Islamophobia

‘Jihadi Jack’ denies joining ISIS, calls reports ‘awkward’

Jack Letts © Amaze with our planet / YouTube RT | January 26, 2016 A 20-year-old boy accused of being the first white Briton to join Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has distanced himself from allegations suggesting he is a terrorist, calling the claims “awkward.” More than one year ago, Jack Letts – dubbed ‘Jihadi […]

Aggressive panhandling

Xymphora | January 1, 2016 “Ex-convict accused of planning ISIS attack in Rochester”  It is funny how revealing these stories are if you read them carefully. The FBI picked a mentally disturbed ‘self-professed Muslim convert’, described as ‘an aggressive panhandler‘, an ex-con who talked crazy violence, had their operative drive him to pick up terrorism […]

The Republican Sharia Law Fantasies: It’s Republican World! 2015 In Review-- Chapter Eleven

by NoahMost Republicans I know about like to whine about Muslim Sharia Law taking over our country. In the Republican mind, it goes hand in hand with their imagined Obama-led "War On Christianity" that I posted about yesterday. The Sharia Law threat is one of their favorite and most paranoid theme songs. They’ve been singing this one (very off key) since the man they like to call Barack Hussein Obama won election and moved into the White House. They see Muslims coming to this country as some sort of conspiracy to install a theocracy.

Trump’s first victim? Jordanian humiliated, deported at US airport

Hammad Sheva agreed to withdraw his visa application to avoid a 5-year ban [Facebook/Hammad Sheva]

By: Al-Araby al-Jadeed staff

A Jordanian national with a valid Visa was turned back at a US airport after being interrogated and detained, days after Donald Trump’s call for banning Muslims from entering US.

Liberal Extremism Disguised as Defense of Muslims

After 14 people were killed and 22 more injured in the San Bernardino massacre by a couple whom authorities claim were “radicalized” by Islamist ideology, Islamophobia among the American public has seemingly reached a fever pitch. But while many people are fighting back against hateful discrimination against Muslims, many are doing so with a liberal narrative of American values that rationalizes and perpetuates American state violence, while failing to recognize this violence as its own form of extremism.