Tag: Media
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 ›
Brighton Youth Commissioner Says Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Is A Daily Occurrence
The Argus reports on a Muslim law graduate and member of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner’s Youth Commission, Mageed Gharib, who says he has witnessed or personally experienced hate crime on a daily basis in Brighton. Gharib, 22, says he has been regularly confronted with prejudice dating back to his time at school and… Read More ›
Christian Pastor With Detailed Plans To Massacre Muslim Children Not A “Threat”, Set Free By Judge
Does anyone remember Pastor Robert Doggart, who was caught planning, recruiting militia members to burn down a mosque, a children’s school, and a cafeteria while murdering civilians in a New York Muslim community using m4 Rifles, explosives, machetes, and snipers? Well, he plead guilty. One would of thought that would have been the end for… Read More ›
Young Muslims “Fuel Huge Rise In Sharia Marriage”?
The Times front page today runs a curious headline: “Young Muslims fuel huge rise in Sharia marriage”. The headline is a bit like the paper’s declaration last year of a “rise in the Muslim birthrate” that was, it turns out, non-existent. So, it is the same with the strange proclamation that young Muslims are fuelling… Read More ›
Bradford School Refers Member Of Staff’s “Tasteless And Offensive” Facebook Post To Police
Bradford’s Telegraph and Argus reports on an investigation launched by South Yorkshire police after staff a member at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College allegedly shared a “tasteless and offensive” post from the far right group, Britain First, on her Facebook page. The post, which shows an image of women in niqab and states “share… 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 ›
VIDEO: Experts Reveal How Media Spread Hate And Bigotry Against Muslims
The industry of Anti-Muslim bigotry or as some know it as ‘Islamophobia’. How the media profit from spreading hate and lies about Muslims and Islam. The Profit Of Islam. “The Profit of Islam exposes the complex relationship between Islamophobia and the media in the UK, fusing a range of archive footage and interviews with experts… Read More ›
Christian Zionists Expose Their Anti-Semitism At Conservative Summit In Iowa
A guerrilla-style documentary video produced by news organization AJ+ (which is part of the larger Al Jazeera Media Network) offers viewers a candid glimpse into the topsy-turvy world of American right-wing Christian Zionists (that is to say, Christians who believe God gave the land of historic Palestine to the Jewish people). Host Dena Takruri visited a conservative… Read More ›
British Muslim Women Say They Were Racially Abused By National Express Driver
BuzzFeed News reports on a Facebook post describing an alleged incident of racial abuse suffered by a group of young British Muslim women which has gone viral. Yusra Ahmed, a student at the University of Leeds, described how she and a group of friends were left “humiliated and victimised”‘ after a National Express coach… Read More ›
“It’s Pure Myth That Islam Is ‘A Religion Of Peace’”?
Melanie Phillips in her column in The Times today argues “It’s pure myth that Islam is ‘a religion of peace” because, she asserts, “Islam has a history of violent conquest.” Phillips criticises the PM, David Cameron, saying he “regrettably regressed to claiming once again that this was “not in the name of Islam” which… Read More ›
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