Media and Political Responses to San Bernardino Massacre Reveal Racial Coding and Assumptions of Collective Guilt
These occur in the midst of an already-vicious anti-Muslim backlash. Wednesday’s horrifying shooting rampage at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, which left … Read More
Council on American-Islamic Relations fears “backlash” of hate after San Bernardino shooting rampage
The San Bernardino shooting rampage appears to have touched off a backlash against Muslims. And now, a San Jose Islamic-American relations organization is receiving hate-filled … Read More
Survey: Half of Muslim Students in California Report Bullying
More than half of the state’s Muslim students have experienced religion-based bullying, a rate double that of their non-Muslim peers nationally, according to a survey … Read More
‘You can’t make us be foreign’: young Muslim leaders who were shaped by 9/11
Like many other Americans, Zahra Billoo has a strong memory of 9/11 and its impact on her country. But what the California native remembers most … Read More
Why Are We Still Asking Muslims To Condemn Terrorism?
By: Ismat Sarah Mangla When news broke last Thursday that a 24-year-old man with a Muslim name was responsible for the shooting rampage that left … Read More
Watching the Watchers: Oakland Seeks Control of Law Enforcement Surveillance
By: Halim Kazem However, the ordinance’s effectiveness is limited according to what the law enforcement agencies decide to disclose in their annual reports to the … Read More
Harrowing Trek Brings 2 Brothers Home to California from Yemen
By: Hamed Aleaziz The United Nations estimates that almost 2,300 people have died in the war and that 80 percent of the population needs humanitarian … Read More
Fuelling Islamophobia in the US
By: Khaled Beydoun The United Arab Emirates designated two Muslim-American civil rights groups – the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society … Read More
Drones over San Jose? Worries fly at public hearing
By: Robert Salonga The community got its first chance to tell the San Jose Police Department what it thinks of the department’s acquisition of a … Read More
The 13th Anniversary of 9/11
Today is the anniversary of 9/11, an event that has left indelible marks on our society and culture: We’re still grappling with the ramifications of … Read More