International Politics and Economy

(TeleSur) – “We are dropping American made bombs on countries … the United States then made the decision to block those people inside those countries…” Democratic members of the United States Congress rallied against President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban Monday which reached its second anniversary. “I know first-hand how destructive this policy is to millions […]

Islamophobia

How to Talk about Islamophobia in the Age of Trump: There aren’t Two Sides to Bigotry

Basil Abdelkarim

(Informed Comment) – In late 2016, on the eve of the national election, I sat down in front of my computer to read an article about then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. My 9-year old son leaned over my shoulder to sneak a peak at the screen, frowned, and wondered aloud, “What? It’s going to […]

Featured

How Long til Trump & GOP Radical Islamophobia causes Major Massacre?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Three extremist white nationalists who plotted to blow up a Somali-American apartment complex in Kansas have been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The men made and tested explosives to use on the Somali immigrants, whom they called “cockroaches” and other terms that CNN couldn’t repeat. Somalis are Sunni Muslims. […]

Democracy

Health, Poverty, Conflict in Charts: Is the World Better off Today than ever before in History?

The Conversation

By Julius Probst | – Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually even think the opposite. This is no wonder, when the news focuses on reporting catastrophes, terrorist attacks, wars […]

Politics

The More Women in Government, the Healthier the Population

The Conversation

By Carles Muntaner< | - In November 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. In announcing his cabinet, he ensured that half of his closest advisers (15 out of a total of 30) were women. Canada’s gender-equal cabinet vaulted the country from 20th to fifth place in the world […]

Far Right

Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Middle East Monitor

(Middle East Monitor) – An extreme right-wing member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has been elected to lead a faction of the Jewish Home party. Bezalel Smotrich MK is renowned for his pro-settlement views. Smotrich, who currently serves as the Deputy Knesset Speaker, was elected yesterday to head the National Union, an extreme faction […]

Islamophobia

The Limits of Liberal Multiculturalism: Islamophobia and Bill Maher

Evelyn Alsultany

By Evelyn Alsultany | – ( Mizan) – On the October 3, 2014 episode of the HBO talk show Real Time with Bill Maher, the panel included New York Times bestselling author (and key figure in the New Atheism movement) Sam Harris; actor/filmmaker Ben Affleck; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof; and former chairperson of the […]

Islamophobia

Can Online anti-Muslim Hate Speech be Combated? There’s an App for that

The Conversation

By Bertie Vidgen and Taha Yasseri | – In a landmark move, a group of MPs recently published a working definition of the term Islamophobia. They defined it as “rooted in racism”, and as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”. In our latest working paper, we wanted to better […]

Islamophobia

Facebook’s ‘Virtual Coercive’ Implicated in Rohingya Genocide

The Conversation

By Robert Huish and Patrick Balazo | – New technology can have profound impacts on society in ways never intended. The radio carried codes during the First World War, but later became a household fixture. Early telephones were leased in pairs but after Western Union, a telegraph company, adopted “exchanges,” it led to rapid long-distance […]