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'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.

The 10 Dumbest, Most Offensive Political Ads in Recent Memory

Nicholas Pell, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

Not a single election cycle goes by without some attempt to use fear of the "other" to win votes. Sadly, the results are sometimes successful.

Bigoted Conservative Fringe Group Pressures Advertisers of Program Featuring Law-Abiding Muslims

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

Why did advertisers listen to an inarticulate, bigoted campaign by a fringe Christian group? And can online activism turn the tables?

Why Many Evangelical Christians Are More "Un-American" Than US Muslims

David Sirota, Salon. November 29, 2011.

A new poll suggests that American Christians (unlike Muslims) are likely to put their faith before their country.

Racial Profiling on an “Industrial Scale”: FBI Using Census Data to Map and Police Communities By Race

Justin Elliott, Salon. October 24, 2011.

The ACLU uncovers an FBI program that pairs Census data with "crude stereotypes" to map ethnic communities.

The 9/11 Story I Choose to Tell: We All Belong to Each Other

Rinku Sen, Colorlines.com. September 7, 2011.

This is the lesson of 9/11 for me. I can’t call myself a person who values inclusion and compassion and then pick and choose those whom I accept.

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.

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.

Right-Wingers Should Stop Underestimating Americans: Turns Out, Muslim Bashing Doesn't Win Elections

Stephan Salisbury, TomDispatch.com. July 17, 2011.

The vast majority of the electorate seems to be viewing anti-Muslim alarms as a distraction from other, far more pressing problems: real problems.

Islamic Scare Paid for with Our Tax Dollars: Homegrown Muslim Terrorist Threats Practically Invented by Govt. Informants

Bill Berkowitz, AlterNet. July 1, 2011.

The use of agent provocateurs and informants almost guarantees a steady stream of fake anti-terrorist victories.

Torture the New Black? How We've Come Accept Cruel Treatment for Anyone Perceived as an 'Enemy'

Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch.com. April 1, 2011.

How "enemy creep" is Guantanamo-izing America.

'Miral': Why Julian Schnabel's Palestine Makes Some Pro-Israel Factions See Red

Jordan Elgrably, Al Jazeera English. March 28, 2011.

Unraveling the pathos behind the anger at Schnabel's latest film.

Vision: Will the Inspiring Revolutions in the Arab World Help Westerners See the Folly of Their Prejudices?

James Carroll, TomDispatch.com. March 8, 2011.

The new Arab revolution, with its Muslim underpinnings, is an occasion of great hope. At the very least, the West must reckon with the overturning of the premises of our bias.

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.

What the Hell Was That Ground Zero 'Mosque' Uproar Really About, Anyway? The Future of the Conservative Movement

Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future. September 24, 2010.

Getting to the bottom of why the conservatives are taking out after the Muslim community now -- nine full years after 9/11.

Anthrax War: The Malaysian Connection

Bob Coen, Eric Nadler, ProPublica. September 7, 2010.

Corporations and governments are taking steps to guard against deadly germ attacks. But some of these efforts could actually be creating a threat.

Why Doesn't the Media Have the Guts to Attack Fox News' Hate-Filled Witch Hunts?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. August 25, 2010.

Fox's hatemongering against Muslims and African-Americans continues to mostly get a free pass in the media.

Shameless Schemers Like Sarah Palin, the Tea Partiers and Right-Wing Christians Trying to Start a New Religious War Against Muslims

David Rosen, CounterPunch. August 15, 2010.

The building of a Muslim community center two blocks from the site of the WTC has become the latest controversy in America's long fought religious wars.

The Assault on American Muslims Puts All Americans in Danger

Stephan Salisbury, TomDispatch.com. May 23, 2010.

Covert police actions against U.S. Muslims lead to broken homes, deported parents, bereft children, suicides, killings -- and they make everyone less safe.

Right-Wing Attacks on South Park Censorship Ignore America's Wars in Muslim Countries

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 26, 2010.

It's absurd to buttonhole Comedy Central when U.S. troops are occupying two Muslim nations and bombing a third.

Three Reasons Racial Profiling Will Make Us Less Safe

Aziz Huq, Colorlines.com. January 28, 2010.

There is no evidence that racial or ethnic profiling decreases terrorism. Instead, it alienates the very constituencies that are needed to prevail against terrorist plots.

How Members of Congress Are Advancing Anti-Muslim Hysteria to Push a Radical Legal Agenda

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

Islamophobes in Congress like Joe Lieberman are trying to set the U.S. on a path to establish a different set of legal standards for Muslims.

Not Only Is Profiling for Terrorism Racist, It's Tremendously Ineffective

ThinkProgressJanuary 7, 2010.

Instead of succumbing to the right-wing drum beat of calls for profiling Muslims, we should adopt a more rational approach to profiling for terrorism based on behavior.

The Swiss Minaret Ban: What Are They Really Trying to Outlaw?

The Swiss Minaret Ban: What Are They Really Trying to Outlaw?

Laila Lalami, The Nation. December 9, 2009.

A voter referendum prohibiting the construction of minarets in Switzerland is part of a disturbing, anti-Muslim trend that's been working its way through Europe for years.

Shorter Ross Douthat: Europe Wasn't Racist Enough, So Now It Should Worry About Brown Hordes

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. December 7, 2009.

The Swiss outlaw the building of new minarets and then they’re right to worry about Swiss Muslims' hostility?

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