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Steve Emerson* is featured speaker at homeland security conference
Steve Emerson of the anti-Muslim think tank Investigative Project on Terrorism was a featured speaker at Security Solutions International’s 8th annual Homeland Security Conference. According to a press release, “[s]peakers will show how poised Islamic Radicals are to striking the US, and offer up methods for recognizing, confronting and responding to these threats.”
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Frank Gaffney* presentation at Crime Commission luncheon
The Loudoun Crime Commission, a non-profit “anti-crime” organization has been criticized for hosting various anti-Muslim speakers over the years. On September 9, 2016, the commission hosted a luncheon featuring Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy. Gaffney presented on “Why There Can Be No Substitute for Victory Over Jihad.”
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The Islamophobia Movement in America
The Islamophobia Movement in America Reference Guide (download the PDF here) What is Islamophobia? Islamophobia is a hatred or prejudice that focuses on a Muslim threat, real or imagined, especially when that threat carries a perceived social and/or political relevance. It also involves cultivating a fear of Muslims or people perceived to be Muslim. Islamophobia […]
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Culture
Using Tragedy to Promote Hate: Lies and Myths After the Boston Bombings
It has been nearly one month since the Boston Marathon bombings, and though suspects have been named, there are still many unknowns about the attacks and what — or who — motivated them. The life span of a criminal investigation — especially one of this magnitude — is much longer than the whiplash-inducing pace of […]
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Culture
Stop right-wing fearmongers from using Boston to infringe on immigrant rights
If the anti-immigrant movement succeeds in using the Boston marathon bombing to erode immigrant rights, it will be by capitalizing on people’s fear and ignorance. The right is perpetuating a myth that Tamerlan Tzarnaev, one of the suspected bombers who is now dead, was once in the grasp of immigration authorities and was ignored by […]
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Nativism Watch
Tennessee Islamophobic Groups Join to Host Guandolo & Screen Anti-Islam Film
The Tennessee Freedom Coalition and the Middle Tennessee chapter of ACT! for America will host a joint event featuring former FBI agent John Guandolo. The event will include a viewing of the film Jihad in America — The Grand Deception, produced by Steven Emerson‘s Investigative Project on Terrorism. Guandolo will lead a Q&A period afterward. The event will take place May 14 at […]
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Culture
Report Details Impact of NYPD Muslim Surveillance Program on Community, Students
By Kalia Abiade “It’s as if the law says: the more Muslim you are, the more trouble you can be, so decrease your Islam.” - Sari*, 19, Brooklyn College. Traditionally, college is a time when many young adults begin solidifying their political, social and religious identities, and it’s often a place where many feel free […]
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From the Field
Progressive Jewish Voices Challenge AIPAC
By Kalia Abiade “Jewish and proud and AIPAC does not speak for me.” That’s the bold message commuters in Washington, D.C., saw this week on 100 subway billboard ads as about 13,000 delegates gathered in the district for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference. The ads, sponsored by Jewish Voice for […]
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Culture
Center for American Progress Releases New Report: Fear, Inc.
by Jerry Higgins Last week, Center for American Progress (CAP) released a report titled, Fear, Inc. The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America. CAP is a “nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all.” The report describes how the Islamophobia Network is divided […]
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Islamophobia
Tennessee lawmakers want to ban mythical ‘no-go’ zones
The idea of all-Muslim ‘no-go’ zones has been debunked. Repeatedly. So why do two lawmakers want to ban them in Tennessee? State Sen. Bill Ketron is at it again. Earlier this month, the Murfreesboro senator, along with Rep. Susan Lynn, introduced companion bills in their respective chambers seeking to “eliminate” “no-go” zones in Tennessee. If […]
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From the Field
Nashville Muslim leader: Amid disgust over Hebdo shootings, there is hope
The leader of the Nashville-based American Center for Outreach wrote Thursday that he is disgusted and frustrated after the vicious Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris last week. In an Op-Ed for The Tennessean, Paul Galloway says it is deeply frustrating that despite “American Muslims, along with Islamic scholars around the world, publicly and consistently condemning […]
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Islamophobia
Fox News continues to provide platform for anti-Muslim bigotry: ‘The enemy is Islamic’
“Profile. Profile. Profile.” That was Fox News’ Eric Bolling’s latest solution to stop terrorism in the United States. According to the Fox News host, the only way to “find terrorists among us” is to profile all American Muslims. “Aren’t all Muslims suspect? Don’t we look at all of them with suspicion?” Jonathan Hoenig asked. So went […]