Islamophobia Watch

Bradford: more charges against EDL thugs possible as police examine CCTV footage

3 hours 39 min ago

Police have vowed to bring the full force of the law against anyone involved in violence during a far-right demonstration in Bradford last Saturday. West Yorkshire Police are to scrutinise CCTV ...

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Yes, it is libellous to brand Muslims fascists

11 hours 39 min ago

"While there demonstrably are political Islamist movements with programmes expressly advocating totalitarian theocracy – including the destruction of leftist parties and independent trade ...

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Abe Foxman condemns Geller and Spencer's 9/11 protest as 'un-American'

11 hours 41 min ago

"... this rally, on this very tragic day for Americans, but most tragic for those who lost their families, to use it and abuse it as a platform for bigotry, is not only tragic, it's ...

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Bundesbank sacks Sarrazin

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 10:49pm

Germany's central bank today took the unprecedented step of sacking a board member after he repeatedly criticised the country's Muslim population and said "all Jews share the same gene". In a ...

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'The colonisation of Wales continues'

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 10:28pm

Thus the headline to a piece on the BNP website responding to reports that a disused Miners Institute building in Wrexham is to be converted into a mosque and community centre. The proposed ...

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'Ground Zero mosque' protest: Geller and Spencer will be 'confiscating' placards and banners

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 1:51pm

Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer have both announced that they "respectfully request that those of you who will be attending our protest against the Ground Zero mega mosque bring American flags, ...

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FPÖ faces police probe over anti-Muslim video game

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 1:00pm

Members of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), once the political home of the late right-wing populist politician Jörg Haider, sparked outrage this week in the form of an anti-Muslim ...

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'9/11 happened to us all' – CAIR campaign challenges anti-Muslim bigotry

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 1:00pm

A Muslim advocacy organization has released public service announcements – including one featuring a Muslim firefighter who responded on 9/11 – as part of a campaign to fight recent ...

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Germany: two polls on public attitudes towards Sarrazin controversy

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 11:15am

German public opinion is deeply split over the fate of a central banker whose disparaging comments about Muslim immigrants have triggered a heated debate on race and integration, surveys showed on ...

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New York Muslim groups support Park51, condemn promotion of 'ethnic and religious hatred'

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 7:25am

It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom ...

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Swedish radio exposes anti-Muslim discrimination by employers

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 1:36pm

A Swedish Radio News investigation suggests that women who wear a headscarf have a much harder time getting a job. The P3 radio channel invented two imaginary job seekers who applied for 200 ...

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When will those brave critics of Islam decry this mob hate?

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 8:58am

Pankaj Mishra argues that Islamophobes among the intelligentsia, including "professional former Muslims" like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, have helped create the conditions for the current wave of "mass ...

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Bloomberg rejects investigation into Park51 financing, says it would set 'a terrible precedent'

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 9:48pm

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo should not investigate the financing of the proposed Islamic community center near ground zero, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Tuesday, reiterating his ...

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Vigil in support of Murfreesboro Islamic Center meets opposition

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 5:41pm

Mark West believes in freedom of religion. That belief brought West out Monday night to a candle light vigil in support of local Muslims in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse. It also ...

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Threats, intimidation part of investigation of arson at Murfreesboro Islamic Center site

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 4:54pm

'Not welcome' – sign at Murfreesboro Islamic Center site defaced in January this yearThreats and intimidation are part of a widening investigation into the vandalism at the site of the ...

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Man already knows everything he needs to know about Muslims

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 3:54pm

SALINA, KS — Local man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the ...

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Faith groups call on Obama administration take action against anti-Muslim hate

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 3:17pm

As invective about the proposed Islamic center in Manhattan gets uglier, the Reform movement has joined with several other faith and advocacy groups in calling on the Obama administration to take ...

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FBI defends invitation to Robert Spencer

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 3:16pm

The FBI is defending its invitation to a prominent critic of Islam in America, who is also one of the leaders of the fight to stop a downtown Manhattan mosque and Islamic Center. The Council on ...

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'Sensitivity': the new Islamophobia

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 3:03pm

A thoughtful article on how to counter the "Ground Zero mosque" hysteria, by Anthony Alessandrini at Dissident Voice.

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Challenging Islamophobia in the US

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:08pm

"Depending on the poll one consults, anywhere from 54 percent to 61 percent, and as many as 68 percent of Americans, oppose the building of an Islamic community center two blocks from 'Ground ...

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