Topic: Islam/Islamophobia

From our archive: Lee Sustar

The lies they tell about Islam

The U.S. government's attitude toward Islam and Muslims has always depended first and foremost on its foreign policy objectives. April 26, 2013
Comment: Richard Seymour

Balanced between solidarity and racism

With the two suspects in the Marathon bombings killed or captured, Boston shows signs of both unity and bitter divisions. April 19, 2013
The media's response to Boston

In the struggle over how the mass media frame the news, the reactionaries and Islamophobes haven't won. April 18, 2013
Report: Alex Schmaus

UC takes on Islamophobia

Students at the University of California-Berkeley passed a resolution against Islamophobia at their school. March 27, 2013
Comment: Ben Silverman

Murder by bigotry in NYC

The death of a New York City commuter pushed in front of a train is the result of a culture poisoned by Islamophobia. January 10, 2013
Solidarity against anti-Muslim hate

Hundreds of people turned out to show solidarity with the Muslim community after an arson attack on the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. October 11, 2012
NYC forum on Islamophobia

A meeting at the Alwan Center for the Arts in New York discussed the poisonous wave of Islamophobia in the U.S. and beyond. September 24, 2012
Comment: Snehal Shingavi

Clinging to hateful stereotypes

"Islam" and "Arabs" seem to only appear in the mainstream media these days when the subject is about violence or terrorism. September 19, 2012
Statement

The real battle is against U.S. imperialism

Egypt's Revolutionary Socialists analyze the wave of violent protests outside U.S. embassies and bases over a racist film. September 18, 2012
Comment: Deepa Kumar

Cutting through the anti-Muslim propaganda

The media's coverage of protests over a vile Islamophobic film in Muslim majority countries is full of caricatures and lies. September 17, 2012
Desatando una ola de odio

Los crímenes de odio anti-islámicos están en aumento--gracias a la ponzoñosa retórica racista de la derecha y la "guerra contra el terror" dirigida contra los países musulmanes. August 24, 2012
Editorials

Unleashing a wave of hate

Islamophobic hate crimes are on the rise, thanks to the virulently racist rhetoric of the right and the "war on terror" that targets Muslim countries. August 22, 2012
Sentenced for standing up to anti-Muslim hate

Michael Williams was sentenced to 90 days earlier this month for the "crime" of defending two Muslim teenagers from racist epithets. August 22, 2012
Comment: Deepa Kumar

They agree on Islamophobia

Progressives focus on the most rabid anti-Muslim bigots, while giving liberal Islamophobia a pass—but all forms of racism should be called out. July 6, 2012
Temple unites against Islamophobia

Temple University students and their allies demonstrated against a conference featuring several notorious Islamophobes. April 30, 2012
Analysis: David Judd

The NYPD's war on Muslims

New reports reveal that the New York Police Department's program of spying on Muslims has reached far beyond New York City. February 27, 2012
Comment

Islamophobes in blue

New York City cops were shown a racist film as part of "training"--a sign of the depths of anti-Muslim bigotry in the NYPD. February 6, 2012
Comment: Deepa Kumar

The Islamophobic warriors

A phalanx of openly racist anti-Muslim bigots has started to gain a hearing in the mainstream over the last year and a half. August 16, 2011
How the right fueled Breivik’s hate

Many on the right share Anders Breivik’s antipathy for a society based on cross-cultural tolerance and understanding. August 4, 2011
Comment: Shaun Harkin

The King of scapegoating

It's hard to think of a cruder peddler of prejudice today than Republican congressman Peter King of New York. April 6, 2011
Analysis: Nicole Colson

An incitement to violence

Several days of rioting that claimed at least 30 lives in Afghanistan were sparked by news that a Florida pastor burned a Koran. April 5, 2011
Roundtable

Resisting Islamophobia and war

Two leading activists talk about building an alliance of Muslims, labor and the antiwar movement ahead of this weekend's antiwar mobilizations. April 5, 2011
Analysis: Gary Lapon

The anti-Muslim scapegoaters

The bigots who seek to exploit economic and social uncertainty to spread a message of hate and fear against Muslims must be confronted. March 24, 2011
Analysis: Khury Petersen-Smith

Peter King's witch-hunt hearing

The comparison between today's anti-Muslim hysteria and the 1950s McCarthy era got more literal with Peter King's congressional hearing last week. March 14, 2011
Protesting King's witch-hunt

Hundreds rallied in Times Square to protest the Islamophobic hearings led by Republican Long Island congressman Peter King. March 10, 2011

Topic: Islam/Islamophobia

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