Muslims 
-
-
11/12/19
Muslims Should Reject Indian Supreme Court's Land Offer
by B. Z. Khasru
In a mockery of justice, India's top court gives orthodox Hindus a way to avenge their humiliation under Muslim rule for a thousand years.
-
-
8/11/19
Can Muslims get a fair shake in India?
by B.Z. Khasru
By scraping Kashmir's special autonomy status, Modi has taken a dangerous step toward implementing the vision of his ultra-nationalist party's spiritual guru, the late V.D. Savarkar.
-
-
SOURCE: Washington Post
1/22/19
Why Trump’s fearmongering about Muslims at the border misses the mark
by Randa Tawil
There are Muslims at the border. But they’ve been there since the late 19th century.
-
-
SOURCE: The Economist
4-5-18
Muslims consider Queen Elizabeth’s ties to the Prophet Muhammad
Reaction to the queen’s purported Muslim extraction has been varied in the Arab world.
-
-
SOURCE: Informed Comment
5-14-18
The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them
by Juan Cole
The move of the Trump administration of the US embassy to Jerusalem is intended, according to the president, to signal a recognition of the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
-
-
SOURCE: The Middle East Media Research Institute
12-7-17
Pakistani Historian Mobarak Haidar says Muslims “have no religious basis to rule Jerusalem”
His comments were circulated widely by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
-
-
11-29-17
Trump’s Demonization of Muslims Echoes a Dark Chapter in German History
by Richard E. Frankel
His tweeting of anti-Muslim videos could very well have real-world consequences.
-
-
SOURCE: Asia-Pacific Journal
10-15-17
There's More to the Story About General Pershing's Campaign Against Muslims
by Paul A. Kramer
Donald Trump's claims were debunked. But what the commentators tended to underplay or overlook was that Pershing, while he did not order the shooting of prisoners as far as we know, did participate in forms of warfare that used pigs and the threat of pigs to spread terror in Moro society.
-
-
SOURCE: AHA
3-13-17
Historians' Leading Group Condemns Second Draft of Executive Travel Ban
The American Historical Association says that the new order, like its predecessor, "stands at odds with the values stated in our nation's founding documents."
-
-
SOURCE: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
3-8-17
French Jewish historian cleared of hate speech charges against Muslims
Bensoussan was acquitted on Tuesday ending a polarizing trial that observers regarded as a significant test case for determining the boundaries of academic freedom amid growing inter-ethnic tensions.
-
-
SOURCE: Business Insider
2-13-17
A historian of Islam explains the greatest misconception people have about Muslims
"Maybe of all of the misconceptions, the greatest is that there’s a set of prescriptions, or a set of doctrines, even dogmas, that necessarily incline Muslims to take specific positions on politics." - Chase F. Robinson
-
-
SOURCE: Haaretz
12-20-16
Leading Jewish Scholar Prosecuted in France for Alleged anti-Muslim Remarks
Georges Bensoussan's statements were 'dangerous and in line with far-right rhetoric' targeting Muslims, according to the Collective Against Islamophobia.
-
-
5-1-16
Saladin’s the Hero of Muslims, but He’s Got a Lesson for All of Us
by John Man
It’s how to be a leader.
-
-
SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
1-13-16
Daniel Pipes says Islamists should be banned from the United States
by Daniel Pipes
Skillful questions can distinguish enemy from friend among Muslims
-
-
SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
12-11-15
Trump: You Should Ban Islamists, Not Muslims
by Daniel Pipes
Trump's statement less an exercise in practical policy making than a gadfly provocation.
-
-
SOURCE: Informed Comment
12-8-15
Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US
by Juan Cole
Forbidding people from entering the United States on the basis of their religion is inconsistent with the ideals of the Founding Generation of the United States of America.
-
-
SOURCE: WDTV
11-12-15
This is what a West Virginia TV station found when it asked Muslims how they’re treated
They said that West Virginians projected ideas on them based on stereotypes about an entire group.
-
-
11-17-15
Islamophobia Is an American Tradition
by Karine Walther
And it's undermining our understanding at every turn.
-
-
SOURCE: Forward
6-28-15
PBS Documentary About Early Palestine Substitutes One Myth For Another
by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
The documentary disputes the idea that Muslims and Jews have always been enemies; it also challenges standard Zionist narratives about Jewish settlement in prestate Israel.
-
-
5-30-15
The Surprising Thing Baptists and Muslims Have in Common
by Barry Hankins
One of the consequences of a pro-gay marriage ruling by the Supreme Court is that Baptists may find themselves in the same boat as Muslims who want to live by Sharia law.