February 2012
10 posts
Someone Called the FBI on NYPD Officers Pretending...
rcabbasi:
When the New York Police Department was doing some spying on Muslim students outside the city (that’s a thing it does, we learned from the Associated Press on Monday), an apartment officers used to spy on Rutgers students got a visit from the FBI on a report that it was a terrorist cell itself. This is the kind of reporting that won the AP a Polk award Monday for its series on the...
**HELP YOUR MUSLIM SISTERS IN NEW ZEALAND**
theworldisbutamoment:
The New Zealand Government is running a poll on a placing a ban on Niqab.
Visit the official voting link below and Vote “No”. It would be a huge help to those Niqabis in New Zealand. JazakAllah Khair!
Reblog to spread the word!
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/polls/popup/-/poll_id/55492/
NYPD Monitored Muslim Students All Over Northeast →
almaswithinalmas:
My brother attends one of the schools that were listed in this article.
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.
Police talked with local authorities about...
'Blow away' text lands Muslim in jail
rcabbasi:
MONTREAL — A Muslim businessman in Canada became a terror suspect for telling his sales staff in a text message to “blow away” the competition at a New York City trade show, a religious association said Friday.
Moroccan-born Saad Allami, who works as a telecommunications company sales manager, was arrested three days after he sent the message in January 2011 and detained while police...
New Report: Muslim-American Terrorism on Decline →
rcabbasi:
A new study released today (Feb. 8) by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security documents that concerns of counterterrorism officials about a potential wave of homegrown violent extremism have not materialized over the past two years. The study, “Muslim-American Terrorism in the Decade Since 9/11,” reports that 20 Muslim-Americans committed or were arrested for terrorist...
Dire Warnings Over Muslim American Terrorists... →
almaswithinalmas:
A new study of homegrown terrorism involving Muslim Americans suggests that the alarm bells set off by Republicans in Congress over sleeper cells of Islamic extremists may be much too loud.
Despite warnings of a potential wave of violent attacks hatched on U.S. soil, research by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security finds that the number of attacks committed...
Petition: Allow females to play football wearing... →
youwontlikemewhenimhungry:
As elite soccer players compete in the qualifiers for this summer’s Olympics, some won’t even get a shot to show off their skills: female Muslim players can be automatically disqualified for wearing hijab (or headscarves) on the field.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) — a governing body that sets the rules for the soccer trials leading up to the...
January 2012
16 posts
“Many said they were ridiculed because of their beards, head scarves and their...”
– Challenging the Silence of Others - James Estrin
Bharat Choudary is a Hindu photographer who has dedicated his time to documenting the lives of young Muslim Americans who often feel alienated and harassed by the post-9/11 society they live in. “Stress, isolation, depression, humiliation and...
Saudi female driver who defied ban dies in fatal... →
muslimwomeninhistory:
A Saudi woman who defied a driving ban in the kingdom was injured and her companion killed when their car overturned in the northern Hael province, a police spokesman said on Monday.
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
Something like this can unfortunately be used to advocate the ban.
Daily Star editor endures Leveson grilling for... →
verbalresistance:
The editor of the Daily Star endured a bruising encounter at the Leveson inquiry today, facing sustained questioning over her newspaper’s coverage of Muslims.
Counsel Robert Jay repeatedly showed Dawn Neesom front pages of her newspaper and asked if she considered them “ethical”.
“A journalist might feel the headlines we’ve been looking at stray way over the line of what’s...
Tea Party Plans KKK-Style Attack on Muslim Place...
leptiir:
Back in the day, the Ku Klux Klan used to train dogs to attack African Americans. Now, in 21st-century America, some Tea Party members are planning to use the same intimidation tactic against Muslims.
That’s right. They’ve decided they want to fight Al-Qaeda — by attacking mosques with dogs. It’s certainly a cheaper strategy than the war in Afghanistan, though probably just as...
Muslim student claims sexual harrassment, school... →
Anonymous asked: I'm curious, it says you are ex-muslims.... why is that? Sorry if it's too personal, I'm honestly just curious why.
