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Attacks Against Muslims Surge After Chapel Hill Shooting

  Download this infographic here. Source: THE BRIDGE INITITATIVE

Three Of The Most Islamophobic Responses To The Chattanooga Shooting

Last weekend, Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the feast that concludes their holy month of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. But amid the celebration, Muslims in America were also contending with an eruption of Islamophobia in the wake of the shootings that claimed the lives of five service members in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unsurprisingly, many… Read More ›

New Poll On American Muslims Is Grounded In Bias, Riddled With Flaws

On Wednesday, the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a Washington, D.C. think tank run by former Reagan official Frank Gaffney released a survey of 600 Muslims living in the United States. Its takeaway, captured in a headline on the CSP website, is this: “Poll of US Muslims Reveals Ominous Levels of Support For Islamic Supremacists’… Read More ›

MUSLIM Woman Develops Phone App To Feed 600,000 Homeless People In San Francisco

DTT: *MUSLIM* Californian woman develops phone app to feed almost 600,000 homeless people in San Francisco… The mainstream media has a habit of omitting ‘Muslim’ whenever there is a positive story, yet if this was a negative story ‘MUSLIM WOMAN’ would be plastered across as the headline. The Independent reports: A Californian woman, who developed… Read More ›

The First Muslim-American Scholar: Bilali Muhammed

Firas Alkhateeb / Lost Islamic History An unfortunate misconception among today’s American Muslim community is that Islam has only been present in America for less than 100 years. Many American Muslims are children of immigrants who came to the United States from the Middle East and South Asia in the mid-nineteenth century, and thus wrongly… Read More ›

In Arizona, Another Armed Protest Planned Outside Local Mosque

UPDATE (6/19): In light of increased conversation about the scheduled rally, organizer Dean Remington updated the Facebook event’s description. He responded to criticism of the planned demonstration, and articulated his views on its purpose. “This is not a protest on the ICT [Islamic Center of Tucson] or Muslims,” he wrote, adding that the event was… Read More ›

While People Are Dying Of Starvation, Pastor Gets $65 Million Jet

DTT: While people are dying of starvation around the world, this man of God, a pastor, gets a 65 million dollar jet for him to fly around as he pleases. Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos World Changers Church International’s Board of Directors has announced that their golden son Creflo Dollar will get his $65 million… Read More ›

Gun Nut Strolls Through Atlanta Airport With His AR-15 Rifle Because He Can

DTT: What if he was brown Arab looking with a beard or a black person? Freedom comes and goes depending on your skin colour. If a Black guy were to walk into the same airport, equally armed, he wouldn’t be walking out alive. That is a fact! By Terrell Jermaine Starr / AlterNet His fellow passengers… Read More ›

Debunking The “80% Of American Mosques” Myth

On Tuesday night, American blogger Robert Spencer, who leads the anti-Muslim hate group AFDI, appeared on Fox News to discuss Sharia law with host Sean Hannity. During the segment, he advanced the oft-recited statistic that “80 percent of American mosques teach the superiority of Sharia over Constitutional law, and the necessity ultimately to replace one with… Read More ›

US Sailor Pleads Guilty To Hate Attack On Muslim Taxi Driver

DTT: A Muslim cab driver was punched repeatedly in the face, and called a ‘terrorist’ by sailor. The Seatle cab driver said he was punched repeatedly non-stop in the face while he was driving, it caused him to crash his taxi into an apartment building, and he says it was because of his religion. The… Read More ›

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