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ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ITS IMPACT IN THE UNITED STATES |CONFRONTING FEAR
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Key Finding 1:
- Seventy-four (up from sixty-nine in 2013) groups are identified as comprising the U.S. Islamophobia network.
Key Finding 2:
- The U.S.-based Islamophobia network’s inner core is currently comprised of at least thirty-three groups whose primary purpose is to promote prejudice against, or hatred of, Islam and Muslims.
Key Finding 3:
- Between 2008 and 2013, inner-core organizations had access to at least $205,838,077 in total revenue.
Key Finding 4:
- An additional forty-one groups whose primary purpose does not appear to include promoting prejudice against or hatred of Islam and Muslims, but whose work regularly demonstrates or supports Islamophobic themes, make up the network’s outer core.
Key Finding 5:
- As of the writing of this report, anti-Islam bills are law in ten states. This is one-fifth of the nation. To date, however, none of these laws have been invoked in legal proceedings.
Key Finding 6:
- At least two states, Florida and Tennessee, have passed laws revising the way they approve textbooks for classroom use as a direct result of anti-Islam campaigns. In many instances, teachers simply informing
students of the tenets of Islam’s central belief system generated backlash and allegations of attempts to indoctrinate students to become Muslims.
Key Finding 7:
- In 2015, there were 78 recorded incidents in which mosques were targeted; more incidents than ever reported in a single year since we began tracking these reports in 2009. Incidents in 2015 have more than tripled compared to the past two years in which there were only 22 mosque incidents reported in 2013 and 20 incidents in 2014. In fact, in both November and December of 2015, there were 17 mosque incidents reported
during each of these months, numbers almost equivalent to an entire year's worth of reports from the previous two years. Additionally, 2015 saw the largest number of cases in both the Damage/Destruction/Vandalism category as well as the Intimidation category.
Key Finding 8:
- Progress has been observed in the reduction in frequency and shrinking acceptability of anti-Islam law-enforcement trainings
Key Finding 9:
-Two new phenomenon—Muslim-free businesses and armed anti-Islam demonstrations—raise deep concerns.
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The Full Report: http://www.islamophobia.org/images/ConfrontingFear/Final-Report.pdf
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Attacks Against US Muslims Growing in Frequency, Violence
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- Abdelkader led a study by Georgetown’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding earlier this year showing hate crimes against Muslim Americans during the 2016 U.S. election cycle have soared to levels not seen since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Between March 2015, when the first candidate entered the U.S. presidential race, and March 2016, there were 180 reported incidents of anti-Muslim violence, according to the study, “When Islamophobia Turns Violent."
Among incidents recorded in the past two months:
• On July 18, a note left at the home of a married couple in Tennessee read “I’m going to kill you Muslim bitches…I’m coming for your baby.”
• On July 11, two men stalked a hijab-wearing woman out of a Walmart in San Leandro, California, and “attacked her with blows to her head and body with eggs.”
• On June 29, a man approached a group of Muslim men wearing Islamic attire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, made anti-Islamic remarks before opening fire on them, wounding two of them.
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The source: http://www.voanews.com/a/us-rising-islamophobia/3469525.html
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The United States of Islamophobia
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Even cancer has a better public image than Muslim-Americans. How did it get this bad?
- This year’s worst offender is Donald Trump, who after the Orlando shooting repeated his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States and called for more racial profiling at home, warning that “radical Islam is coming to our shores.”
- A 2011 poll conducted by the University of Maryland showed that 61 percent of Americans had a negative view of Islam.
- A study released last year by consulting firm 416Labs showed that over 25 years of coverage and headlines, the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the New York Times was more negative than cancer, alcohol, and cocaine.
- During the 2008 presidential campaign, a woman confronted GOP nominee Sen. John McCain during a town hall, telling him she feared she couldn’t trust then-Sen. Barack Obama because “I have read about him, and … he’s an Arab.”
- In 2014, the film American Sniper about the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle drew record audiences — but also heavy criticism for glossing over the politics of the war in Iraq and glorifying the killing of Arabs.The release of the film triggered a deluge of social media hate and threats against Muslims and Arabs. “American Sniper makes me wanna go shoot some fuckin Arabs,” tweeted one user, @dezmondharmon.
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The source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/05/the-united-states-of-islamophobia/
The Islamophobia is increasing with the help of some in USA, and some in the middle east, and causing a bias in state policy, companies, societies, streets; resulting in discrimination at every level, especially Muslim-minority countries; even in some cases physical attacks on Muslims, Mosques etc.
Meanwhile, Muslims in the ME keep killing each other on the name of Islam.
P.S: @WebMaster Will you pleae make this thread as sticky? , for as the reports and news indicate it is a looming and serious problem that deserves to watch closely.
