Tag: islamophobia

As a non-believer and secularist who thinks that blasphemy laws are intrinsically, universally abhorrent and that individual conscience to be free to believe without coercion or pressure is at the very core of what it means to be a freethinker, I was happy to see the largely college-student audience attending Ahmed’s talk popularly rejecting the Islamophobia that was his subject.

National speaker Amer Ahmed will visit Whitworth University on April 19 to deliver a presentation, "Addressing Islamophobia: Dispelling Myths to Break down Barriers."

A war of words is waging in the United States. After the uprising of the Islamic State worldwide, U.S. politicians have used fiery language to threaten the extremist group. But those same statements have also induced fear and hate against another group: Muslims.

There is value in Trump’s words: they were proof that we all actually can agree on something— that he’s totally and completely wrong.

Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the bloodiest mass killings in the United States.

When the current refugee crisis in Europe started receiving mainstream attention, I thought that it was interesting that the Western world only then started talking about it

I overheard these words from the mouth of Rep. Matt Shea as I stood in disbelief at the display of hatred and vitriol from the crowd of anti-Muslim protestors rallying outside of the Northeast Community Center.