A few days ago, protestors stormed a U.S. Embassy in Iraq, and pundits exploded in a united chorus of outrage. The US military insisted that anyone who attempted to continue attacks on the embassy would “run into a buzzsaw,” whilst President Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham insisted via statements on Twitter that he would not allow…
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French Muslims on the Frontlines of Islamophobia
A woman protests in Paris, with a sign that says, “The veil covering your eyes is much more dangerous than the veil covering my hair.” Insults and physical aggression; a climate of fear ignored by, if not created with the full complicity of, law enforcement; Islamophobia: that is the reality in many non-Muslim countries. While…