“I am a Muslim and I advocate for human rights worldwide. I love my headscarf dearly, and I respect women who decide to protest topless. Simply, because Islam taught me not to judge others”:
It has proven easy to tune out the violence against the innocent civilians of Iraq:
- Baghdad Bombing: ISIS’s Most Deadly Attack in Weeks is the One the World Probably Cares About Least (Independent)
Three suicide bombs went off in Saudi Arabia, two in Qatif, and one outside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. Six people were killed in the latter attack:
CAIR in Florida is taking the response to extremism and Islamophobia into their own hands, by being vigilant. They are skeptical of the governments effectiveness in either field:
- How a Muslim Group in Florida is Doing What the Government Has so Far Failed to Do (Washington Post)
The racialization of Muslims as dark-skinned Middle Easterners. is demonstrated by the fact that those that fit that stereotype are profiled and face attacks, no matter their religion:
- Bosnian Muslims in Southern California May Not Fit the Stereotype, but They Feel the Prejudice (Los Angeles Times)
Not all Muslims in China have the same status as those in Xinxiang. A semi-autonomous region of Han Chinese Muslims with a good relationship to the Communist Party enjoy increased religious freedom:
“Khalidi divides Muslim thinkers into those who regard the Koran as the end of knowledge and those who regard it as the beginning of knowledge. The Koran should be used to question the world, ‘to confront its mysteries’:
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