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We’ve Seen This Movie Before
By STANLEY FISH / NY Times The New York Post declares, the stabbing is "the act of a disturbed individual who is now in custody," and across the fold of the page columnist Jonah Goldberg says that "one assault doesn't a national trend make" and insists that "we shouldn't let anyone suggest that this criminal reflects anybody but himself."

Categories: Double Standards  Discrimination  Islamophobia  Media Bias  American Muslims  

Added: September 01, 2010

Muslim woman wearing veil 'refused bus ride' in London
By BBC News The students, both 22 and from Slough, Berkshire, boarded a Metroline bus from Russell Square to Paddington, London. But they said when they presented their tickets on Tuesday, the driver told them they were a "threat" to passengers and ordered them off the bus.

Categories: British Muslims  Burqa  Gender  Discrimination  Hijab  Human Rights  

Added: July 23, 2010

The Mirror Explodes
By Smruti Koppikar , Debarshi Dasgupta , Snigdha Hasan /outlookindia.com Hindu terror is a reality, yet India refuses to utter its name

Categories: Hindutva  Terror  Muslims in India  Discrimination  Sectarian Violence  

Added: July 15, 2010

Kashmir: Valley Of Death And Unemployment
By The situation in Kashmir valley has never been as bleak as today. 1989 is much far back in history, albeit the policy of governor Jagmohan has come home to roost The situation in Kashmir valley has never been as bleak as today. 1989 is much far back in history, albeit the policy of governor Jagmohan has come home to roost.

Categories: Kashmir  Occupation  Ethnic Cleansing  Discrimination  India  

Added: July 09, 2010

Pakistan sect endures persecution
By By Alex Rodriguez /Los Angeles Times, Reporting from Faisalabad No Pakistani minority is as victimized as the country's 4 million Ahmadis, who believe in Islam but are viewed by the rest of the country as heretics.

Categories: Minorities  Discrimination  Brutality  Faith  Pakistan  

Added: July 08, 2010

The Challenge of Anger among Young Muslims in America
By Abdul Malik Mujahid - © Sound Vision The vilification of Muslims and Islam has become relentless. Muslims are consistently portrayed as "the other," not part of the United States, and unworthy of tolerance. Millions of dollars are being spent on a focused program that emphasizes that Muslims are inherently violent.

Categories: American Muslims  Youth  Gallup  Islamophobia  Discrimination  

Added: July 05, 2010

The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, KARMEL, West Bank /NY Times On the other side of the barbed wire is the Jewish settlement of Karmel, a lovely green oasis that looks like an American suburb. It has lush gardens, kids riding bikes and air-conditioned homes. It also has a gleaming, electrified poultry barn that it runs as a business. Elad Orian, an Israeli human rights activist, nodded toward the poultry barn and noted: "Those chickens get more electricity and water than all the Palestinians around here."

Categories: Jewish Settlements  Discrimination  Israel  Palestine  American Mmilitary Support  

Added: July 01, 2010

Muslims in America
By Rhys H. Williams / The Ctristian Century The attacks of 9/11 and their aftermath have caused great pain to U.S. Muslims. They have experienced formal and informal discrimination and large and small forms of public humiliation.

Categories: 9/11  Books  American Muslims  Discrimination  Islamophobia  

Added: June 16, 2010

Muslim prisoners 'treated as potential terrorists'
By Alan Travis / The Gaurdian Attitude risks creating extremism, watchdog warns amid scepticism over claims of forced conversion to Islam

Categories: British Muslims  Prisoner's Abuse  Islamophobia  Extremism  Discrimination  

Added: June 08, 2010

American Muslims: Lost and leaderless
By American Muslims / The Dawn During the past year alone, many unfortunate opportunities have thrown up questions about the intentions of the Muslim next door, a situation complicated by the inability of the American Muslim leadership to accept its immigrant dimension.

Categories: American Muslims  Discrimination  Islam and the Media  Immigrants  9/11  

Added: June 03, 2010