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9/11 – Ten Years On ~ by @Ammoun_

Kharabeesh weblog | September 14, 2011 by Ammoun Thirteen years old.  Who would have thought back then that ten years on, I would be here commenting on the consequences of what is presented as an event that changed the world? I had the opportunity to be on BBC World show World Have Your Say. There, […]

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Report: Minnesota Jewish group helped Israeli government monitor ‘bad Muslim,’ Rep. Ellison

Alex Kane on September 9, 2011 | Mondoweiss Keith Ellison, the progressive Congressional representative for Minneapolis’ fifth district, is no darling of the Israeli government, largely because of the letter he spearheaded that called for an end to the blockade of Gaza.  Now, new details indicate that the Israeli government actively monitored Ellison’s activities with […]

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Funding settlements, funding Islamophobia — all in a day’s work

by Philip Weiss on September 5, 2011 | Mondoweiss Here is a nice example of a writer connecting the dots. Farah Khaled in Arab News picks up where the recent report on murderous Islamophobia by the Center for American Progress leaves off, and says that the exponents of Islamophobia in the U.S., and its funders […]

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FBI ‘Islam 101′ Guide Depicted Muslims as 7th-Century Simpletons

Spencer Ackerman | July 27, 2011  |  | Danger Room | Wired.com As recently as January 2009, the FBI thought its agents ought to know the following crucial information about Muslims: They engage in a “circumcision ritual” More than 9,000 of them are in the U.S. military Their religion “transforms [a] country’s culture into 7th-century […]

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Fear. Inc.: The Roots of the Islamaphobia Network – with full report link

30 Aug 28 2011 | Jadaliyya Reports   Below is the latest from the Center for American Progress on Islamaphobia in the United States. Fast Facts on the Islamophobia Network This in-depth investigation conducted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund reveals not a vast right-wing conspiracy behind the rise of Islamophobia in our […]

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Why Aren’t There More Muslim Terrorists? ~ by Mother Jones

After the rush to blame Islamist extremism for the terror attacks in Norway, a new book examines why so few Muslims are terrorists. By Aaron Ross on Mon. August 1, 2011 11:14 AM PDT Louie Palu/ZUMA Immediately after last month’s terror attacks in Norway, Islamic extremism shot to the top of almost every list of […]

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Islamophobia, Zionism and the Norway massacre – by @avinunu

Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman condemned Breivik’s ideology, but he is still an enabler of Islamophobia. Ali Abunimah | 02 Aug 2011 12:50 | Al Jazeera | Opinion Anti Defamation League director Abraham Foxman and his organisation opposed the building of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ because of the belief that it would ’cause some victims more […]

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Leftists of America and the World, Wake up to Your #Islamophobia!

by Paul Cochrane | July 30th, 2011 | | Dissident Voice Stephen Sheehi wrote Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims to radically change the discourse surrounding Islamophobia in the mainstream in the US. But Sheehi,1 a scholar and veteran of the activist movement, is only too well aware that a controversial book distributed by a […]

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EDL & Norway terrorist Anders Breivik update

Jai  | Pickled Politics | 29th July, 2011 A compilation of continuing developments focusing on the English Defence League’s public response to the atrocity along with Breivik’s own connections to the EDL : 1. Fresh from his court appearance during which he was convicted of leading a violent brawl involving 100 football supporters, EDL leader […]

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The New Anti-Semitism

‘The new Nazis love Israel, the Jewish State.’ By Uri Avnery The Nazi Propaganda Minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, calls his boss, Adolf Hitler, by hell-phone. ‘Mein Führer,’ he exclaims excitedly. ‘News from the world. It seems we were on the right track, after all. Anti-Semitism is conquering Europe!’ “Good!” the Führer says, “That will be […]

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The same Islamophobic bloggers and pundits that influenced Norway killer also influence Congress

by Karina Piser on July 28, 2011 | Mondoweiss In light of the Oslo attacks, it is important to pause and contemplate what sparked this event, and indeed where such hatred comes from. One thing is clear: this in no way occurred in isolation. It was a disconcerting coincidence that an article on the front page of Monday’s New York […]

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Muslims Bombed Norway! Where’s the Apology?

By Mohamed Khodr * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | July 25, 2011 This image shows Anders Behring Breivik from a manifesto attributed to him that was discovered Saturday, July 23, 2011. / AP PHOTO As expected the Washington Post’s subdued non-hysterical coverage of the horrific terrorist attacks in Norway contrasts sharply with the hysterical […]

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Blaming Muslims – Yet Again

Looking to place blame for the attacks that took place in Norway, many looked no further than the Muslim community. D. Parvaz | 23 Jul 2011 21:07 | Al Jazeera English Several survivors of the Utoya island shooting said the shooter was dressed as a police officer [AFP] With at least 92 people dead and […]

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