We found 52 results for “Islamophobia”.
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Washington Week on Human Rights: October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016
Top Items Guantanamo Human Rights First today praised the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Slahi to Mauritania, and encourages the Obama Administration to keep up…
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An Invalid Vote of Consequence: The Results of Hungary’s Refugee Referendum
October 4, 2016
By Dora Illei On Sunday, the Hungarian people voted on the E.U. plan to relocate 1,294 refugees to their country, part of a larger plan…
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Why Religion Matters: Fighting Intolerance with Broad Coalitions
September 30, 2016
By Erika Asgeirsson This week I attended #RadCon, a Religion and Diplomacy Conference hosted by the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs. The…
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Anti-Immigrant Platform Leads German Far-Right Party to Berlin’s State Parliament
September 22, 2016
By Dora Illei German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), continued to lose voters in the September 18 German state election. It won…
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U.N. High Level Forum on Global Antisemitism
September 14, 2016
By Erika Asgeirsson On Wednesday September 7, representatives from governments, civil society, and tech gathered to discuss the most pressing issues related to antisemitism around…
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Retired General Charles Krulak and Pastor Bob Roberts: Islamophobia Diminishes Us
September 14, 2016
By Joe Jenkins In early September the White House met its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees. President Obama stated that the United States welcomed…
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Putting the International Religious Freedom Report into Action
August 16, 2016
By Zahava Moerdler The State Department published its International Religious Freedom Report on Wednesday August 10, analyzing the status of religious freedom around the world in 2015…
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A Muslim-American Olympian Just Made History in Rio
August 12, 2016
By Joe Jenkins When Ibtihaj Muhammad stepped onto the piste of Rio’s Carioca Arena, saber in hand, she had her sights on Olympic gold. In her first…
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How the Sacrifice of One Muslim-American Soldier is Changing the National Conversation
August 9, 2016
By Joe Jenkins This blog is cross-posted from Veterans for American Ideals. Humayun Khan was 27 when he served in the Army’s 1st Infantry Division. The…
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Gallup Polling Data on Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the West
August 3, 2016
By Joe Jenkins In 2011 the polling organization Gallup undertook significant data collection and analysis on public opinions on Muslims and Islam in the West…
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Islamophobia and Its Impact in the United States
August 2, 2016
By Joe Jenkins In a June 2016 report, Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the U.S. 2013-2015, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) looks at…
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Islamophobia in America
August 2, 2016
What is Islamophobia? Islamophobia is an unfounded fear and hostility toward Islam and Muslims that results in discrimination, bias, marginalization, and at times, violence. It…