Is it possible to combat appeals to prejudice? Here’s new evidence from Duncan Hunter’s ‘anti-Muslim’ campaign ad.
The Washington PostA UC Irvine PhD candidate’s research into a campaign ad with “naked anti-Muslim bias” concludes that the backlash against ads appealing to voters’ fear and racism outweighs the gains.
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Islamic school starts an army cadet force
The Sunday TimesAs part of a concerted effort on behalf of the British military to bolster relations with the Muslim community, Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School in Blackburn is to become the UK’s first Islamic school to have an army cadet force.
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Hard-line Hindus pressure Modi over temple at disputed site
AP NewsTens of thousands of hard-line Hindu nationalists rallied Sunday to demand a Hindu temple be built on a site in northern India where hard-liners in 1992 had attacked and demolished a 16th century mosque and sparked deadly Hindu-Muslim violence.
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Militants kill cleric and 14 others in Somalia in car bomb and gun attack
ReutersAl-Shabaab gunmen and a suicide car bomber struck a religious center in Somalia’s capital, assassinating a cleric whom they accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
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Rohingya Muslims need the world to prevent another slaughter
Middle East EyeAn international coalition willing to pool diplomatic, commercial, political and military resources is the only meaningful way forward, says columnist CJ Werleman
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Muslim women need space for critical self-reflection
QantaraAn interview with theologian Dina El Omari asks important questions about feminism and egalitarian interpretations of the Qur’an.
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PATEL: Don't use Islam as excuse to carry out horrors of female genital mutilation
Toronto Sun Reyhana Patel of Islamic Relief Canada reacts to a federal judge’s dismissal of charges against a doctor who practiced FGM as a “religious act”. Arguing the practice “has absolutely no basis in any Abrahamic religion,” she reminds us the Qur’an forbids ‘mutilating the fair creation of God’.
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The Judge: How a film addressing Islamophobia ends up whitewashing Israel's occupation
Middle East EyeTo watch the new film The Judge, says Azad Essa, is to see Palestine as a normal, free society where women are battling for equality and representation in a society layered in generations of patriarchy
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Egypt's animated effort to fight religious extremism
Al-MonitorEgypt has created short animated videos to fight religious extremism by educating people about Islam.
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China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Re-education Camps
The NationRepression picked up dramatically in 2016 after a top party official who had put down unrest in Tibet was sent to Xinjiang.
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Why UK’s working definition of Islamophobia as a ‘type of racism’ is a historic step
The ConversationIslamophobia is still a relatively new word which entered the public and political lexicon little more than two decades ago, yet the process of establishing a working definition of Islamophobia has been ongoing one.
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Bahrain central bank considers new guidance for Islamic banks
ReutersBahrain’s central bank is considering guidance covering Islamic windows, investment accounts and whether to develop a benchmark rate for use by Islamic banks, a senior executive said in a report released on Tuesday.
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China’s Mass Detention of Muslims Is a Test for Trump
The AtlanticThe Trump administration has been slamming Beijing for its Uighur internment camps, but some worry that criticism will go quiet after the G20 summit.
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Intel: How bigoted ‘backsliding’ in Saudi textbooks belies MBS’ reformist credentials
Al-MonitorThe US Commission on International Religious Freedom criticized Saudi Arabia’s “backsliding” on religious tolerance in a new report on middle and high school textbooks today, further undermining the embattled kingdom’s reformist credentials.
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The Judge review – thoughtful study of the first female sharia judge
The GuardianThis documentary about Palestinian judge Kholoud al-Faqih includes a broad range of voices in an intelligent portrait of a changing society.
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Germany seeks dialogue with country’s 4.5 million Muslims
AP NewsThe German government is reaching out to the country’s 4.5 million Muslims by sitting down with community leaders, experts, and imams to talk about improving their integration in the country.
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GOP Leaders in Texas Consider Removal of Muslim Member
The New York TimesRepublican leaders in one of the most populous counties in Texas want to remove a party vice chairman because he is Muslim, according to emails between party leaders.
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Exclusive: China will retaliate 'in proportion' to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs – ambassador
ReutersChina will retaliate “in proportion” if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human rights abuses, China’s ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing’s policies in the region are to “re-educate” terrorists.
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Modern Islam's endless debate on women
Ahval NewsThe Tunisian cabinet recently approved a law guaranteeing gender equality in inheritance. Many Muslims see giving women the same inheritance rights as men as contradictory to the Quran, which states: “Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females.”
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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric says yet to see progress under new prime minister
ReutersGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said he had yet to see progress made under new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who still does not have a full cabinet due to political wrangling six months after parliamentary elections.
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes up 207 percent in Canada's most populous province
Middle East EyeThe total number of hate crimes reported to police hit 2,073 across Canada last year, the country’s statistics agency said on Thursday
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China’s Uighurs told to share beds, meals with party members
AP NewsChina is now sending party members to spy on and infiltrate Uighur families.
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Wanted in India, fiery Islamic preacher says he has not broken any law
ReutersControversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in his home country of India, said he has not broken any Indian law and was being targeted by the “enemies of Islam,” in a rare public speech in Malaysia where he has sought refuge.
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Pakistan clerics in blasphemy case to face treason charges
AP NewsA Pakistani minister says the detained Islamic clerics who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case will face treason and terrorism charges.
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Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta
ReutersTens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to remove the city’s Christian governor, underscoring the growing influence of Islamist groups ahead of elections in 2019.
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For China, Islam is a 'mental illness' that needs to be 'cured'
Al-JazeeraChina’s relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent.
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Muslims demand full legal protection from Islamophobia
The GuardianMuslim organizations are urging Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and all other party leaders in the UK to adopt a newly proposed working definition of Islamophobia in an attempt to put pressure on a reluctant Home Office to follow suit.
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