By leenalfataftaThe world held its breath in anticipation of the Singapore summit, which would bring the most unexpected of alliances to the table: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. This long awaited and historic meeting focused on reaching a nuclear disarmament deal between North Korea and the United States of America. The question of denuclearization has been…
By Rabea AliIt’s been a year since your inauguration and I’m afraid we haven’t got much to show for it except the anxiety of nearing a nuclear war with North Korea, the destruction of immigrant communities and the government shutdown. That’s just a handful of the countless errors made by the administration this year. Well Mr. President, I’ve…
By HalimahThe Arab Islamic American Summit was saturated with political hypocrisy. After implementing two executive orders that prohibit people from Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., claiming that “Islam hates us,” and having Islamophobic cabinet members that espouse Huntingtonian-like us vs. them worldviews, Saudi Arabia, the custodian of the two holiest mosques in Islam, welcomed Donald Trump…
By Guest BloggerWritten by Runna Othman. Islamophobia is not a new phenomenon created by Donald Trump by any means. “Islam began as a something strange and it will return to being strange, so blessed are the strangers.” (Sahih Muslim 145) However, The Donald’s blatantly Islamophobic, hateful rhetoric has created a free-for-all when it comes to bullying…
By Naaz ModanPresident Donald Trump released a statement earlier today announcing that he will issue a new executive order “tailored” to work around a court decision that halted a controversial immigration ban issued late this January. The new immigration order will be released “sometime next week, toward the beginning or middle, at the latest,” Trump said. In…
By HalimahIn a preliminary ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a bid to reinstate President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration ban, meaning that formerly barred refugees and citizens from seven Muslim majority countries can continue to enter the United States as long as they have proper legal documents. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld the ruling…
By Maysoon KhatibThis was also published on Teen Vogue. A friend of mine recently posted a status indicating that as we gear up for challenges ahead, it’s crucial that the voice and support of all people is at the table in our continued work toward equality and justice. This has never been truer for the marginalized…
By lailakhan#NotMyPresident-Elect Donald Trump You climbed on our backs to make yourself great (again). You had nothing to turn to but to make everyone hate (again). You did not win, Bigotry, Racism, and Hate won (again). We moved 10 steps forward, and you moved us 20 steps back (again). It is like my history book came…
By Sumaia MasoomYesterday morning, we woke up to the news that Donald Trump won the general election, making him the 45th President-Elect of the United States. Muslims (as well as Hindus, Sikhs, Mexicans, African Americans, the LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, sexual assault and harassment victims, women, and pretty much any other marginalized community you can think of) have…
By MG StaffYes, I completely believe that he is the antithesis of human decency and American Democracy. He has, time and again, tainted the image of women and Muslims and Latinos and a plethora of other minority groups — and he has no problem doing so. Yet, I still pray for Mr. Trump every night, and will probably…
By Iman IbrahimEnough! We’ve heard you advocate to “build a wall,” and command us to “go back to our country.” Are you forgetting that one big thing? You think we’re taking your home, but little do you know the Trail of Tears wasn’t for nothing. We know you’ve felt robbed multiple times, but remember Andrew Jackson in 1839? No,…
By Iman IbrahimWhat’s new in the Trump land? In a leaked video from 2005, of Donald Trump being interviewed by Billy Bush, a host from “Access Hollywood,” the GOP Party nominee can be seen making degrading, misogynistic, unrepeatable comments about women. Just 24 hours after his true persona was revealed to America, Donald Trump not only made…
By akhalilDo you ever watch racist people like Donald Trump and wonder if they were born racist? Can you imagine Trump as a child being nice to people of color and not saying nasty things? Well, one thing is for sure, science says: he was not born racist. A new Sci-Fact video created by a fabulous Muslim woman,…
By AZMIAPresidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took to Twitter yesterday to engage in some petty behavior of epic proportions. Drake called it in “Summer Sixteen”–playing dirty, not clean. Petty Tendergrass versus Petty Crocker for President, y’all. What a time to be alive.
By AZMIAAnother day, another episode of the real-life reality TV show/circus that America’s Presidential election is becoming…starring, of course, reality TV vet Donald Trump. Trump did a phone interview with the increasingly pro-Trump Fox News yesterday morning, and the topic inevitably turned to his proposed “Muslim ban.” “We have to be extremely careful,” Trump told them….
