Crusades

Islam and Islamophobia

Published by on March 15, 2007

(First published in International Socialist Review) OVER THE course of 2006, the attacks on Muslims and the vilification of Islam has been relentless. When Muslims protested the cartoons that caricatured Islam published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, they were denounced for not appreciating Western values of “free speech.” When a United Arab Read the full article…

Fighting Islamophobia: A Response to Critics

Published by on March 4, 2006

First appeared on MRZine Since my essay on the Danish cartoons was published on 21 February 2006, I have received dozens of emails supportive of my argument that racism has no place on the left.  Additionally, comments on the article posted on MRZine show that there are people willing to stand up against anti-Muslim bigotry.  Read the full article…