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Key Finding 1:
- Seventy-four (up from sixty-nine in 2013) groups are identified as comprising the U.S. Islamophobia network.
Key Finding 2:
- The U.S.-based Islamophobia network’s inner core is currently comprised of at least thirty-three groups whose primary purpose is to promote prejudice against, or hatred of, Islam and Muslims.
Key Finding 3:
- Between 2008 and 2013, inner-core organizations had access to at least $205,838,077 in total revenue.
Key Finding 4:
- An additional forty-one groups whose primary purpose does not appear to include promoting prejudice against or hatred of Islam and Muslims, but whose work regularly demonstrates or supports Islamophobic themes, make up the network’s outer core.
Key Finding 5:
- As of the writing of this report, anti-Islam bills are law in ten states. This is one-fifth of the nation. To date, however, none of these laws have been invoked in legal proceedings.
Key Finding 6:
- At least two states, Florida and Tennessee, have passed laws revising the way they approve textbooks for classroom use as a direct result of anti-Islam campaigns. In many instances, teachers simply informing
students of the tenets of Islam’s central belief system generated backlash and allegations of attempts to indoctrinate students to become Muslims.
Key Finding 7:
- In 2015, there were 78 recorded incidents in which mosques were targeted; more incidents than ever reported in a single year since we began tracking these reports in 2009. Incidents in 2015 have more than tripled compared to the past two years in which there were only 22 mosque incidents reported in 2013 and 20 incidents in 2014. In fact, in both November and December of 2015, there were 17 mosque incidents reported
during each of these months, numbers almost equivalent to an entire year's worth of reports from the previous two years. Additionally, 2015 saw the largest number of cases in both the Damage/Destruction/Vandalism category as well as the Intimidation category.
Key Finding 8:
- Progress has been observed in the reduction in frequency and shrinking acceptability of anti-Islam law-enforcement trainings
Key Finding 9:
-Two new phenomenon—Muslim-free businesses and armed anti-Islam demonstrations—raise deep concerns.
''
The Full Report: http://www.islamophobia.org/images/ConfrontingFear/Final-Report.pdf
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Attacks Against US Muslims Growing in Frequency, Violence
''
- Abdelkader led a study by Georgetown’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding earlier this year showing hate crimes against Muslim Americans during the 2016 U.S. election cycle have soared to levels not seen since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Between March 2015, when the first candidate entered the U.S. presidential race, and March 2016, there were 180 reported incidents of anti-Muslim violence, according to the study, “When Islamophobia Turns Violent."
Among incidents recorded in the past two months:
• On July 18, a note left at the home of a married couple in Tennessee read “I’m going to kill you Muslim bitches…I’m coming for your baby.”
• On July 11, two men stalked a hijab-wearing woman out of a Walmart in San Leandro, California, and “attacked her with blows to her head and body with eggs.”
• On June 29, a man approached a group of Muslim men wearing Islamic attire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, made anti-Islamic remarks before opening fire on them, wounding two of them.
''
The source: http://www.voanews.com/a/us-rising-islamophobia/3469525.html
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The United States of Islamophobia
''
Even cancer has a better public image than Muslim-Americans. How did it get this bad?
- This year’s worst offender is Donald Trump, who after the Orlando shooting repeated his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States and called for more racial profiling at home, warning that “radical Islam is coming to our shores.”
- A 2011 poll conducted by the University of Maryland showed that 61 percent of Americans had a negative view of Islam.
- A study released last year by consulting firm 416Labs showed that over 25 years of coverage and headlines, the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the New York Times was more negative than cancer, alcohol, and cocaine.
- During the 2008 presidential campaign, a woman confronted GOP nominee Sen. John McCain during a town hall, telling him she feared she couldn’t trust then-Sen. Barack Obama because “I have read about him, and … he’s an Arab.”
- In 2014, the film American Sniper about the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle drew record audiences — but also heavy criticism for glossing over the politics of the war in Iraq and glorifying the killing of Arabs.The release of the film triggered a deluge of social media hate and threats against Muslims and Arabs. “American Sniper makes me wanna go shoot some fuckin Arabs,” tweeted one user, @dezmondharmon.
''
The source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/05/the-united-states-of-islamophobia/
The Islamophobia is increasing with the help of some in USA, and some in the middle east, and causing a bias in state policy, companies, societies, streets; resulting in discrimination at every level, especially Muslim-minority countries; even in some cases physical attacks on Muslims, Mosques etc.
Meanwhile, Muslims in the ME keep killing each other on the name of Islam.
P.S: @WebMaster Will you pleae make this thread as sticky? , for as the reports and news indicate it is a looming and serious problem that deserves to watch closely.
