By AZMIATed Cruz isn’t the only Presidential hopeful who gets his information from Internet hoaxes. His arch-nemesis Donald Trump does, too. Back in February, at a rally in South Carolina, Trump told a tall tale about General John Pershing ending terrorism by executing Muslim prisoners with bullets dipped in pig’s blood. According to urban legend, once upon a time,…
By AZMIAHe makes an exception for Israel, though. Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to ban Muslims from coming to the United States. The U.S. House has restricted travelers from Iraq. Now Florida candidate Carlos Beruff, a Republican, wants to ban anyone from a Middle Eastern country–with the exception of Israel, of course–from entering the United States….
By SaraIsraeli “fashion designer” Dodo Bar Or recently launched a new women’s collection made up of flowing dresses, bouncy skirts, baggy tops, rompers, and even a kaftan. Good for her..except for one glaringly obviously, and downright despicable thing: They are all made in the universally recognizable checkered and tasseled design of the keffiyeh. Dodo Bar Or’s…
By AZMIAGladys Gryskiewicz, a Board of Education member in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, has resigned after reportedly posting a series of racist and Islamophobic messages on her personal Facebook account. The Facebook posts were made in January and February, and include one where she said Muslims should “stay in your desserts[sic] and follow your religion in your own…
By AZMIAThe Internet did it again. Ted Cruz’s national security adviser Jerry Boykin did a radio interview this past week, and spoke about the dangers of “Sharia courts” that were allegedly popping up in the United States. During his appearance on “Sandy Rios in the Morning,” Boykin alleged that the Muslim Brotherhood was infiltrating the United States…
By AZMIAJust over a week ago, in an interview with France’s Libération newspaper, the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls voiced his support for banning the hijab at universities. Though he admitted that “…there are rules in the constitution that would make such a ban difficult,” he still said that the ban should happen. Since 2004, France’s laws ban the…
By SaraDonald Trump made an embarrassing blunder this past Monday at a rally in Buffalo, NY, when he called 9/11, a day that transformed the political landscape of the entire world, 7-11, the slurpee-toting convenience store. Dude…what ARE you saying? We damn sure don’t know, cause YOU don’t even know. “It’s very close to my heart…
By emanWhen it comes to Islam, Ayan Hirsi is an important figure, although I don’t think she’s important in the way that she believes she is. As a so-called “expert” on Islam, by default, her voice is assigned a certain degree of credibility, but let’s be clear–what credentials does she have to support the platform she’s…
By Naaz ModanOn Thursday, Laurence Rossignol compared Muslim women who wear the headscarf to the “American negroes” who supported slavery. The French Minister for Women’s Rights’ statement was followed not long after by a similar claim by fashion designer and partner at Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Berge. “We must teach (Muslim) women to revolt, to take their…
By Sumaia MasoomOn Thursday, police were investigating claims of an alleged hate crime in lower Manhattan. It was made by a 20 year-old Middle Eastern beauty-student, who reported her face was slashed by a man as she was leaving the Make-up Designory Beauty School for the day. According to the student, the man, who was dressed in a black…
By Sahra MaganIbtihaj Muhammad, world champion fencer, and set to be the first American athlete to compete in the Olympics in a hijab, was asked to remove her hijab at SXSW to receive her badge. The incident occurred at the festival in Austin, Texas and involved a volunteer who asked Ibtihaj to take her headscarf off in…
By Sahra MaganTwo Muslim women were escorted by authorities off a JetBlue flight from Boston to Los Angeles for allegedly “staring” at a flight attendant. The incident, which was recorded by passengers, saw the passengers of the flight being instructed to remain seated after the plane landed as authorities were boarding the flight. The two women were…
By Sahra Magan“Oh, is it safe to ride the elevator with you?” These were the Islamophobic comments made by a Florida lawmaker, State Representative Tom Goodson to a Muslim woman, Laila Abdelaziz, as he walked into the elevator filled with state legislators with whom she had just had a meeting. In a Facebook post, Abdelaziz wrote, “Everyone…
By Sumaia MasoomPresidential-hopeful and general-popularizer of bigotry Donald Trump was at it again Friday. Promoting torture and the violation of human rights was on the agenda, as per usual, he again claimed that waterboarding was only “minimal, minimal, minimal torture,” and not nearly enough for use against suspected terrorists. But then the rally somehow managed to become…
By Naaz ModanHalf of me is American. I subscribe to Harper’s Bazaar, come home to a white picket-fence house and revel in my daily Starbucks. But the other half of me lives in India. I slip in and out of my native language, know how it feels to rock back and forth in rickshaws to the point…
