Dehumanization Sheds Light On Americans’ Views Of Muslims

In recent days, the news cycle has been full of coverage of Ahmed the Clockmaker’s unfair arrest, Ben Carson’s opposition to a Muslim president, and Donald Trump’s lacking response to a supporter who stated: “We have a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims…we have training camps brewing where they want to kill us. That’s… Read More ›

FBI: Anti-Muslim Voices Fuel Increased Threat From Militias

Militia groups across the country are setting their sights on American Muslims. Since 2013, domestic militias have monitored Islamic institutions, and plotted and advocated violence against Muslims in states as diverse as New York, Indiana, Alaska and South Carolina. In 2014, militias in Mississippi “discussed kidnapping and beheading Muslims and posting the video” online, and a… Read More ›

‘Patriot’ Guarding ‘Muslim Free’ Gun Store Accidentally Shoots Himself

A “patriot” accidentally shot himself outside the Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gear store in Oktaha, Oklahoma. The Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gear store and gun range has had a string of ugly incidents after declaring they are “Muslim free”: “We do not want to have any jihadis training on our gun range and… Read More ›

George Zimmerman Is Painting And Selling Confederate Flags For Gun Shop

Nothing says, I didn’t murder an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon Martin because I’m a cowardly racist asshole, like painting confederate flags for another racist gun shop owner. That’s what America’s living piece of human sludge George Zimmerman is up to. The owner of a Central Florida gun shop that recently declared itself a “Muslim-free… Read More ›

“You Should All Be In Jail,” And “We’ll Nuke You Soon Anyway”

I have a Muslim friend who happens to work close to my place of work and so we often meet and, as he is as much a political junkie as I am, we inevitably talk about the presidential election. He is married and has two children. And he has been growing more and more despondent… Read More ›

POLL: ‘Majority Of Republicans Want To Ban Islam’

We hear a lot about religious freedom from conservatives these days, but what do they actually mean when they use that term? A new poll out of Iowa sheds some light… But it appears as though both conservative newbies are basing their resistance against widespread backlash on a targeted understanding of the extreme right-wing Iowa… Read More ›

Christians Asked About Israel And The Nuclear Deal With Iran

Many Conservatives disagree with and are actively trying to undermine President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran but do they even know what the deal consists of? AJ+ asked a bunch of Conservative Christians at the Conservative Summit about the deal, doesn’t seem like they know much about it. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point)… Read More ›

Presidential Candidates Set to Appear at Event Hosted By Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist

On Saturday, July 25th, five 2016 presidential candidates are slated to appear at the New Hampshire National Security Action Summit, a daylong conference organized by the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a Washington, D.C. think tank that promotes conspiracies about Muslims and Islam. According to CSP’s website, Senator Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Governor Bobby Jindal, Governor George Pataki, and… Read More ›

Group Says Gunman Who Shot Muslim Man In The Head Made Anti-Muslim Statements Before Killing Victim

DTT: Islamophobic media campaigns are working like a charm. The media spreads rabid hate against Muslims, gets paid handsomely for it, then slithers into the shadows when their sinister work bears its poison fruit. Chron reports: A civil rights organization is asking Houston police to investigate a deadly road rage shooting as a hate crime,… Read More ›

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