(with Sarah Grey) As Muslims around the world protest their contemptuous treatment by the West, catalyzed by the provocative, racist American film Innocence of Muslims, the French media added fuel to the fire of by publishing offensive cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Left-wing alt-weekly Charlie Hebdo ran cartoons that depicted a naked, turbaned Muhammad in Read the full article…
This article first appeared on SWonline. The Islamophobic Warriors Robert Spencer has been in the news lately because Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing terrorist who killed 77 people in his bombing and mass shooting last month, cites him several dozen times in a hate-filled manifesto published on the Internet. But Spencer first came to Read the full article…
This is part 1 of a two part article. It first appeared in the ISR. SINCE THE events of 9/11, the question of political Islam has taken center stage in world politics. The “war on terror” has transformed the whole discussion on the relationship between Islam the West. A slew of books and essays have Read the full article…
An alarming trend is sweeping Europe. Far right wing parties, using anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric, have made electoral gains in several European countries. In the June European parliament elections, these parties were able to garner votes in a way they haven’t before. The British National Party (BNP) which has its roots in fascist parties of Read the full article…
First published by Socialistworker.org DEPENDING ON the poll one consults, anywhere from 54 percent to 61 percent, and as many as 68 percent of Americans, oppose the building of a Islamic community center two blocks from “Ground Zero,” the site of the World Trade Center. Polls, of course, are notoriously inaccurate measures of public opinion. Read the full article…
This article appeared in Mrzine, Commondreams, Dissident Voice and socialist worker. The events of September 11 laid the basis for the emergence of a vicious form of Islamophobia that facilitated the U.S. goals of empire building in the 21st century. This form of Islamophobia focused on the enemy “out there” against which the U.S. supposedly Read the full article…
First appeared on Znet, archived at Just Movement The Democrats and Republicans are united in the belief that Iran poses a risk to US interests in the Middle East and must therefore be reined in. Iran is too irrational to be trusted with nuclear weapons, cry the warmongers who only half a century ago dropped Read the full article…