Tracking Anti-Muslim Legislation: Governor DeSantis

A Tampa Bay Times investigation found DeSantis authored the bill weeks before going on TV and asking lawmakers to draft legislation to designate groups as terrorists, which he had already given them More

Policy Brief: Why Florida Should Reject the 'Domestic Terrorist' Designation Bills:

Governor and GOP lawmakers want to building a legal machine to brand organizations as domestic terrorists. Our new policy brief explains why these bills are unconstitutional — and who they really target. More

Confronting Genocide in Gaza:

In a candid conversation on Al Jazeera, Ahmed Bedier underscores Israel's race against time to inflict maximum destruction in Gaza. He calls for an immediate ceasefire and stresses the critical need for justice and accountability, urging international intervention to prevent further loss of life.

Looking Back at the Start of Capitol Leadership Academy

CLA is the nation’s premier political incubator for minority students. It empowers today’s youth to become tomorrow’s leaders.

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Muslim Capitol Days

An opportunity for Muslim minorities to meet their legislators directly and discuss their concerns as well as share solutions for the future.

Will the UN’s plea to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh be answered?

On March 8, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Human Rights, Immigration, Rohingya, by admin

The UN is appealing to global powers to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The United Nations is appealing for nearly $900m to help Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from their native Myanmar. So, how will the international community respond? And can the Rohingya ever hope for an end to the stateless limbo they’re […]

How Quebec’s Culture of Islamophobia is Seeping Into Public Schools

On March 7, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Canada, Civil Rights, by admin

Muslim Students Feel Increasingly Unsafe in Primary and Secondary Schools Ayeza Hussain is a 16-year-old Pakistani student from Antoine-Brossard High School in Brossard, Que. Though she finds her student body diverse, it has not stopped her from facing Islamophobic violence in school. During a lunch period, a white Québecois student approached her and began harassing […]

Photo Essay: ‘WE BELONG HERE’

On March 4, 2023, in Commentary, by admin

The Atlantic Magazine published a photo essay about Wesaam al-Badry, an Iraqi-born photographer, who uses photography to tell his story and present the resilience and dignity of his family and friends. Al-Badry’s family fled Iraq due to the Gulf War and ended up in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, where he received his first […]

FRANCE’S PROBLEM WITH FAR-RIGHT HATE AND EXTREMISM IS GROWING

On March 3, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Commentary, Europe, France, by admin

Anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim extremist groups have infiltrated their hateful ideas into France’s political mainstream. Last month, the organization I founded, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, released a report showing a worrying number of far-right hate and extremist groups in France. Given that far-right extremism has been in the spotlight and extremist political parties […]

China’s Head of Ethnic Affairs Is Keen to End Minority Culture

On March 2, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, China, Uyghur Genocide, by admin

Written by Aaron Glasserman and Marcia Wythes. The article discusses Pan Yue, who was elected as a full member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and has been the head of the State Council’s National Ethnic Affairs Commission since June 2022. Pan’s election to the Central Committee suggests that the Xi administration’s hard turn […]

After 20 years in Guantánamo and a seven-year hunger strike, Ahmed Rabbani is finally free

On February 26, 2023, in Close Gitmo, Guantánamo, Human Rights, by admin

Written by Clive Stafford Smith (Human Rights Lawyer) It was very moving to watch the tracker that followed the United States air force C17 aircraft as it flew across the Atlantic and above the Straits of Gibraltar. I knew that seated on board was my Guantánamo client Ahmed Rabbani, going home to Karachi after 20 […]

Family, Islamic group want action after teen’s hijab was removed at Kentucky school

On February 25, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, by admin

A Hardin County girl was suspended last fall following an incident after another student attempted to remove her hijab – a punishment her mother and the Council on American-Islamic Relations say was harsher than what was given to the boy they say initiated the confrontation. Kenneisha Turner Wright, said her 14-year-old daughter was suspended for […]

India blocks ‘hostile’ BBC documentary on PM Modi

On January 22, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Hindu Nationalism, India, by admin

New Delhi (AFP) – India’s government said it has blocked videos and tweets sharing links to a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during deadly 2002 sectarian riots, calling it “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage”. The British broadcaster’s programme alleges that the Hindu nationalist Modi, premier of Gujarat state at the time, ordered […]

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