Islamophobia

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11/12/2019
  

  The key to defeating the far right’s online hate

  by Michelle Kelley

  “History provides lessons on how to pit popular culture against Internet hate speech and racist propaganda.”

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  10-9-18
  

  Hating Muslims in the Age of Trump

  by Juan Cole

  The New Islamophobia Looks Like the Old McCarthyism.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  8-7-18
  

  Study: American Kids Are Learning Islamophobia From Their Textbooks

  by Melissa Levinson

  "My research on world history textbooks used across the country finds that sections about Islam and the Middle East advance a “rise and fall” narrative."

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• SOURCE: Think Progress
  2-12-16
  

  What A 19th Century Campaign To Declare Mormons ‘Non-White’ Tells Us About Modern Islamophobia

  by Jack Jenkins

  There is one particularly unusual historical example that helps make sense of today’s barrage of Islamophobia: when American writers, politicians, and even scientists argued that Mormons — yes, Mormons — weren’t white.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Free Beacon
  12-18-15
  

  College Professor, Students Sport Yellow Jewish Stars to ‘Protest Islamophobia’

  While advocating against what they said is a growing trend in anti-Muslim rhetoric, the professor and students wore Jewish stars inscribed with the word, “Muslim.”

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• 11-17-15
  

  Islamophobia Is an American Tradition

  by Karine Walther

  And it's undermining our understanding at every turn.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10-15-14
  

  What Does 'Islamophobia' Actually Mean?

  by Tanya Basu

  A brief history of a provocative word

• SOURCE: Al Jazeera
  7-8-13
  

  Humayun Ansari: Islamophobia Rises in British Society

  Humayun Ansari is a Professor of History of Islam and Culture in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. On the 8th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings, and in the aftermath of the killing of British army soldier Lee Rigby, it is timely to assess how Islamophobia within Britain’s political landscape has evolved since that tragic day in July 2005. Much evidence suggests that Islamophobia has moved beyond small fringe far-right groups to being far more widespread across broad sections of the population.