Press TV December 7, 2015 The US media characterizes a shooting attack as “terrorism” only when there is indication that the perpetrator might be a Muslim but refuses to use the word in other cases, American scholar Dr. Kevin Barrett says. On Wednesday, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, stormed a holiday party in
Marcy Wheeler: Under the current system, the victims of Islamic “ideologically-motivated mass shootings” are treated as more important deaths than all the others (which almost certainly inflates the import of them and thereby feeds more terror). All American mass deaths, ideologically-motivated, Islamic or not, deserve the same access to justice (or chance of prevention). And
Press TV December 5, 2015 A new report has revealed that anti-Muslim prejudice is growing rapidly in the UK. According to the report by the anti-racist group Hope Not Hate, 24 different far-right groups are currently attempting to incite anti-Muslim hatred in the UK. The analysis, also suggests that Islamophobic sentiments have been on the
The Independent (UK): A 26-year-old woman who says that Muslims cannot be French may be about to be elected president of a large region sprawling from Marseille to Nice and the Italian border. Click here to read more (external link).
Daily Mail: A young Muslim woman who escaped Afghanistan after defying the Taliban and relocated to Australia has said she was tricked by a far-right group into being used in a ‘propaganda’ video. Rahila Haidary, 20, was filmed by protesters at an anti-Islam rally in Perth on November 22 who then posted the video and
Press TV December 1, 2015 A Muslim taxi driver in the US state of Pennsylvania has been shot and wounded in what appears to be a hate crime. The 38-year-old Moroccan immigrant was shot in the back during the Thanksgiving holiday by his passenger, who talked about the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group and insulted the
Press TV November 30, 2015 Donald Trump, the leading US Republican presidential candidate, takes his anti-Muslim rhetoric to a whole new level, saying there is “something nasty” coming out of Islam. Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday, Trump was asked by panelist John Heilemann if Islam was “an inherently violent religion?” “It could be answered both
Press TV November 29, 2015 US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent accusation against Muslims, saying that they cheered for the September 11, 2001 attacks, is a “mangled” version of what really took place on that day, American scholar Kevin Barrett says. The Republican presidential frontrunner said on Saturday that not only Arab Muslims in New
Christian Science Monitor: ‘I heard you wanted us to start wearing ID badges, so I decided to choose one for myself,’ a young Muslim woman wrote in a Facebook post addressed to Donald Trump. ‘I chose the peace sign because it represents my #Islam.’ Click here to read more (external link).
Mic: Trump’s positions on refugees and the treatment of Muslims mirrors the views of a large segment of the American public. Repugnant as Trump’s anti-Muslim comments may be, it’s important to recognize the extent to which he’s a reflection of deeply racist and Islamophobic portions of the U.S. population. Click here to read (external link).