War of the Gods
One of the most poignant moments in the wake of the Paris attacks was the street musician who played a moving rendition of John Lennon's Imagine. As the melody sounded, the familiar words rang in my...
View ArticleUber Driver Says Passenger Mistook Him For A Muslim, Threatened To Kill Him
Samson Woldemichael is a Christian. But the 40-year-old Ethiopian immigrant and father of two, who works as an Uber driver in North Carolina, says he was the victim of Islamophobia this weekend when a...
View Article'I Hope They're Not Muslims'
As officials scurried about Paris assessing the damage and seeking to identify the culprits, I know my Muslim friends were thinking, "I hope they're not Muslims." Were innocent people killed again in...
View ArticleWorried Muslim Parents In France Want Their Kids To Dress Less Like Muslims
PARIS -- Some Muslim parents in Paris who are worried about discrimination have started asking their daughters to remove their religious headscarves in the wake of the deadly attacks on the French...
View ArticleThe Danger of Escalating Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
I am an American professor teaching this year at Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco and, like everyone, am horrified by the stories of escalating terror that cross our screens daily. I am also disturbed...
View ArticleWant to Help ISIS? Hate a Muslim
It seems every time there is a terrorist attack, at least since 9/11, the world blames Islam. But the ones who feel the sting are the Muslims worldwide. Members of ISIS are named "radical Islamists"...
View ArticleThe Final Word on Religion
First off, I need to make something clear. I believe in God. There's no way you can tell me otherwise. When I look at human beings, animals of the air, ground, and sea, rocks, trees, green grass,...
View ArticleMuslim Man Stands Blindfolded In Paris Square, Asks Passersby To Hug Him Out...
'I'm a Muslim, but I'm told that I'm a terrorist. I trust you, do you trust me?' ......
View Article'Do you trust me?' French Muslim asks mourners
In the aftermath of Friday's terrorist attacks on Paris, civic, religious, and political leaders have repeatedly called for unity, fearing that the extremist attack could inflame already smoldering...
View ArticleMuslim Asks Parisians To Hug Him If They Trust Him. Many Do.
What happens when a Muslim man stands at a public square in Paris, mere days after terrorist attacks that killed over 100 people? People hug him. Many, in fact, walk over and take the man in their...
View ArticleMuslims Are On Alert For Misplaced Retaliation After Paris Attacks
LOS ANGELES -- At the Islamic Center of Southern California, a historic mosque near downtown LA that attracts more than 1,000 Muslims each week for prayers, worshippers can usually walk in with ease....
View ArticleIslamophobic Media Coverage Is Out Of Control. It Needs To Stop.
Sometimes prejudice is subtle. On CNN Sunday, it was not. “Why is it that no one within the Muslim community there in France knew what these guys were up to?” CNN anchor John Vause asked Yasser Louati,...
View ArticleNovak Djokovic Urges Everyone To Empathize With Syrian Refugees
After his dominant victory against Kei Nishikori in the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday, top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was asked to comment on the many Syrian refugees who have...
View ArticleCountering Islamophobia: One boy's message
In the small town of Pflugerville, Texas, on Monday an unsettling scene greeted congregants at an Islamic Center: torn pages from the Quran were smeared with feces and left outside the mosque. It was a...
View ArticleFor French Muslims, Mourning and Fear of Stigma After Attacks
Lisa Bryant PARIS— Dressed in a sharp grey suit with a button sporting the logo of France’s new Muslim party, Nizarr Bourchada showed up at the Place de la Republique this week to pay tribute to the...
View ArticleThere's Nothing 'Christian' About Denying Refuge To The Least Among Us
Last night, I was discussing the Syrian Refugee debate with my brother on our way home in an Uber when I told him that it reminded me of the one passage from the Bible that I actually remember: "For I...
View ArticleA Letter To Prophet Muhammad
Dear Prophet Muhammad, Remember the man who stood up in front of a huge crowd and accused you of stealing from your own people when you were alive? His name was Hurgoos ibn Zuhair? When he stormed out...
View ArticleMuslims Aren't A Race, So I Can't Be Racist, Right? Wrong.
"Nonsense." That is what people say when I accuse them of being racist. Their argument goes something like this: "Muslims are not even a race, so how the hell could I even be racist? You're an idiot."...
View ArticleA Gay Atheist's Response to Islamophobia
Here's why this gay atheist is so adamant in his refusal to marginalize those, who by dint of their religion, would marginalize me. It's because I don't think inside their religion is where most people...
View ArticleLet the Syrian Refugees in
What a precious human life we all have. The thin container wrapping this life -- its color, its gender, its religious claims and political delusions ... it's all nothing next to the inexplicable...
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