Displaying Research Topic: Politics
27 Jul 2020 | Military
Concentration camps, police state, and now forced birth control: How China is committing genocide against Uighur Muslims
China’s decades-long repression of Uighur and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang (referred to by many Uighurs as East Turkestan) drastically increased in its brutality and reach in 2017. Since then, Beijing has transformed the region… read the complete article
23 Jun 2020 | Politics
The Muslim and African Bans: by the numbers
Interactive infographic showing how the Muslim and African Bans impacted immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances, refugee admissions, F1 student visas, and visa waivers. read the complete article
14 May 2020 | Policy/Law
COVID-19 is exacerbating Islamophobia in India
As the world battles COVID-19, Muslims in India are faced with an additional threat: rising Islamophobia. The pandemic in India has brought a spike in anti-Muslim harassment, discrimination, and violence, but the phenomenon is not… 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
03 Apr 2020 | Politics
Racism and the Terrorist Attacks in Hanau, Germany
On 19 February, 43-year-old Tobias Rathjen killed nine people of color at two shisha bars in Hanau, a small city near Frankfurt. He then returned home, killed his own mother and, finally, committed suicide. Before… read the complete article
02 Apr 2020 | Politics
Xinjiang: Can we call it Genocide?
It’s been three years since reports emerged that China was locking up Uighur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in large-scale camps deceptively dubbed “re-education” centers. Reporting and accounts from Uighurs abroad have revealed the enormity… read the complete article
24 Jan 2020 | Policy/Law
World Court: Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim Genocide Must End
On January 23, 2020, the International Court of Justice (the World Court) issued a 28-page ruling against the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) for their genocidal ethnic cleansing campaigns against 1,000,000… read the complete article
21 Jan 2020 | Politics
Germany: Muslim Political Engagement in the Age of Islamophobia
It was great news for the large minority of Germans with a Turkish background. Belit Onay was just elected as the first mayor of a big city, Hannover. He had ran for the Green Party… read the complete article
14 Dec 2019 | Politics
It is not just the state of Myanmar that is on trial, but our collective humanity
On December 10, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) trial of Myanmar’s genocide against Rohingya Muslims got underway, de facto state leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi sat steely eyed, impassive. The Gambia, representing a coalition of 52 Muslim majority countries, called on the Court to invoke the 1948 Genocide Convention against Myanmar. Under the Convention, which was ratified by Myanmar in 1956, states can be held accountable for failing to prevent genocide, or failure to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable. read the complete article
12 Nov 2019 | Politics
Myanmar Sued for Rohingya Genocide at World Court
On November 11, 2019, the African nation of Gambia filed an official lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague requesting that the World Court condemn Myanmar’s government for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention with its ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim people. read the complete article