Tag: islamophobia

My Twitter and Facebook feeds alike were lit up earlier this week with the hashtag #IstandwithAhmed.

Further still, there is even a distrust—even blatant intimidation of minority populations in Spokane. While these incidents may all be disconnected, I can’t help but think that we all need to have a serious talk in Spokane about our town. We can all admit that this isn’t who we are. How do we break this cycle of insulation from the other, and embrace pluralism?

Earlier this month, I saw a billboard advertising an Islamophobic lecture series on the end of the world.

Groups with a mission to spread prejudice and hatred against Muslims are coordinated and well financed, according to a report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based civil rights group.