By AZMIAWhite extremists have reared their ugly heads yet again. This past week, residents in Midtown Sacramento woke up to a chilling, not-so-pleasant surprise: Flyers filled with hate speech adorning their cars. The flyers called for the slaughter of all Muslims and Latinos in the U.S., Europe, and Russia, ordering lone wolf extremists to “kidnap, rob, torture…
By AZMIAAssad continues to blow Syria–and the U.S. brokered ceasefire deal–to smithereens. This past Saturday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the nation, demanded that the Obama administration join the international community in taking “immediate and concrete steps” to stop the continuing and escalating slaughter of…
By AZMIAFacebook is under fire for an epic fail. Thousands of Facebook users have pledged to deactivate their Facebook accounts, or turn their profile pictures red, in an effort to draw attention to the Assad regime’s shameless slaughter of Syrian civilians in Aleppo. Nine days of indiscriminate bombing, culminating in nearly 30 airstrikes–including attacks on medical…
By AZMIADeen Squad just dropped this amazing remix of twenty one pilots’ hit song “Stressed Out,” called “Spread Out.” The catchy anthem is call to action for the Ummah to unite, remembering that we are one Ummah. Check it out, and be sure to sign up to get their mixtape as soon as it drops.
By AZMIAAccording to the victim, the alleged attacker shouted Islamophobic slurs, calling her a “f**king Muslim” and “f**king Muslim trash,” and to “go back to where you came from.” The alleged assailant, a white, blond-haired woman, also reported she was voting for Donald Trump, expressing hope that he would send “all of you terrorist Muslims out of this country,”…
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 AZMIA“We used to work together…now we are partners,” said Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire business owner behind Chobani yogurt. Ulukaya, a Muslim immigrant from Turkey, told Chobani’s 2,000 full-time employees at its upstate New York plant that they’ll each be receiving shares worth up to 10% of the company’s value when it goes public or is sold. That…
By AZMIAHe’s not sorry he sent them, because according to him, “everyone” sends inappropriate work emails. He is, however, sorry he got caught. An aide at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office who was busted sending racist messages via his work email offered a weak apology this past Wednesday, sparking an outcry from advocacy groups Sheriff…
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 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 United Kingdom’s National Union of Students (NUS) has elected its first Black Muslim woman as the president, Malia Bouattia. Naturally, in the last few days, her election has stirred up quite the controversy. Bouattia first came to the media’s attention after speaking against an NUS motion “to condemn the IS and support Kurdish forces fighting…
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 AZMIATwo days ago, 26-year-old Michael Voyard burst into the Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, New York, and started behaving in a bizarre manner before attacking two Muslims. According to a press release from the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), during the Zuhr prayer, Voyard started shouting “I am a Prophet, give me a Quran.” He then punched two…
By AZMIAThis past week, in two separate, unrelated incidents, two Muslims were kicked off Southwest Airlines flights–one, a college student who was speaking Arabic, and the other, a Muslimah who made the oh-so-serious mistake of switching seats. The Daily Show has some advice on how to not get thrown off your flight if you’re Muslim. Check…
By AZMIAVanity Fair recently showcased this must-see documentary, Light on the Sea, about Syrian American Neda Kadri, who is on the frontline in Greece, assisting refugees. Vanity Fair said it best: “This documentary takes us to the front lines of the world’s refugee crisis as Neda, a Syrian American, helps refugees coming from boats into Lesbos, Greece….