Anonymous asked: So despite the multiude of experts who designed the combat gear for a reason, the fact that they wont let her endager the entire unit by making herself vulnerable is islamophobia? There is no logic in your argument, you simply see what you want to see.
sundaycycle asked: for the ask earlier mentioning on headscarves and helmet, i ride motorbikes and wear my head scarf underneath my helmet. in my country we have lots of military women that wear headscarves underneath their helmet. just saying.
ithinkimgettingthefear asked: If the issue was a firefighter being told she could only wear her headscarf underneath the firefighter helmet, would you claim it was an attempt to stiffle her religious freedom? Or keep her from getting smashed in the head by a chunk of ddebris. In both the military and fire brigade, a downed individual is more than just their problem. Its the units problem. If she went into a combat zone not...
New York mosque firebombed in ‘hate crime’ spree →
New York’s mayor expressed outrage Monday after a mosque was hit by a firebomb in an arson spree that police said they were investigating as a hate crime.
The Imam Al-Khoei Foundation building in the borough of Queens suffered damage to the front door from a Molotov cocktail thrown late Sunday, police said. Two similar attacks occurred in the same neighborhood, including one in a...
December 2011
18 posts
From Change.Org Email List - Anti-Muslim Whole... →
queernonymoose:
—-C&P from my email box—-
Everything changed for Glenn Mack Jr. when his supervisor at Whole Foods found out he’s Muslim.
Glenn had been a rising star at Whole Foods, recruited to work in a prestigious Philadelphia store and even winning a special meeting with the company’s CEO. But when his supervisor found out Glenn would be spending his vacation making pilgrimage...
SB1070 for Muslims (NSEERS) Lands DREAM Act Youth...
queerdesi:
Earlier this year, the Obama Administration terminated NSEERS, a post-9-11 program that targeted and placed non-citizen Muslim men from over 24 countries in deportation proceedings. But the termination provides no relief for thousands of immigrants who face deportation as a result of the program. Hadi Zayed Zaidi, a Pakistani-American who was brought here at the age of 4,...
Victoria Jackson: "Muslim Brotherhood Taking Over... →
justinspoliticalcorner:
Former “Saturday Night Live” actress Victoria Jackson, working on confidential information she as a web talk show host has special clearance to obtain, has claimed that the United States is being overtaken by radical Muslims bent on bringing the nation under Sharia law.
“I just went to a briefing in Washington DC, across the street from the Capitol, at the Longworth...
[TW: Racism, Islamophobia] Parental complaints... →
adolescents:
Children’s book author Lisa Abdelsalam was all set to visit A.M. Kulp Elementary School in Hatfield this month to discuss the writing and publishing process, when some parents complained about her planned talks. “The Friday before I was supposed to go, the principal called me and said several parents complained that they did not want to have a Muslim book read in the school,” she...
Lowes Shame Campaign
cognitivedissonance:
angryfuckingliberal:
Every time I think of the Lowes Facebook page, I just get angry. They’ve closed the ability to comment on their wall, but you can still comment on their status update. You would not believe the amount of support they receive, the bigots pledging their loyalty. And I wish more people would call them out, if for no reason than to have some hope for...
frowzyteenager:
~Allegro Tranquilo ~ Tocar y Luchar: Why I Am Not Protesting at #Occupy
peopleofcolor:
For those who have known me, my keen interest in the Occupy movement comes as no surprise. For those whom I have met only recently know me as the researcher, freelance journalist and blogger who has been making it a strong point to let everyone know that I am merely observing protests ...
Apology by editor for bogus story about some... →
mehreenkasana:
As Editor of Bikyamasr.com, I am disappointed that I did not catch and hold this piece. The “Islamic cleric bans women from touching cucumbers, bananas for sexual resemblance,” article should not have run when it did. Arguably, it should not have been run at all. We should not have published about an “unnamed sheikh” in an unnamed European country unless we were able to garner...
“The TLC reality show All-American Muslim, which follows five families in...”
– All-American Muslim Meets an Un-American Advertising Pullout | Entertainment | TIME.com
The Florida Family Association criticizes the show because it “hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.” The organization’s mission statement is to...
