September 2, 2026

Today in Islamophobia

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Aung San Suu Kyi, de facto leader of the government of Myanmar, appears at the ICJ in the Hague

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. 

Protestors hold sign saying no justice no peace in Austria

How Islamophobic Politics Shapes People’s Attitudes in Austria

From December 2017 to May 2019, Austria was governed by a coalition of the centrist-right Peoples Party (OVP) and the right-wing extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPO). While the latter has been the traditional stronghold of an anti-Muslim agenda, the former only coopted this agenda more recently, under the leadership of Sebastian Kurz. What followed…

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States is photographed in the Oval Office

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