Islamophobia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Rupert Murdoch is the billionaire press lord and major shareholder in News Corp., which own Sky News and Fox Cable News. He tweeted after the Paris attacks: Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible. — Rupert Murdoch […]

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula

Muslim Hero Lassana Bathily Saved Jewish Hostages in Paris

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WotchitGeneralNews | — “At a kosher supermarket in Paris, a quick-thinking Muslim employee hides several Jewish shoppers in the basement before sneaking out to brief police on the hostage-taker upstairs. In the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, a poker-faced businessman fools a pair of gunmen into believing they’re alone in the building before being allowed to leave […]

European Union

After Paris attacks, could David Duke style Racist Parties Sweep to Power in Europe?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Anti-immigrant sentiment and Islamophobia was already raging through Europe before the Kouashi al-Qaeda Cell targeted the staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish deli in Paris. Although President Francois Hollande insisted that the attacks had nothing to do with the religion of Islam (and rightly so), […]

Germany

Despite rising racism, European Muslims embrace democratic values

Juan Cole

EurActiv | — “For Muslims, Germany has become a home. But they see themselves being confronted by a negative image, defined by a minority of radical Islamists.” [kellinahandbasket/Flickr] A large portion of Muslims in Germany share the country’s democratic values, a Bertelsmann study shows, but unfortunately this fact is not recognised by a majority of […]

al-Qaeda

Brother of Slain Muslim Policeman: Assassins “Pretend Muslims,” Terrorists

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BBC | — “The brother of the Paris policeman [Ahmed Merabet] killed by the Charlie Hebdo shooter urged people not to avenge his death with further violence and reiterated that Islam was not about “terrorism or madness”. He added: “My brother was Muslim and he was killed by people who pretend to be Muslims. They […]

al-Qaeda

Charlie Hebdo: A Clash of Extremisms, not of Civilizations

Juan Cole

By Aurelien Mondon | The Conversation | — The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an abominable tragedy. It struck the heart of one of our capitals and symbols of our democracies as terrorists attacked our freedom of the press. It is now essential to pay our respects to those who lost their lives yesterday and […]

Education

Tee tomesing, tay tomesing? UK Kindergarten Teachers must report Terrorist Toddlers

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AJ+ | — “The British government wants kindergarten teachers to report their toddlers…for potential extremism. Seriously.” AJ+ “Terrorist Toddlers In The UK? ”

Islamophobia

Germany Accepts 200,000 Asylum seekers in 2014; Thousands of Bigots Protest ‘Islamization’

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BBC News | — “A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest “anti-Islamisation” rally in the German city of Dresden, according to police estimates.” BBC from Tuesday: “Anti-Islam ‘Pegida’ rally in Dresden sees record turnout”

al-Qaeda

Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?

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By Mustafa Gurbuz Gruesome ISIS beheadings, the Sydney siege, and now Taliban’s slaughter of children in Pakistan have haunted the media, along with the Senate’s report on CIA’s use of torture against suspected terrorists. The true nature of the radicalization problem, once again, is mostly obscured by petty domestic politics. The militant Islamism rests on […]