By Saadia Faruqi
Last week, after a fortnight of legal wrangling, House Republican Allen West finally conceded defeat in the race against Democrat Patrick Murphy in Florida. Despite spending (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/07/top-house-islamophobe-allen-west-falls.html) $17 million in his campaign as opposed to Murphy’s $3.6 million, it seems that the people of Florida have spoken. They no longer [...]
Today is Election Day: a day when millions of Americans of all colors, religions and ethnicities are taking pride in standing in line waiting to cast their vote. For those like myself – who come from countries where voters are intimidated, entire groups are not allowed to vote at all, and multiple generations live under military rule without [...]
Recently I met a police officer during my Houston Police Academy cultural awareness training who proposed that the negative publicity about Islam has died down in the last few years. This week I learned that, to the contrary, Islamophobia is not only alive and well, but even promoted by certain branches of the U.S. [...]
NYPD’s latest move to secretly monitor the movements and activities of members of Muslim Student Associations seems to be almost an act of desperation. From spying on Muslim citizens to training police officers using a dangerous film, and now this… when will NYPD learn that there have to be better ways to counter [...]
The city of New York, it seems, is always in the news. From fashion and cuisine to finance and big business, this great city is often regarded as the quintessential American urban center unmatched by any other. It is not only an attractive option for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants entering the country each year, [...]
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