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A Georgetown University research project that extends information about Islamophobia to the public. RT ≠ endorsement. ❤ ≠ like. https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/DW3GohLYNg

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Joined March 2015
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The infrastructure built to treat Muslim identity as a security threat didn't disappear: it expanded. Today it's been repurposed against immigrant communities, with the same executive powers first justified by 9/11. @mobbiemobes breaks down 25 yrs of this: buff.ly/VaDdyTM
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In recent months, in Austria, France, Italy and even as far afield as Azerbaijan, the issue has once again become a hot topic. What does this say about our society, and what impact does it have on Muslim women? buff.ly/DLI6Byr
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Reform UK Scotland’s deputy leader has said he finds the burka “extremely intimidating”. Thomas Kerr said Muslim women should not be allowed to wear niqabs and burkas publicly in a “Christian nation”. buff.ly/WED1ydZ
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The Royal Court heard Tamara Dubois & Jade Hamon acted aggressively outside the Jersey Islamic Centre in St Helier during Ramadan in March which included threatening to inject worshippers with pork. buff.ly/tdYP3zt
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In the past, politicians have seemed to preserve a dichotomy between “good Muslims”—the assimilated, patriotic ones—and “bad Muslims”: the dangerous, radical members of the faith. This year, the distinction collapsed. via @rozina_ali buff.ly/kS2S4CT
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Facebook pages spreading anti-Muslim messages spent more than £500,000 ($670,000) on advertising in 2024, which the academics describe as "the biggest covert influence operation targeting the UK by recorded reach and ad spend". buff.ly/J2F1w0C
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“For so many years since 9/11, everyone’s always made us outsiders, as if somehow we have asterisks around our citizenship. And now, at least it’s a sign that we are American just as anyone else," said Umar Kamal. buff.ly/vnnzubj
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CAIR has never been charged under any terrorism law, and the ACLU and SPLC, who represent it, plan to appeal. It is the first time a U.S. state has shut down the country’s largest Muslim civil-rights organization. middleeasteye.net/news/cair-…
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"I've never seen attacks like this on any other candidate like Abdul El-Sayed, and it is for sure because of his background—because he's an Arab and a Muslim," Mohammed Mawla, a Dearborn Heights school board member, told The New Arab. buff.ly/S8hGMLk
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Researchers from @csohate found that the accounts showed telltale signs of bait-and-switch scam operations. But in a bleak indicator of the current political climate, the bait was inflammatory content about Muslims. buff.ly/QoRg0yY
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"Islamophobia is a tried and true strategy for garnering a candidate support and swaying the vote.” Yet, it is also possible that the attacks on El-Sayed’s identity will lead to greater turnout in places like Dearborn. buff.ly/kQyorjY
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This climate of prejudice may be presenting as a national issue, but it has been years in the making in Texas, where state politicians have pushed rhetoric and policies that Muslim voters say stigmatise their very existence. buff.ly/nWScG2O
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