Sign this petition please! →
almaswithinalmas:
DEFEND OUR AMERICAN VALUES: TELL THESE COMPANIES TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST BIGOTRY AND FEAR-MONGERING BY PUBLICLY REPUDIATING CALLS TO STOP ADVERTISING DURING TLC’S “ALL-AMERICAN MUSLIM”
To be delivered to: Kristen Kurtz, Media Relations Contact, SWEET’N LOW, William P. Lauder, CEO, CLINIQUE, William J. Gentner, CEO, JOHN FRIEDA HAIRCARE WORLDWIDE, Michael Duke, CEO, WAL-MART,...
Muslim woman's body found in hospital morgue... →
throwingmolotovsforemmett:
abudai:
A £5,000 reward is being offered by police after the body of a Muslim woman was found in a hospital mortuary, covered with rashers of bacon.
The desecration was discovered when the family of the grandmother, aged 65, was waiting to see her body after she lost her fight with cancer.
The Metropolitan Police’s racial crime task force was called in to...
If you want to see some hardcore Islamophobia and... →
stfuconservatives:
They (and many other companies) recently caved to right-wing pressure and pulled their ads from TLC’s All-American Muslim. Lowes posted a whiny half-assed “well we wanted to respect everyone’s opinion but mostly decided to go with the racists” and there are some real gems of comments. Including one lady named Cynthia Bloemer who is just rattling off an ugly string of racist...
Full list of companies that pulled ads from All...
zikrayat:
3M (Command, Scotchbrand tape), Airborne Vitamin, Amway, (says it has been misrepresented) Anheuser Busch Inbev (Select55), Art Instruction Schools, Bamboozles, Bank of America (Cash Rewards), Bare Escentuals, Brother International (Ptouch), Campbell’s Soup, Capital One, Church & Dwight (Oxi Clean, Arm & Hammer), City Furniture, Conagra (Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes), ...
Lowe's Among Companies That Have Pulled Ads From... →
almaswithinalmas:
Lowe’s, the national hardware chain, has pulled commercials from future episodes of “All-American Muslim,” a TLC reality-TV show, after protests by Christian groups.
The Florida Family Association, a Tampa Bay group, has led a campaign urging companies to pull ads on “All-American Muslim.” “‘All-American Muslim’ is propaganda clearly designed to counter legitimate and...
“Whereas foreign films often more readily recognize Islam’s role as an integral...”
– Eric Michael Mazur, Encyclopedia of Religion and Film (ABC-CLIO, 2011)
Me, The Muslim Next Door – What Muslim Reality...
esprit-follet:
One of the main criticisms of TLC’s All American Muslim was that the show’s characters were representative of only a small part of the American Muslim community. If you felt that way, then a great antidote is Me, the Muslim Next Door, a web documentary produced for Radio Canada International. Filmed in Montreal and Toronto in both English and French, Me the Muslim Next Door is...
November 2011
17 posts
3 tags
Muslim Girl Wants Army to Bend Its Rules Just for... →
iraniantabern:
tiocfaidharla:
xxmisslovelyxx:
sura93:
Am I the only one who finds this horribly Islamophobic?
It is in the Qur’an that we are supposed to stand out from nonbelievers… And they are not allowing her to do that. She is unable to fulfill her religious beliefs just because “it won’t look right”. Really?
It’s not that I think she’s lying, per se. But as a Muslim American who...
There is a Tumblr for Muslim converts: →
This is a safe space for Muslim converts who wish to talk to others about Islam and other issues related to religion.
GTA woman has niqab pulled off in assault →
jogi-nachle:
A Muslim woman from Mississauga, Ont., who had her niqab pulled from her face at a local mall, says her young children no longer feel secure with only her nearby.
fdjasfklafj fuck.
“The folks who are most likely to be committing these crimes, obviously Muslims...”
– Rick Santorum, answering Wolf Blitzer’s question as to whether he’d endorse profiling for anti-terrorism on the grounds of ethnicity or religion. (via shortformblog)
(via palindrones)
Remember this?:
“The terrorist threat posed by radicalized Muslim-Americans has been exaggerated, according to...
“I don’t get Islamophobia. Your food is great, your people kind, and your men...”
– A text message I just received. (via zombiejihadi)
