Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. November 12, 2009. Though anti-Muslim hysteria has leveled off somewhat since September 11, Muslims still routinely get the blame for anything that even remotely smacks of a terrorist act.
David L. Ostendorf, Imagine 2050. October 23, 2009. The civil liberties of American Muslims are regularly assaulted and the religious rights of faithful peoples are casually trampled.
Moazzam Begg, AlterNet. September 13, 2009. My final Ramadan was spent alongside the world's most dangerous terrorists (according to Bush) and its finest examples of patience and fortitude (according to me).
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. August 4, 2009. Sworn statements filed in Federal Court also allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam.
Robert Wright, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. Chris Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have enlisted in the War on Terror because they believe that religion is not just mistaken, but evil.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 5, 2009. President Obama hit almost all the right notes today in his possibly game-changing speech aimed at repairing America's rift with the Muslim world.
Agence France PresseJune 4, 2009. "There is so much fear, so much mistrust," the president said. "But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward."
Ali Gharib, Jared Levy, IPS News. June 4, 2009. "We have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam," Obama says ahead of his major speech in Egypt.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. May 23, 2009. Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. April 9, 2009. Along the way, I ate Burger King in Peshawar, developed a debilitating drug habit and caught a 3-year prison sentence.
Chris Seiple, Christian Science Monitor. April 3, 2009. Here is advice given to me from Muslim friends worldwide regarding words and concepts that are not useful in building relationships with them.
Staff, Truthdig. March 4, 2009. The U.S. spent much of the 20th century lecturing the world about how to run an economy. Clearly, we've lost some credibility in that area.
Daniel Luban, Eli Clifton, IPS News. March 3, 2009. The fiercely anti-Islam Geert Wilders has been traveling through the U.S. on a highly-publicized trip to raise money for his legal defense back home.
Bramantyo Prijosusilo, New America Media. December 17, 2008. Indonesia not only has the largest Muslim population in the world, it also has the liveliest debate on issues related to Islam.
Laura Secor, The Nation. December 2, 2008. Many young Iranians risk run-ins with the morality police in the name of partying and sex. Is their revolt against sexual restrictions political?
Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. October 27, 2008. When Muslim meat-packers got time off for Ramadan, other workers, largely Latino immigrants, charged that they were being favored by management.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Election 2008. October 27, 2008. "I don't blame the ignorant bigots as much as the educated people who try to perpetrate this."
