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The Mythical Martyrdom of the Religious Right's Favorite Islamophobic General

Peter Montgomery, People For the American Way Foundation. March 18, 2012.

He claims the Constitution doesn't cover Muslims and says mosques should not be permitted in the U.S. So West Point withdrew an invitation and drama ensued.

'The Hijabi Monologues': An Inverse Vagina Monologues Lifts Muslim Voices

Madeleine Elfenbein, AlterNet. February 27, 2012.

"The Hijabi Monologues" is steeped in hip-hop, campus feminism and the American love of self-expression.

New York Muslims Fight Back Against Police Department's Institutionalized Paranoia About Islam

Alex Kane, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

Muslim community leaders say Islamophobia is deep-seated in the New York Police Department.

Are Crackpot Liars Being Used to Tie Iran to 9/11?

Gareth Porter, TruthOut.org. December 29, 2011.

A court case resulting in a "finding of fact" that Iran assisted al Qaeda is a tapestry of recycled fabrications and distortions of fact from a bizarre cast of characters.

U.S. Right Wing and GOP Presidential Candidates Spreading Paranoid Anti-Muslim Hysteria as Part of Take-Over Strategy

Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. September 1, 2011.

The Islamophobic crusade raging across the country is in line with longstanding goals of conservative organizing, and is being used to further the agenda of big business.

Exposed: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Bloggers Conducted Secret 10-Year Campaign to Fan Fear of Muslims

Jim Lobe, IPS News. August 29, 2011.

Extremist foundations, think tanks, pundits, and bloggers carried out a 10-year-old campaign to promote fear of Islam and Muslims in the U.S.

Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice

Alia Malek, Adama Bah, Voice of Witness. August 26, 2011.

Adama Bah shares her shocking experience: At just sixteen, the FBI forcefully entered her home before degrading, arresting, and deporting her family.

Meet the Right-Wing Hatemongers Who Inspired the Norway Killer

Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

Why were America's Islamophobes able to avoid accountability for so long?

What's the Matter With Oklahoma? State Launches Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Muslim Crusade

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. June 24, 2011.

While Oklahoma does not have a large immigrant population, the state has become an example of the illogical nature of anti-immigrant and anti-Islam laws.

How Your Tax Dollars Fuel the Hatred of Muslims

Alex Kane, AlterNet. April 18, 2011.

Public servants are regularly presented with misleading, inflammatory, and dangerous information about the nature of the terror threat.

Welcome to the Shari'ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches. April 1, 2011.

How the American right demonizes Islam for political gain.

Is the Anti-Immigrant Movement Ramping up Its Islamophobia in 2011?

Dylan May, Imagine 2050. March 24, 2011.

With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster just around the corner, it could be that Tanton and friends are capitalizing on tragedy in order to push their hateful ideology.

New McCarthyism: Right-Wingers in Congress Targeting America's Muslim Community

Michael Keegan, Other Words. February 22, 2011.

McCarthy targeted people's identities and affiliations, not their actions, which destroyed innocent people's careers, spread a culture of fear and failed to make the US safer.

Right-Wing Money-Fed Campaign Escalates Latent 9-11 Paranoia into Anti-Muslim Hysteria

Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch.com. December 19, 2010.

Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, European Neo-Fascists, violent Israeli settlers, and Republican politicians behind the anti-Muslim crusade.

Conservatives Are Still Fighting the Crusades -- We Must Overcome Their Destructive Islamophobia

Tom Engelhardt, John Feffer, TomDispatch.com. November 7, 2010.

The increased power of GOP militants in Congress suggests that we'll be living with Islamophobia for some time. Let's hope Crusades 2.0 have a shorter lifespan than the original.

Islamaphobia Rapidly Spreads Through Europe

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. October 22, 2010.

The European extreme right is more turbocharged than ever, peddling Islamic hatred from France to Denmark, from Italy to Sweden.

Fringe Movements Infecting the Population with Irrational Panic over Islam

Gary Younge, The Nation. September 28, 2010.

That the American right, so contemptuous of Europeans on almost every level, should follow them on this front is alarming.

NY Governor Vetoes Law to Protect Cabbies From Hate Crimes, Other Attacks

Rachel Millard, New America Media. September 23, 2010.

Taxi drivers working 12-hour shifts are 60 times more likely to be killed and 80 times more likely to be robbed than other workers.

Is Mosque Hysteria Being Ginned Up to Bolster Support for the Disastrous Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet. August 26, 2010.

The right-wing mobilization at the core of the Islamic center controversy is about rebuilding political support for the 'global war on terror.'

Trying to Make Obama the "Other" Also Targets Majority of Americans

David L. Ostendorf, Imagine 2050. August 25, 2010.

When the hatred and bigotry sticks at the top, it poisons the whole of the body politic.

How Liberal Mosque Defenders Are Playing into the Hands of the Islamophobes

Aisha Ghani, AlterNet. August 24, 2010.

Consider the troublesome terms and conditions upon which Park51 has emerged a defensible endeavor within liberal discourse.

Are the Right-Wingers Stoking Islam Fury Invested in a Never-Ending War?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 23, 2010.

The right-wing freak-out over the Islamic community center hurts U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. Think they care?

Fallout of Hate Is Spreading Across America from "Ground Zero"

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 21, 2010.

The hysteria over a planned Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is only the tip of the iceberg.

Rage Against Islam: the New Anti-Semitism

Daniel Luban, Tablet Magazine. August 19, 2010.

Recent attacks on Islam in the United States echo old slurs against Jews.

Israel and America's Mosque Hysteria

MJ Rosenberg, Media Matters for America. August 18, 2010.

A witches' brew that is being stirred up, and it is one that will no doubt produce violence.

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