via PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE on MAY 17, 2013: (OVERVIEW) Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current [...]
by SEEMA JILANI for THE HUFFINGTON POST on MAY 7, 2013: The faux red carpet had been laid out for the famous and the wannabe-famous. Politicians and journalists arrived at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, bedazzled in the hopes of basking in a few fleeting moments of fame, even if only by osmosis from proximity [...]
by JOAN WALSH for SALON (VIA MINN POST) on APRIL 30, 2013: Progressives loved seeing Rep. Keith Ellison smack down his GOP congressional colleague Peter King on “Meet the Press” Sunday, insisting that profiling Muslims in the wake of the Boston bombing is not only wrong but “ineffective law enforcement.” As Ellison warned: “Once you start saying, [...]
via PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE on APRIL 30, 2013: (Executive Summary excerpt) A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world’s second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies [...]
by JOSEPH PREVILLE for MUSCAT DAILY on JANUARY 28, 2013: Mucahit Bilici speaks about his new book that analyses how Muslims have adapted to life in the US and embraced the country as their home after overcoming obstacles, such as discrimination and persecution, especially after the 9/11 attacks Are Muslims at home in America? And, [...]
Carl Ernst — Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance (Book)
“Islamophobia is the name given to the virulent anti-Islamic prejudice that has been hyped by the news media and seized upon by cynical politicians. Five essays by six specialists on Islam in America provide important insights into Islamophobia as a conflict over American identity during a time of crisis. The authors clarify the way that [...]
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