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18 Jul 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: The History and Evolution of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

IMPACT: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, located in Cuba, was chosen as the site of a detention center due to its uncertain legal status—allowing the U.S. government to argue that those detained at the base were... read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Jun 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: NYPD STOP AND FRISK POLICY

IMPACT: Stop and frisk is a policing tactic of temporarily detaining, questioning, and frisking individuals in search of weapons or contraband. The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) use of the tactic under Mayor Rudy Giuliani... read the complete article

Factsheet

11 May 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: The NYPD Muslim Surveillance and Mapping Program

IMPACT: The New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Muslim Surveillance and Mapping Program began under Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2001 and monitored Muslim communities in New York City and nearby states until 2014. A secret unit... read the complete article

Factsheet

27 Jan 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: Holy Land Foundation

IMPACT: The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was the largest Muslim charity in the U.S. before it was selectively targeted by the Bush administration less than three months after the 9/11 attacks. After years of litigation—including... read the complete article

Editorial

30 Dec 2019 | Law Enforcement

In 2019, Islamophobia Was Normalized by Those in Power

In 2019, hate crimes against marginalized communities continued to rise, but what distinguished the discrimination and violence targeting Muslims was that it was normalized and weaponized by political leaders around the globe. From the United... read the complete article

Editorial

08 Oct 2019 | Law Enforcement

What’s an alternative to the U.K.’s counterterrorism policy?

It’s been 18 years since the United States launched the global “war on terror,” an endless and borderless war aimed at eliminating “terrorism.” Following the deadly September 11th attacks, then-President George Bush called for a campaign to find, stop, and defeat “every terrorist group of global reach.” He made it clear that this Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), as it came to be known, would be like any other wars, involving “far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes,” and gave an ultimatum to the international community: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” read the complete article

Article

17 Jan 2019 | Law Enforcement

A people forgotten: The Rohingya

For much of the last century, the story of the Rohingya has been one of a people fleeing forces beyond their control. The genocide that took our Facebook feeds by storm didn’t materialize out of... read the complete article

Article

12 Jan 2019 | Law Enforcement

China justifies its Concentration Camps using “War on Terror” discourse

China has adopted and intensified Islamophobia, identifying the practice of Islam as extremist and the root cause of terrorism, to justify repressive measures aimed at erasing the Uighur Muslim identity. As a result of the... read the complete article

Factsheet

05 Dec 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Robert Spencer

Though less well-known than his colleague, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer heads anti-Muslim organizations and is one of the leading writers who claims Islam promotes violence. Trump administration strategist Steve Bannon considers him an expert on Islam. read the complete article

Factsheet

02 May 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Sam Brownback

The current U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback is the former Governor of Kansas who signed anti-sharia legislation into state law and withdrew Kansas from the federal refugee resettlement program for purported reasons of national security. As a Governor, Brownback also advocated religious freedom at the expense of anti-discrimination laws that protected LGBT Kansans. read the complete article