Tag: politics

Reality Check: Gaza Is Still Occupied?

Israel says it no longer occupies Gaza after disengaging from the strip of land in 2005. But Palestinians, international organisations, human rights groups and governments, including the United States, argue Gaza is still occupied. In the Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan challenges Israel’s narrative, arguing the country still controls Gaza’s borders, airspace and territorial waters. He… 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 ›

Canada’s “Barbaric Practices” Law Mirrors American Campaigns To Ban Sharia

Last week, Canada’s Parliament passed the “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act.” Proposed by of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, it will criminalize forced marriages and ban honor killings. On its face, this law seems to be something that everyone can—and should—get behind. But a closer look at the text of the law,… Read More ›

Israel’s UN Ambassador Called For Annexing West Bank, Tries To Delete Evidence

  Danny Danon, Israel’s new ambassador to the United Nations, has been described by Israeli Labor Party lawmaker Erel Margalit as “a right-wing extremist with the diplomatic sensitivity of a pit bull.” Ambassador Danon boasted on his official Facebook page on April 27, 2011 that he was proposing legislation that would have the Israeli government… 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 ›

VIDEO: Muslim Customer Saves Shopkeeper From Machete Attack In India

A Video footage of a Muslim man defending a shopkeeper from a vicious sword attack has gone viral. The incident took place this week In Mumbai, India. The Family of the shopkeeper described the Muslim man as an ‘angel’. The Muslim hero told NDTV News that he was not scared of confronting the sword-wielding thug… Read More ›

FBI: Much-Feared Australian ISIS Jihadist is actually 20-Yr-Old Jewish Troll In Florida

  From The Sydney Morning Herald: A young Jewish American man has been charged with pretending to be an Australian-based Islamic State jihadist after a FBI joint investigation with the Australian Federal Police based on information provided by Fairfax Media.Joshua Ryne Goldberg, a 20-year old living at his parents’ house in US state of Florida,… Read More ›

Burn All Churches Says Israeli-Jewish Leader

The leader of a Jewish group has voiced support for arson attacks on Christian Churches in Israel. Benzi Gopstein, the head of Lehava – which has drawn notoriety for its violent attacks on Jewish-Arab assimilition – made the statements at a panel discussion for Jewish Yeshiva students. Benzi, later tried to escape from accusations of inciting… Read More ›

Israelis Burn Palestinian Baby To Death

It has been reported that Jewish settlers fire-bombed A West-Bank house on a early Friday morning; Hebrew graffiti was found at the place reading, ‘revenge’ and ‘long live the Messiah’. A one-and-a-half year-old Palestinian baby was burned to death and three of his family members were seriously injured on Friday morning after their house was… Read More ›

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