Sherazi: Demonization of Muslims leads to hateful attacks | Ottawa Citizen
We must challenge narratives that fuel violence and reject the dehumanization of any group.| ottawacitizen
Islamophobia is one of the ideological currents that significantly undergirds our current world order . . . and Zohran Mamdani’s election disrupts the flow of that ideological current. The post Zohran Mamdani and Strategic Islamophobia appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
We must challenge narratives that fuel violence and reject the dehumanization of any group.| ottawacitizen
Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception. The post Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew? The post Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
Benjamin Balthaser explores the representation of Zohran Mamdani as simultaneously foreign menace and inauthentic outsider, deploying both antisemitism and Islamophobia to prop up a neatly racialized version of politics.| Spectre Journal
Once it became apparent that New York state Rep. Zohran Mamdani was the presumptive winner of New York City’s mayoral primary, right-wing figures went into full-blown hysterics. But few could…| Angry White Men
by Michael Dhanoya and Dr Chris Allen, University of Leicester In recent months, a number of events have catalysed a rise in Shiaphobia. Unlike Islamophobia which typically refers to religiously-motivated hate perpetrated by non-Muslims against Muslims, Shiaphobia may be loosely defined as religiously-motivated hate perpetrated by Sunni Muslims against Shi’a Muslims. Here in the UK,... The post Shiaphobic Hate Crime: an invisible yet growing form of sectarian hate appeared first on The In...| The International Network for Hate Studies
We, organisations from across the moral, political and ideological spectrum, including faith groups and secular organisations, write to express serious concern about the UK Government’s ongoing efforts to adopt a […] The post An Open Letter on the Government’s Proposed Definition of “Islamophobia” appeared first on Academics For Academic Freedom.| Academics For Academic Freedom
A virus devastates humanity. Few men survive. The rest are monsters. The women are dead, except Evie. Through a quirk in her genetics, she survives. When her physiology begins to evolve, she must c…| Trigger Warning Database
by Girish Daswani cover picture: Student banner, UTSC, October 2024 This post is a sequel to the April 2024 blogpost “How the University Harms Students during a Genocide”. The specificity of information shared is only possible due to the courage of several undergraduate students who approached and spoke to the author on their own accord … Continue reading Laughing at Genocide: On Anti-Palestinian Racism in Higher Education→| Everyday Orientalism
by Marchella Ward cover art: Courtyard, arcades and minaret of the Great Omari Mosque, which the IOF largely destroyed on Dec. 8, 2023 (picture from the late 19th century; source: Wikipedia) This material draws from a talk I gave on October 7th 2024, marking one year of the most recent escalation of genocidal violence against … Continue reading Can Islamophobia be historiographical? – #EOPalestine 20→| Everyday Orientalism
A discussion with WBAI’s Law and Disorder radio show on the new graphic booklet Homeland Security: Myths and Monsters. The post Audio: Interview with Law and Disorder radio show appeared first on Arun Kundnani.| Arun Kundnani
Host James Pope and Arun Kundnani go deep on the life of Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, in this conversation for the Africa World Now radio show.| Arun Kundnani
ICE Targeting International Students at Top Universities for Deportation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, visas| Campus Safety Magazine
By Jeff Shantz Anti-fascists in Toronto had to mobilize once more to oppose far Right racists PEGIDA (the “Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes”) who organized an anti-Muslim, anti-refugee rally at University Avenue and Armoury Street in the city’s downtown. Fascists were present from a range of groups, including Wolves of Odin, Soldiers of … Continue reading PEGIDA Racists Rally Again in Toronto, Confronted by Antifascsists, May 4, 2019→| Anti-Fascist News
Like many others in the US, I gathered with friends last weekend to try to come to terms with the re-election of Donald Trump as president. None of us were surprised by his victory but, with his winning every swing state, the Senate, and, as seemed likely, the House, we were all depressed at the… The post After Trump, let’s fight for all the great and simple things that make us human appeared first on Arun Kundnani.| Arun Kundnani
New duties, flawed concepts On 1 July 2015, a new legal duty was placed on schools and early years and childcare providers to have ‘due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. The revised statutory guidance stipulates that ‘being drawn into terrorism includes not just […]| The Occupied Times
Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS) has called for Labour Norwich South MP Clive Lewis's expulsion from the party| Canary
On Saturday 10 August, thousands of people across the UK took to the streets with Stand Up To Racism in response to the far-right race riots| Canary
Despite far-right threats of more race riots across the UK, few showed as antifascists gathered to protect their communities.| Canary
Reform MP Lee Anderson took to GB News with his trash takes on the so-called 'race riots' and continued to fan the flames, naturally.| Canary
At the end of the day, it serves the rich much better for there to be riots not revolution - because guess who benefits?| Canary
GMB can interview Muslim women without being raging Islamophobic, racist, misogynists - so long as they're right-wing and not Sultana| Canary
The FBU has condemned the rise of far-right riots and racist violence in cities and towns across the UK this week| Canary
Trumpism is the war on terror coming home. Meanwhile, Biden’s war on terror mentality is distorting his policy on Gaza. No one ever announced that the “war on terror” was over. But the rushed withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in 2021 was the closest the U.S. came to an official end point. There was no… The post The “war on terror” is the ghost haunting this year’s election appeared first on Arun Kundnani.| Arun Kundnani
United in their anti-Muslim agendas, pro-Israel and Hindutva groups are rallying behind Trump and could pave his way to the White House Donald Trump will almost certainly be chosen as the Republican party’s candidate in this year’s US presidential election. That in itself is a remarkable fact. He has been able to mould a right-wing party and… The post Zionists and Hindu nationalists unite for a Trump election win appeared first on Arun Kundnani.| Arun Kundnani
Liberals preach cultural tolerance to the working classes while inflicting death-by-policy on migrants| Arun Kundnani
Salaam everyone, I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog. I’ve been meaning to share this, but kept putting it off due to other commitments. Back in August, a really a…| Muslim Reverie
So, this happened. The image above is a screenshot from DC comics’ recent Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #2 and was tweeted by fellow Pakistanian Pakistani writer, Khaver Siddiqi. A friend sent…| Muslim Reverie
