Islamophobia
Updated 2024-08-26
2024-07-30 US Data Shows Surge in Hate Against Muslims, Palestinians Persists A spike in “relentless” Islamophobia across the United States that began in October with Israel’s U.S.-backed attack on the Gaza Strip continued through the first half of this year, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group said Tuesday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released data showing the sustained surge in anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate from January to June 2024, with 4,951 documented complaints, a 69% increase over the same period in 2023.
That came after CAIR received 3,578 complaints from last October through December, a 178% increase from a similar three-month period the previous year, as Common Dreams reported when the data was published in January.
The largest share of 2024 complaints related to immigration and asylum cases (19%), which is in line with 2023. That was followed by employment discrimination (14%), education discrimination (10%), and hate crimes and incidents (8%). https://www.commondreams.org/news/islamophobia-in-the-united-states
2024-02-07 Palestine Talks | Professor David Miller reveals how Zionist lobbies fuel Islamophobia British professor David Miller explains to TRT World how the Zionist movement is a key pillar in the industry of Islamophobia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AryAIDPbL4k&list=PLUW304lJeu3Vg_nM0WQfWDZTDyu6h6PlD&index=13
2024-01-24 Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse THE CENTER FOR Security, Race and Rights (CSRR) at Rutgers Law School hosted a virtual panel on Dec. 14, 2023, to launch its report, “Presumptively Anti-Semitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse.” The study examines how an “Islamophobia industry” of think tanks, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and lobbying groups weaponizes anti-Semitism to smear Muslim supporters of Palestine as inherently prejudiced. Professor of law and CSRR director Sahar Aziz moderated the discussion, which included Mitchell Plitnick, president of ReThinking Foreign Policy, and Jonathan Matz, a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) board member.
Although the report was mostly complete before Oct. 7, it still addresses a fundamental question regarding Israel’s catastrophic war on Gaza, Aziz said: “How is it that the United States can so easily support Israel in what has been very clearly termed, even by allies, as the most devastating military attack of the 21st century?”
The report found that Islamophobia plays a substantial role in policymaking, identifying three ways that it shapes U.S. foreign policy: “1) restricting open debate about unconditional U.S. support for Israel, notwithstanding documented and systematic violations of international law by the Israeli government; 2) perpetuating racist tropes that Muslims and Arabs innately hate Jews; and 3) discrediting the Palestinian people from realizing their full civil, political, national and human rights.” https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/islamophobic-tropes-in-the-palestine-israel-discourse.html
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