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.
Jaisal Noor, Indypendent. November 5, 2009. American Muslims, especially those who wear religious clothing such as hijabs, are often targets of hate crimes.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009. Johnny Piper, mayor of Clarksville, TN, forwarded an e-mail urging "patriotic Americans" to protest a postal stamp commemorating an Islamic holiday.
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.
The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post July 23, 2009. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds signs of improvement in the attitudes of predominantly Muslim countries toward the U.S. since the election of Barack Obama.
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.
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.
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.
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. January 22, 2009. Obama's message about 'a new way forward based on mutual interest and respect' did not address the Gaza bloodbath.
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. January 3, 2009. No kind of profiling is more justifiable than any other. It's all part of a creeping assault on our collective civil liberties and it has to stop.
Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2008. Two recent studies conducted in two very different settings reveal a disturbing anti-Muslim bias among students.
John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 9, 2008. Virgil Goode, the creepy congressman who launched an ugly campaign following the election of Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison, was defeated Tuesday.
Davin Hutchins, American News Project AlterNet: Video. October 24, 2008. Palin states that Republicans and the McCain-Palin ticket welcome all Muslims, although her supporters say otherwise.
Wajahat Ali, Huffington Post. August 29, 2008. "Traitor" tries to combine blockbuster plot mechanics with important, philosophical musings about our complex post 9-11 world: it fails.
Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches. August 26, 2008. A labor contract that accommodates the religious practices of a Tennessee plant's Muslim workers has unleashed a firestorm of controversy.
Amy Williams, Amy DePaul, AlterNet. August 9, 2008. Advocates of assisted marriage say it maintains tradition. Critics point to gender inequities and an unhealthy preoccupation with ethnic purity.
GottaLaff, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. March 14, 2008. Obama says, "Here is what happens when you just cherry-pick statements from a guy who had a 40-year career as a pastor."
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 13, 2008. When he’s not falsely being accused of being a secret Muslim, Obama is also being accused of cozying up to an extremist Christian pastor.
