Islamophobia
House responds to GOP’s Boebert with Islamophobia bill
By Lisa Mascaro — December 15, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Boebert had derided Omar during a House floor debate last month, taunting the Somali-born, Muslim-American immigrant as a member of the “jihad squad” of liberal lawmakers.
Why do elected leaders keep getting a pass on anti-Muslim hate?
By Sumayyah Waheed — December 8, 2021
(RNS) — There is a direct line connecting anti-Muslim and antisemitic political attacks to violence.
After Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic standup, here’s the apology that was missing
By Mark Silk — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — Boebert refused Ilhan Omar’s request to apologize to her publicly.
New biography offers novel approach to life of Muhammad
By Joseph Hammond — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — In his new book, 'Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait,' biographer Mohamad Jebara takes long-established sources and weaves them together for a fresh telling of a familiar story.
Muslims win office in US municipal elections in 2021
By Joseph Hammond — November 10, 2021
(RNS) — Three years after the first Muslim women were elected to Congress, successful campaigns in Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania put Muslims in key local offices.
European diversity campaign celebrating Hijab ended after French backlash
By Joseph Hammond — November 8, 2021
(RNS) — A Council of Europe spokesperson told the BBC the organization had taken down the campaign tweets, 'while we reflect on a better presentation of the project.'
New poll reveals how much we presume about Muslim Americans’ politics
By Simran Jeet Singh — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — Two decades after 9/11, Americans are still getting to know their Muslim neighbors. New data may help.
The last casualty of 9/11: Speaking up for Muslim political prisoners
By Omar Suleiman — October 11, 2021
(RNS) — For two decades, Muslims' will to seek justice for political prisoners has been muted.
Muslim women more likely than men to experience Islamophobia, survey finds
By Alejandra Molina — September 29, 2021
(RNS) — A total of 1,123 Muslims in the US participated in the 2020 survey that was conducted between Oct. 14 and Nov. 2.
White Christian nationalism found fertile soil in post-9/11 America
By Robert P. Jones — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — Since the Bush era, the attitudes of Republicans, including white evangelicals who comprise the party’s base, have increasingly aligned with a worldview rooted in centuries of white supremacist theology.
‘King of the World’ podcast examines good and bad of Muslim American life after 9/11
By Joseph Hammond — September 21, 2021
(RNS) — The show is aimed at Muslims who were in their early 20s and late teens in 2001 and suddenly found their Islamic identity thrust upon them by the attention paid to Muslims after the attacks.
In ‘Midnight Mass,’ there is ungodly horror and there are puritanical Christians
By Jillian Cheney — September 21, 2021
(RNS) — Watching the show's Muslim police chief try to convince parents to keep Bible classes out of public schools is like backing a losing sports team.
Trump is gone, but Muslim federal workers say reforms are still needed
By Joseph Hammond — September 17, 2021
(RNS) — Muslim Americans in Public Service has published a set of 12 recommendations to improve working conditions for Muslims in public service.
New York pilgrimage celebrates interfaith solidarity in lead-up to 9/11 anniversary
By Renée Roden — September 10, 2021
NEW YORK (RNS) — To be a New Yorker is an interfaith state of mind, according to many of the speakers at the interfaith prayer walk Thursday night (Sept. 9).
Racial and religious profiling remains a legacy of 9/11 — one we must end
By Maya Berry and Satjeet Kaur — September 9, 2021
(RNS) — Americans from Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian and other communities were suddenly subject to a torrent of suspicion and hate after 9/11, and that suspicion has been institutionalized by discriminatory government profiling and policies.
