Islamophobia
Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges
By Denise Lavoie — June 9, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out three lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries, a victory for the Trump administration in its yearslong defense of the ban.
How Islamophobia changed politics for Muslim America
By Simran Jeet Singh — April 23, 2020
(RNS) — Nazita Lajevardi’s new book, ‘Outsiders at Home,’ takes stock of the political toll two decades of Islamophobia has had on American Muslims.
Stresses multiply for many US clergy: ‘We need help too’
By David Crary — February 19, 2020
(AP) — From anti-Semitic violence to Islamophobia to sex abuse fears to their own financial insecurity, rabbis, imams, priests and ministers face newly evolving stresses that compound the usual cares of clergy.
A priest’s anti-Muslim comments reveal US Catholics’ Islamophobia problem
By Jordan Denari Duffner — February 13, 2020
(RNS) — Misconceptions about Islam and Muslims are widespread among Catholics. In some cases, Catholic institutions and media outlets actively give a platform to voices promoting prejudice and fear.
Texas’ misguided decision on refugees is state-sponsored Islamophobia
By Omar Suleiman — January 15, 2020
(RNS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision rests in part on the lie that Muslims from war-torn countries are dangerous, which is itself the most dangerous view out there.
We honor the victims of mass killings equally. Why can’t politicians and the press?
By Omar Suleiman — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — Researchers recently found that terror attacks by Muslims receive an average of 357% more coverage than those by other groups.
Chief rabbi’s attack on anti-Semitism keys reckoning over faith in UK election
By Catherine Pepinster — December 2, 2019
LONDON (RNS) — The Dec. 12 national election has brought unaccustomed denunciations from Britain's top religious figures against discrimination based on faith.
9/11 timeline project traces ‘underlying Islamophobia’ in war on terror
By Aysha Khan — September 10, 2019
(RNS) — The visual timeline of post-9/11 policies and programs highlights the 'underlying Islamophobia' linking nearly two decades of torture, immigration crackdowns, surveillance overreaches and more.
In new book, Muslim doctor encourages Christians to ‘love thy neighbor’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 14, 2019
(RNS) — Facing his rural neighbors who feared the Muslim in their midst, Ayaz Virji spoke to them in a school auditorium. Now his talk is a book titled "Love Thy Neighbor."
It’s been a week since the New Zealand attack. Our leaders have a choice to make.
By Shaun Kennedy — March 22, 2019
(RNS) — I grew up in parallel with the Christchurch shooter, but our lives diverged because of the choices we made.
‘We’re not the enemy’: Muslim fans respond to Chicago Cubs patriarch’s emails
By Aysha Khan — February 5, 2019
(RNS) — Muslim fans of the Chicago Cubs say they’re disappointed after leaked emails from Ricketts, the billionaire patriarch of the family that owns the team, revealed him sharing racist, anti-Muslim jokes and conspiracy theories.
Seventeen years after 9/11, Muslims are still ‘presumed guilty’
By Aysha Khan — September 10, 2018
(RNS) — Todd Green, the author of a new book on Islamophobia, says that if we’re still asking Muslims to condemn terrorism despite repeated disavowals, the trouble lies not with Muslims, but with the American majority.
Researchers find link between Trump tweets and spike in anti-Muslim hate
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 17, 2018
(RNS) — Their conclusions correspond with what Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups are hearing, too.
5 faith facts about Mike Pompeo: A divisive devotion
By Jack Jenkins — April 19, 2018
(RNS) — His conservative Christian faith undergirds his beliefs, which many say are anti-gay and anti-Muslim.
3 men convicted in Kansas plot to bomb Somali refugees
By Associated Press — April 18, 2018
(AP) — A federal jury found three men guilty of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas.
