anti-Muslim bias
A Muslim valedictorian is abandoned by her own university
By Dilshad Ali — April 18, 2024
(RNS) — The decision to bar Asna Tabassum from speaking shows academic institutions are failing to protect students equally.
Bias is always part of being Muslim on campus. Now students face consequences for speaking up.
By Dilshad Ali — October 25, 2023
(RNS) — In dozens of interviews, students count the cost of condemning Israel’s role in the crisis.
For what crime did Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old in Chicago, die?
By Omar Suleiman — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — Every child should have the right to grow up with the compassion that Wadea Al-Fayoume expected.
How college can be a pathway to making Muslims more welcome
By Musbah Shaheen, Matthew J. Mayhew, Christa Winkler, and Alyssa Rockenbach — September 28, 2023
(RNS) — Campuses are places we learn to value others in the basic ways that humanize us.
Belly dancers, terrorists or taxi drivers: Arab American comedians spoof stereotypes
By Fiona André — September 21, 2023
(RNS) — The Arab American Comedy Festival is launching a 10-month tour as the event turns 20.
‘On 9/11 there was a sense of unity in the country. We’ve taken a collective step back.’
By Simran Jeet Singh — September 8, 2023
(RNS) — A surgeon who volunteered at Ground Zero recalls the aftermath.
Muslim missionaries accused of trafficking Amazon Indigenous boys to Turkey
By Eduardo Campos Lima — August 1, 2023
SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The case has caused outrage. Muslims have criticized the media’s rapt coverage as Islamophobic, given that the alleged operation was not very different from what many Christian churches have been doing for decades.
When the ‘left’ lectures Muslims on the ‘right’ on LGBTQ curriculums
By Suleiman Hani — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — Are American Muslims conservative or liberal? Democrat or Republican?
Who says you can’t show students a portrait of Muhammad?
By Mark Silk — January 11, 2023
(RNS) — A multiple-choice quiz to help college administrators navigate religious freedom on campus.
Horror audio drama ‘Quiet Part Loud’ explores fear and hatred in post-9/11 America
By Jillian Cheney — December 14, 2022
(RNS) — A new audio drama looks at anti-Muslim bias after 9/11 and how it only takes one person in power spewing vitriol to bring about violence.
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media — 2 political scientists reviewed over 250,000 articles to find conclusive evidence
By Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen — May 29, 2022
(The Conversation) — In examining media coverage of Muslims over a 21-year period, in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, scholars found that articles mentioning Muslims were far more negative than other faith groups.
Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
By Sheikh Saaliq — April 20, 2022
(AP) — Officials say they are targeting illegal buildings and not any religious group. But critics argue this is the latest attempt to harass Muslims, who make up 14% of India’s 1.4 billion people.
In India, Muslim hawkers attacked at Hindu temple fairs
By Varsha Torgalkar — April 6, 2022
(RNS) — Experts call it social apartheid to instill mob fear among Muslims.
In India, wearing hijab bars some Muslim students from class
By Sheikh Saaliq — February 8, 2022
(AP) — As more schools have begun implementing a similar ban on hijabs, the southern Indian state of Karnataka’s top court has stepped in.
11 hours of prayer and solidarity at the Colleyville synagogue standoff
By Omar Suleiman — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — At the request of his editors, our columnist writes about waiting with hostages’ families.
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