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In San Francisco?

posted by Suzy Shuraym

“Over the past year in San Francisco, the war over the popular conception of Islam has been continuously fought on the unlikeliest of battlefields–the sides of the city’s buses. “Purchased by the pro-Israeli American Freedom Defense Initiative, the most recent [...]

Islamophobia still has its place at CPAC

posted by Suzy Shuraym

“Though, for the most part, the fringiest conservatives were shut out of [the Conservative Political Action Conference] CPAC this year, one unofficial panel hosted by Breitbart.com did not disappoint, bringing out “The Uninvited” anti-Islam activists for a panel on national [...]

AFID “Anti-Jihad” Ads on MUNI Buses in SF

posted by Suzy Shuraym

“The ad shows Osama bin Laden and the burning twin towers. The tag line says, ‘That’s his jihad, what’s yours?’ The campaign is the latest from the American Freedom Defense Initiative, which says it is educating America about what it [...]

Anti-Muslim Ads Pop Up in Chicago

posted by Suzy Shuraym

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that anti-Muslim ads have appeared on CTA buses. “’In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad,’ the ad reads. “The ad is financed by conservative [...]

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The Rise of Hijab Fashion Bloggers
"In the last few years, a growing community of hijab fashion bloggers has changed the idea of what it means to be a modern Muslim woman," writes Vanessa Rosales on The Daily Beast. Learn about hijab high fashion here. It seems that hijab has become something completely different than a means

posted 6:12:29pm May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

"Traveling While Muslim"
There's a long-standing discussion in the United States about DWB arrests (that "driving while black" is reason enough for the police to pull over a motorist). Now, evidently, this has been expanded to "traveling while Muslim". This story is simultaneously astonishing and sad: "Traveler from

posted 8:28:22pm May. 13, 2013 | read full post »

Prince Rahim Aga Khan Engaged to American Model
According to the Aga Khan Development Network, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of Shi'a Ismaili Muslims, announced the engagement of his eldest son, Prince Rahim Aga Khan (age 42), to Kendra Spears, (age 24), a model from Seattle, Washington. The date of the marriage has not been set yet. (O

posted 4:07:55am May. 02, 2013 | read full post »

The Tsarnaev family: A faded portrait of an immigrant’s American dream
Marc Fisher, writing in The Washington Post, has penned a thoughtful narrative of the Tsarnaev family's life in the United States. Most interesting, perhaps, is the differing experiences of the two brothers, Ruslan and Anzor (the latter being the father of the accused Boston Marathon bombers, Tam

posted 3:25:59am Apr. 29, 2013 | read full post »

"She Who Tells a Story"
“She Who Tells a Story” introduces the pioneering work of twelve leading women photographers from Iran and the Arab world: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, a

posted 6:30:53am Apr. 28, 2013 | read full post »


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