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CNN: Hebah Ahmed, MuslimMatters Blogger, Debates Mona Eltahawy over French Niqab (Burka) Ban
Mona: So the closer you want to become to God, the more -- the less of you, the more you disappear. Hebah: I don't feel that I have disappeared at all. [Hello, I am right here] Read More »
British Bigotry – Sayeeda Warsi’s Speech
I remember once collecting for Charity Week with another sister a few years ago at university and observing the countenance of a woman as she walked pass reading my t-shirt. As soon as she saw the word ‘Islamic’, the expression on her face turned into one of horror and disgust as she walked away from us even faster than she was at the time. Whenever I look back on that, I think about WHY she did that. Read More »
Yasir Qadhi | A Proud, Patriotic, Shariah Practicing American
Two Tennessee legislators have proposed what amounts to a ban on "Shariah". History has taught us what fear-mongering does to a civil society. Read More »
Islamophobia Exhibit A – Yorba Linda Muslim Hate-Fest (ICNA RELIEF / VIDEO)
Disturbing Islamophobia / Muslim hate-fest video at a CA rally, attended by government officials, including one threatening the attendees. Read More »
Anti-Muslim Protestor Throws Crosses At Feet Of Man Praying By White House (VIDEO)
By Ryan J. Reilly Published in TPMMuckraker A group of anti-Sharia protestors who planned to counter-protest the planned pro-Sharia rally by the radical provocateur Anjem Choudary in front of the White House on Thursday found themselves without an opponent to debate. The counter rally planned by Frank Gaffney in response ... Read More »
An Open Letter to David Cameron by Haitham Al-Haddad
The most insulting and disdainful of your remarks directed to the Muslims was the threats of withholding funding from whom you think are extreme. Do you think that the strength of our conviction in our values is measured against paltry handouts or opportunities for photoshoots with MPs? Read More »
Yasir Qadhi | Islamophobia: Between Fear and Action | GPU 2010 Lecture
The world has seen an increase in the incitement to fear Islam and Muslims. At the 2010 Global Peace & Unity Conference, Yasir Qadhi highlights some of these instances and how we as Muslims should respond. Read More »
The Lives and Stories of Ergun “Mehmet” Caner
One of the pioneers of "hate-filled Muslim 'extremist' turned loving Christian" industry, Ergun "Mehmet" Caner has recently been exposed as, among other things, a fake ex–Muslim. We bring you a short exposition of the much reported events surrounding that controversy, while tapping into their teachable potential and extracting from them some points of benefit for both Muslims and non–Muslims. Read More »
Women’s Rights in Islam, a critical look at “Joys of Muslim Women”
This article takes a critical look at a widely circulated email called "Joys of Muslim Women" which contains many misconceptions about women's rights in Islam. Read More »