Islam

Muslim-Americans and Islam should not be demonized »

By Amitabh Pal, May 2, 2013

We need a sense of proportion and perspective in the aftermath of the Boston attacks.read more

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Worst Kind of Guilt by Association Against Muslim-Americans

April 25, 2013

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Anti-Islam America »

By Joseph Mayton, April 24, 2013

Bias crimes and bigoted attitudes are on the rise after the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.read more

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Departing Pope Has Misrepresented both Islam and Christianity »

By Amitabh Pal, February 11, 2013

Here’s hoping that Benedict’s successor will be more open to honestly examining his own faith—and less prone to pointing fingers at others.read more

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How Showtime’s Homeland Stereotypes Muslims »

By Meher Ahmad, October 31, 2012

Behind the addictive drama are some thinly veiled Islamophobic views.read more

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Understanding the Unrest in the Islamic World »

By Joseph Mayton, September 29, 2012

“We try to speak, but it seems only when we protest do our voices get listened to.”read more

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Let’s not allow the far right to set the agenda »

By Deepa Kumar, September 14, 2012

When we focus on the far right in Libya or Egypt, we erase the almost 2 billion Muslims in the world, the vast majority of whom are nonviolent, and who voice their positions peacefully.read more

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Pentagon's Course on War on Islam

May 11, 2012

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Another Politician Gives In to Islamophobia »

By Amitabh Pal, April 20, 2012

Democratic National Committee Chair Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz disgraces herself.read more

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Deepa Kumar

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My guest this week is Deepa Kumar, author of “Islamaphobia and the Politics of Empire.”read more

Anti-Islam sentiment is making a strong comeback »

By Salim Muwakkil, July 20, 2011

In a strange kind of delayed response, the American public seems to be in a more Islamaphobic mood now than it was right after the Sept. 11 attacks.read more

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Gandhi Was in Abbottabad, Too »

By Amitabh Pal, May 5, 2011

He was a guest of a great Pashtun pacifist, whose interpretation of Islam starkly contrasts with that of bin Laden.read more

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Obama’s Decision to Avoid Temple Shows Cowardice »

By Amitabh Pal, October 20, 2010

By engaging in this behavior, he is feeding into the worst stereotypes about Islam.read more

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Times Square Bomber Needs Lessons on Islam »

By Amitabh Pal, October 7, 2010

Times Square bomber wannabe Faisal Shahzad is not only a sociopath, but also an ignoramus. He needs a tutorial on the history and morals of the religion in whose name he claims to be acting.

“Blessed be” Osama bin Laden, “who will be known as no less than Saladin of the 21st-century crusade, and blessed be those who give him asylum,” he said during his rant before the courtroom while being sentenced Tuesday. read more

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A Voice from Senegal: Youssou N’Dour »

By Matt Pascarella, February 2010 issue

“I’d like people to understand my life’s work better—my music, and especially what Islam means to me. Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance.”read more

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