State Department Advocates Islamist Definition Of Islamophobia

The media plays a strong role in promoting Islamophobia in the world, according to Nathan Lean, editor-in-chief, Aslan Media and a researcher at Georgetown University. Lean made this remark while participating in a panel discussion at Arab Media ...

WASHINGTON : The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, Tuesday welcomed a new State Department report on international religious freedom, which recognizes that anti-Muslim rhetoric ...

Consider this: 74% of French people believe that Islam is incompatible with the values of the French Republic, according to a poll published by Le Monde in January. How do you get to a situation where more than two thirds of a population start to ...

Arguably the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam believes the US authorities greatly underestimate the tribal nature of most of the Muslim societies in their war on terror. RT: Post 9/11 the US has been all over the map chasing ...

Editor's note: Arun Kundnani is author of the forthcoming book "The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, extremism, and the domestic War on Terror," to be published by Verso Press in January 2014. He teaches terrorism studies at John Jay College, New ...

According to a recent report by a US Government commission, Myanmar is among the worst countries when it comes to religious freedom. However, there seems to be no debate on the issue and even the international community is treating it as an internal ...

A play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar. He talks with guest host Celeste Headlee about his play and the ...

Three of Robin Abcarian's Perspective columns last week concerned the "new worries" of some American Muslims that the "torrent of post-9/11 harassment and hysteria will be repeated." Abcarian started writing about these "worries" even before the ...

CAIR: 'USA Bomb' Backpack Left at R.I. Muslim Family's Home (Projo) A suspicious backpack left at a Muslim home should be treated as a hate crime, part of a possible backlash against the Boston Marathon bombings, the Council on American-Islamic ...