75-year-old grandfather that walked to mosque 5 times a day, killed while leaving mosque in Birmingham

75-year-old grandfather that walked to mosque 5 times a day, killed while leaving mosque in Birmingham

By Saladin on from www.bbc.co.uk

Mohammad Saleem, 75-year old grandfather of 22 killed while leaving mosque in Birmingham
Gene Simmons sparks outrage in Australia after anti-Muslim rant

Gene Simmons sparks outrage in Australia after anti-Muslim rant

By HijabGirl on from www.ynetnews.com

Legendary rock legend Gene Simmons sparked outrage in Australia earlier this month when he made anti-Muslim comments on a Melbourne radio station.
Muslim-Themed Anti-Gay Ads Coming Soon To San Francisco Buses

Muslim-Themed Anti-Gay Ads Coming Soon To San Francisco Buses

By uzzie on from www.huffingtonpost.com

Over the past year in San Francisco, the war over the popular conception of Islam has been continuously fought on the unlikeliest of battlefields--the sides of the city's buses.

Purchased by the pro-Israeli American Freedom Defense Initiative, the most recent set of ads show inflammatory, anti-gay quotations from Muslims like controversial cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.K. radio personality Sister Ruby Ramadan.
Artists alter Islamophobic ads on SF buses, MUNI adds disclaimers

Artists alter Islamophobic ads on SF buses, MUNI adds disclaimers

By uzzie on from electronicintifada.net

Artist-activists add a wheatpasted "HATE SPEECH" image over Islamophobic ads in SF; and a new ad from the same hate group shows up in New York.
The Frightening Effects of the NYPD's 'Mapping Muslims' Program

The Frightening Effects of the NYPD's 'Mapping Muslims' Program

By cricketguru on from www.theatlanticcities.com

Between 2001 and 2011, in an expansive surveillance operation of Muslims in the New York region, the NYPD sent informants and undercover agents into cafes, mosques, restaurants, bookstores, clothing stores, salons and other businesses and institutions, assembling a collection of maps and guides whose level of mind-numbing detail — Are there newspapers available? Are antiques sold? Is the food Halal? — approaches that of a Lonely Planet guide to Islamic New York.

With the exception of widespread public outrage when the Associated Press exposed the program in a Pulitzer-winning investigation last year, the "human mapping program" of the NYPD Demographics Unit produced nothing: not one uncovered terrorism plot, not even a criminal lead.
Islamophobia on the red carpet

Islamophobia on the red carpet

By funkymonkey on from socialistworker.org

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood had everything--glitz, glamour, sexism and a big dose of Islamophobia.
Anti-Islam film rooted in Islamophobia

Anti-Islam film rooted in Islamophobia

By cricketmaster89 on from www.presstv.ir

Iran's television network, broadcasting in English round-the-clock. Based in Tehran.
American Muslims celebrate defeat of congressional critics

American Muslims celebrate defeat of congressional critics

By cricketguru on from www.washingtonpost.com

American Muslims are celebrating the ouster of two congressmen known for their anti-Islamic rhetoric, and heralding the outcomes as a sign that Muslim voters, at least in some districts, are a political force to be reckoned with.

“These encouraging results clearly show that mainstream Americans reject anti-Muslim bigotry by candidates for public office and will demonstrate that rejection at the polls,” said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “This election witnessed an increased political awareness and mobilization effort among American Muslims that dealt a major blow to the Islamophobia machine.”

Keeping Calm and Carrying On

By technomuslimah on from imperfectwriting.tumblr.com

I went to the mall, and a little girl called me a terrorist. My name is Ela. I am seventeen years old. I am not Muslim, but my friend told me about her friend being discriminated against for wearing a...
Brazil court orders YouTube to remove anti-Islam film

Brazil court orders YouTube to remove anti-Islam film

By simplyamazing on from www.reuters.com

A Brazilian court on Tuesday banned an online anti-Islam movie that spawned violent protests across the Muslim world and gave YouTube 10 days to pull the film's trailer from its website.

The decision by a state court in Sao Paulo, home to a large Middle Eastern immigrant community, came hours after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff criticized "Islamophobia" in Western countries in a speech at the United Nations.

The lawsuit against the controversial film was brought by a Brazilian Muslim group, the National Islamic Union, against YouTube owner Google Inc for posting on the Internet a film it said was offensive and a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion.

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