Eliminating This Form of Bigotry Speaking truth to power has never been easy. Anyone who objects to Islamophobia or points out anti-Muslim prejudice often assumes personal risk in doing so. The Islamophobia network responds with smears and reputation attacks against anybody that counters their bigoted messaging with calls for religious tolerance, equality, and justice. This […]
Women at the Mosque Part 1
One major topic I am still unable to reconcile is the treatment of women in Islam. Your book helped to clarify many aspects of this topic such as inheritance and women’s rights. However I still struggle to be comfortable with the treatment of women today. One major example of this is in the Mosque. Women […]
The Backers of Islamophobia
The Correlation with Right-Wing Zionism On the producer side of Islamophobia rhetoric, ideological Christian personalities are the primary content-creators and preach fear to their followers, but there is another faction that produces – or more usually supports the production of – this misinformation: the right-wing Zionists. The Islamophobia industry deploys “intellectual” attacks backed by hardline […]
Omar Suleiman- Out of Context
An engaging conversation between a Christian Pastor and a Muslim Imam, “Out of Context” is a 14 part Interview series answers pressing questions about Islam and gives valuable insight into the spirit of the faith. In Part 1 of this fourteen-part interview with Dallas-based Pastor Mike Baughman, Imam Omar Suleiman shatters myths about Islam in […]
The Bigotry of Islamophobia
Introduction Despite what many people think, Islamophobia did not come out from the tragedy of 9/11. The systematic use of stereotypes and hyperbolic media against Islam and Muslims started as the US invasion and occupation of Iraq turned vicious in 2006, the popular discontent with the Iraq War escalated, and the inception of the anti-Israel […]
Reading Aslan Armstrong and Campbell
What are your thoughts on religious scholars or philosophers like Karen Armstrong who approach Islam from the historical and cultural point of view, or Alain de Botton who said that all religion are man-made? To illustrate some examples, Karen Armstrong argues that when the Prophet (PBUH) commanded Muslims to switch from praying towards Jerusalem to […]
