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Islamophobia Awareness Month: The Side of November We Ignore

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November is Native American Heritage month — and Islamophobia Awareness Month in the UK. It’s a month when we should be doubling down on calling out the discrimination that Muslims face in the UK, as well as deconstructing the negative stereotypes about the Muslim communities and Islam — which many aren’t even made aware of…

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How Joy-Ann Reid’s Comments About “the Way Muslims Act” Absolves White Supremacy From Its Role in Terrorism

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Earlier this week, MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid made some blatantly Islamophobic remarks when she compared white supremacists to Muslims who get radicalized in war-torn Muslim-majority countries.  “When leaders, let’s say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in…