By Jason Wilson Canadian police have yet to identify the motive for the Toronto van attack in which 10 people were killed, but before the dead had even been counted, many rightwing commentators were rushing to depict the attack as Islamist terrorism. Within minutes of the attack, Faith Goldy, Continue Reading
‘Punish a Muslim day’ generates anger, fear and solidarity in Britain
By Jennifer Hassan The letters arrived in March. Sent anonymously to multiple communities, the letters with words in bold at the top declared that Tuesday, April 3, would become “Punish a Muslim day” in Britain. Sent to homes, lawmakers and at least one business, the documents detailed a Continue Reading
He wanted to build Trump’s border wall. He was just charged in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque.
By Kristine Phillips Three men — including the owner of a company that submitted a bid to build President Trump’s border wall — bombed a Minnesota mosque in an attempt to drive Muslims out of the United States, according to a federal complaint. The three men from rural Illinois were arrested and Continue Reading
‘God Bless You’ Listed among Anti-Muslim ‘Microaggressions’
By Katherine Timpf According to an “Anti-Oppression Library Guide” written by a group of librarians at Simmons College in Boston, “saying ‘God bless you’ after someone sneezes” is a microaggression against Muslim people. “Islamomisic Microaggressions are commonplace verbal or behavioral Continue Reading