NEWS: “Top 5 Islam-Bashing Republicans to Watch in 2013″
Tweet While some prominent haters were booted out of office, Islamophobia is still alive and well in American politics BY ALEX KANE, ALTERNET This article originally appeared on AlterNet. When Muslim-American organizations and activists concerned with Islamophobia woke up the day after the election, on November 7, they were elated. Key members of what had been dubbed the...
SALON.COM: “The 10 Most Islamophobic Moments in The 2012 Elections”
Tweet From Salon.com From Allen West to Michele Bachmann, these are the most hateful examples of bigotry against Muslims this campaign BY JILLIAN RAYFIELD AND ALEX SEITZ-WALD When we’re all proven wrong and living in a bacon-less hellscape of Shariah law ruled by the iron fist of Mullah Obama, we can’t say we weren’t warned. According to the right-wing...
REUTERS: “Muslim States Won’t Seek Worldwide Blasphemy Ban Despite Insults to Islam”
Tweet From Reuters Western opposition has made it impossible for Muslim states to obtain a ban on blasphemy, including anti-Islamic videos and cartoons that have touched off deadly riots, the Islamic world’s top diplomat said. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said his 57-nation body would not try again for...
NEWS: Arizona Republican Doesn’t Want Middle Easterners In U.S. ‘Legally Or Illegally’
Tweet From Talking Points Memo by NICK R. MARTIN AUGUST 28, 2012, 2:50 PM Gabriela Saucedo Mercer hasn’t even won the Republican primary for Congress in Arizona yet, but she is already facing attacks from the Democratic Congressman she is hoping to unseat in November over some incendiary comments she made in the past about Middle Eastern...
SALON.COM: “Opinion Poll Shows That Republicans Really Dislike Muslims”
Tweet From Salon.com A new survey shows just how uncomfortable the GOP base is with Muslim and Arab people BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD The site of a proposed mosque sits closed as a police officer stands guard in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (Credit: David Goldman) Anyone wondering why Rep. Michele Bachmann would launch...
WTF ALERT: “Right-Wing Tea Party Author: Obama Once Married A Gay Pakistani Man”
Tweet From RT.com Published: 09 August, 2012, 22:06 Barack Obama, the president of the United States of America, was previously married to a gay Pakistani man. That, at least, is according to a noted Tea Party activist and author who swears that he has a case that is simply impermeable. Barely a year after US President...
SALON.COM: “Republican Congressman Says U.S. Muslims ‘Trying to Kill Americans’ in Chicago”
Tweet From Salon.com by Eric Lutz U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh went on another anti-Islam tirade Wednesday, calling for an end to “political correctness” in dealing with the “radical strain of Islam” he described as an imminent danger to America. “It’s a real threat,” Walsh said at a town hall meeting in Elk Grove Village, Ill. “And...
VIDEO: “Ramadan Iftar at Governor Chris Christie’s Mansion”
Tweet From Philly.com The following video hasn’t gotten any attention in the mainstream press, but it has lit afire in the right-wing web sites. The shaky, grainy 16-minute speech was shot by an attendee at a dinner for the Muslim holiday of Iftar, held at the governor’s mansion two weeks ago. “In many publications around...
LA Times: “Think Obama’s a Muslim? Then You’re Too Stupid to Vote”
Tweet From Los Angeles Times By Paul WhitefieldJuly 27, 2012, 1:09 p.m. Forget voter ID laws. What this country needs are laws to keep stupid people from voting. Now, I’m not talking about folks who can’t recite the preamble to the Constitution, or who can’t tell you what the 1st Amendment covers, or how many Supreme...
