Showing anti-Muslim documentary to cops is unacceptable
Nermeen ArastuBy Nermeen ArastuThe New York Police Department is sorely in need of independent oversight.The NYPD’s use of an anti-Muslim propaganda film, “The Third Jihad” — and the role of NYPD...
View ArticleMuslim-Americans and Islam should not be demonized
Amitabh PalIslam and Muslim-Americans are being unfairly vilified for the Boston bombings.The suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers, were allegedly impelled by a host of reasons."Religious belief does not...
View ArticleGeller’s Anti-Muslim Crusade Must End
Joseph MaytonIt is early morning in San Francisco and a few elderly men are walking out of one of the few mosques in the city. They look just like everyone else on the street, but their Arabic gives...
View ArticleCancellation of Arab American Film Festival a Troubling Sign
Joseph MaytonThis is where we are today, as a country and a society.You can't even hold an Arab American film festival in Dearborn, Michigan, a center of the Arab American community in this country.The...
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As Oscars Near, 'American Sniper' Draws Protest
Ed RampellThis year’s Academy Award race for Best Picture is a classic Hollywood Left vs. Right contest, pitting a biopic about an American marksman against Selma, a film depicting Martin Luther King...
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Can Islam Be Compatible with Feminism?
Amitabh PalThis story appeared in the March 2015 issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. It’s safe to say that the first two things Americans think of when they think of Muslims...
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An American Reporter in France
Jack CraverThis story appeared in the March 2015 of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. At the time, it seemed like a beautiful moment of clarity. I looked around and realized that I...
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Three Wise Guys: Muslim Comics for Free Expression
Ed RampellThis story appeared in the April 2015 issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. Muslim American comics are busy dispelling the notion that Islam is no fun.The Axis of...
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Battling Islam's Bad Image
Amitabh PalWhen the word “Muslim” is in the news lately, it’s often connected with the word “terrorist.” A group of experts gathered recently at the University of Wisconsin to grapple with this problem...
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Islam, Hate, and the Texas Shooting
Amitabh Pal The shooting at the cartoon exhibition in Texas is a new lowpoint in the U.S. culture war over Islam.Nothing can excuse the potentially murderous attack of the two gunmen, one of whom seems...
View ArticleWatch: Pam Geller's Islamification
Mark Fiore There are only so many ways you can say, "shooting cartoonists is wrong and free speech is great"; Feel free to check out my previous responses to cartoonists being attacked or Muhammad...
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Iran Deal Shifts U.S. Relationship to the World
Moustafa BayoumiPhoto: "Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program - the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Other Officials of the P5+1 and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran and EU in Lausanne"by...
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Chattanooga Shooting Fuels Anti-Muslim Reaction
Amitabh PalPhoto by Matt DiGirolamoNever mind the fact that Mohammod Abdulazeez, the Chattanooga shooter, was gravely mentally troubled and abused alcohol and drugs. Also never mind that, by some...
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We Need to Honor Oak Creek Victims With Meaningful Change
Suman Raghunathan and Lakshmi SridaranPhoto by Ted EytanThree years ago on Aug. 5, a white supremacist murdered six Sikh-Americans at their Gurdwara or place of worship in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. We need...
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The Challenge for France—and the World
Submitted by Jack Craver on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 10:15amJack Craver Paris rally after the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks.The sign on the right reads, "Jews, Muslims, atheists, Christians united......
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Stop Giving Anti-Muslim Prejudice a Free Ride
Submitted by Jack Shaheen on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 9:01amJack ShaheenPhoto 2007 gathering of Eagles, Washington, D.C., credit RaphaelI.I am a Christian of Arab descent who resides in a quiet American town...
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Registry for Muslims Has Already Created A Decade of Profiling and Fear
Submitted by Moustafa Bayoumi on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 6:58pmMoustafa Bayoumi"Iftar in Patterson New Jersey" by U.S. Department of State.Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, the political rhetoric...
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Muslims in Michigan: A Long History of Community
Submitted by Jim West on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 10:16amJim WestMuslim migrants have been drawn to the Detroit area for more than a century. Hundreds of Syrian refugees were working in Henry Ford auto...
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Second Presidential Debate: A New Low in American Politics
Submitted by Ruth Conniff on Mon, 10/10/2016 - 8:40amRuth ConniffDonald Trump lurks behind Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate. It was bound to be an ugly scene. In the reality TV...
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‘This Is like My 9/11 All Over Again:’ Wajahat Ali
Submitted by Norman Stockwell on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 10:30amNorman StockwellWajahat Ali is a journalist and blogger who helped launch Al Jazeera America, as well as an award-winning playwright who wrote...
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