religion

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Trump the businessman is at war with Trump the ideologue over the question of Islam. Donald Trump rode to power on a wave of fear. During his presidential campaign, he portrayed terrorists, immigrants, the Chinese government and many other people and entities as threats […]

Donald Trump

Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)

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Stephen Colbert | (Video Clip from The Late Show) | – – “In response to Trump’s false claims of a terror attack, Sweden’s Prime Minister asked, ‘What has he been smoking?’ Stephen has a theory.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden”

Islamophobia

Dutch Far-Right Leader Vows to Rid Nation of ‘Moroccan Scum’

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TeleSur | – – Geert Wilders hopes the global upsurge in anti-establishment and xenophobic feeling that has helped propel Trump to power will propel him to power. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders promised to crack down on “Moroccan scum” who he said were making the streets unsafe and urged the Dutch to “regain” their country […]

Displaced and Refugees

Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think

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By Max Friedman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The so-called “Muslim ban” has been compared to U.S. treatment of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. It’s actually even more draconian. The MS St. Louis, whose Jewish refugee passengers were turned away from the United States shortly before the Holocaust. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The […]

Comic Books

Why America needs the Muslim Ms. Marvel now more than Ever!

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By Katie M. Logan | (The Conversation) | – – During the first few weeks of the Trump administration, we’ve seen increased pressure on Muslim and immigrant communities in the United States. In the face of these threats, which Marvel superhero might be best equipped to defend the people, ideals and institutions under attack? Some […]

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Human Costs of Trump’s Muslim Ban continue to Mount

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By Jody Mashek | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’ve seen firsthand how the White House’s cruel ban is impacting moms and kids here in the United States. Legal challenges to Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” are multiplying. Federal judges have suspended the order, which blocks immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspends refugee settlement from everywhere, […]

Islam-hatred

Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the rights to association of Muslim groups in the United States. Such a designation would also undermine the ability of the Muslim Brotherhood’s members […]

art and photography

Image of the Day: “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art | (Persian Miniature Painting) | – – “Jonah and the Whale”, Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles [A medieval World History]) Inscription: In Persian, on the arms of Jonah: “The sun’s disk went into darkness, Jonah went into the mouth of the fish.” The story of Jonah and the […]

Donald Trump

The real Victors in Judges’ ban on Trump’s Ban: US Universities

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request that the Executive Order banning Muslims from 7 countries from coming to the US be reinstated. It was set aside by a Temporary Restraining Order issued by a Federal […]