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  1. Oct 2024
    1. Severe lack of context of the incident, and the historical context of portraying Mohammed, is very evident here. The imam says "that we Muslims don't show images of the prophet" which is partially true, some Muslims don't. An interesting parallel with the general outcry of support for the teacher.

      Jaylani Hussein says that most Muslims don't support portraying the prophet, whilst acknowledging that some do. (But portraying the prophet thus is not good). Even says it is Islamophobia at 2:00

      "The president of the Muslim student association" Aram Wedetella also in the class speaks up.

    2. JAN. 17,2023 "Based on all that we have learned, we have determined that our usage of the term 'Islamophobic' was therefore flawed." Ellen Watters, Chair, Hamline University Board of Trustees Fayneese Miller, President, Hamline University

  2. Jan 2022
  3. Dec 2021
  4. Dec 2019
    1. It did not matter rather they were little or old it was all the same in my eyes they were all bloodthirsty terrorists and nothing would stop me from believing this ideology.

      ''Muslim men get stereotyped as terrorists, violent and criminal," says Nadal.

    1. It did not matter rather they were little or old it was all the same in my eyes they were all bloodthirsty terrorists and nothing would stop me from believing this ideology

      "Muslim men get stereotyped as terrorists, violent and criminal," says Nadal.

      https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/04/islamophobia

  5. Oct 2019
    1. I stopped talking to my neighbors and I would spit on the floor every time I would see them to express my way of showing that they were no longer welcomed in the United States.

      Muslims also face another form of discrimination—the assumption that they're not "real" Americans, says Nadal

  6. May 2019
    1. The former Smiths frontman has become an increasingly controversial figure in recent years for a string of remarks and his support for the far right. He voiced support for EDL founder Tommy Robinson in the wake of his sentencing for contempt of court, saying: “It’s very obvious that Labour or the Tories do not believe in free speech … I mean, look at the shocking treatment of Tommy Robinson.” He described halal meat preparation as evil and “requires certification that can only be given by supporters of Isis”; he told the NME in 2007 that “the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears … the gates of England are flooded. The country’s been thrown away”; and in 2010 described Chinese people as a “subspecies”.