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Commentary on today’s most pressing issues in the U.S. and around the world.
27 Apr 2021 | Policy/Law
On the Tenth Anniversary of the Radicalization Hearings, What Has Changed?
Last month represented the ten year anniversary of Peter King’s radicalization hearings. Held between March 2011 and June 2012, the five congressional hearings on the purported radicalization of the American Muslim community amplified Islamophobia on… read the complete article
08 Feb 2021 | Policy/Law
For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, discrimination even in death
It’s been over a year since the first strain of COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world with over two million individuals losing their lives,… read the complete article
22 Dec 2020 | Organizations
Islamophobia in 2020: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories
2020 will be remembered as the year a novel coronavirus circulated all corners of the earth resulting in death, widespread panic, and the near shutdown of the international community. The global pandemic waged havoc across… read the complete article
19 Nov 2020 | Law Enforcement
Xinjiang and Kristallnacht in Austria: Freedom of Religion Under Threat
On November 9 of this year, the Austrian government commemorated Kristallnacht of 1938—known as the “Night of the Broken Glass”—a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria that took place on… read the complete article
26 Oct 2020 | Individuals
Macron’s policies will further stigmatize French Muslims
Under the banner of protecting the state from “Islamic terrorism,” French authorities launched a crackdown on the country’s nearly six million Muslims. On Monday, October 19th, the government carried out raids targeting Muslim civil society,… read the complete article
15 Sep 2020 | Individuals
Institutionalizing the Surveillance of Muslim Activism in Austria
Austria is cementing its authoritarian policy of demonizing Muslims at an alarming rate. The ruling centrist-right, Christian-democratic Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) attempted to close mosques in 2018 and implemented a school headscarf ban in 2019,… read the complete article
31 Aug 2020 | Individuals
Facebook’s failure to tackle hate speech online has real world consequences
An August 14th article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that top Facebook policy executives in India failed to remove hate speech promoted by Hindu nationalists despite the content being “flagged internally for promoting violence.”… read the complete article
30 Jun 2020 | Policy/Law
In the U.K., COVID-19 Puts a Spotlight on Systemic Racism
The COVID-19 pandemic has been regarded as a “great equalizer;” however, the effects of the novel coronavirus clearly reveal the deep-seated inequalities that exist in society today. In the United Kingdom, this is visible in… read the complete article
21 Apr 2020
For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, the Easter bombing anniversary marks a year of scapegoating and persecution
Originally published by The New Arab on April 17, 2020. On 21 April, 2019, as Sri Lanka’s 1.5 million Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, bombs ripped through churches and hotels in Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa, killing at least 350 and injuring… read the complete article
20 Apr 2020 | Individuals
COVID-19’s Impact on Persecuted Muslims Worldwide
The current coronavirus pandemic has forced our entire human race to adjust to a “new normal” of quarantine lifestyles around the globe. At the same time, we must not forget that there are also millions… read the complete article