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Comment: Let us not mistake political necessity for courage. Republicans who should have spoken out long ago are partly to blame for the violence in Washington, writes Imrul Islam.
French police shoot dead 'Generation Identity' attacker
French media reports indicate the man threatened a North African shopkeeper with a weapon before being shot dead by police.
Muslim group threatened 'on day of Christchurch attack'
A Muslim women's council told a closed-door inquiry they were warned of a threat against mosques on the day of the Christchurch attack but were ...
'White' minus privilege: Census erases Middle Easterners, North Africans
Comment: By refusing to count us, the US census denies us our share of the whopping $800 billion in funding allocated according to census ...
The propaganda trips helping Assad get away with murder
Comment: Spreading Assad and Putin's propaganda, these personalities are shamelessly pushing the narrative of a genocidal Syrian regime, writes Sam Hamad.
Hamza Yusuf is not your friend
Comment: Hamza Yusuf has failed to defend America's Muslims and his presence on the Commission only endorses Trump's Islamophobic rhetoric, ...
Syria Weekly: Will China fund post-war reconstruction?
With Russia and Iran suffering from US sanctions and the EU still resisting pressure to pay for reconstruction, China could be key to rebuilding ...
Banning the Muslim Brotherhood aims to criminalise Muslim dissent
Comment: Ultimately, the freedom to dissent guaranteed by the First Amendment will no longer apply to Muslims, writes Sahar Aziz.
Banning the Brotherhood will further alienate US Muslims
Comment: Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as 'terrorists' allows Trump to reinforce his right-wing agenda, and rubber stamps Sis's ...
Trump supporters 'blame Muslims' for Paris Notre Dame fire
Even after the Notre Dame fire was declared accidental, figures on the far-right took to the internet to blame Muslims and claim it's ...
Far-right Dutch group training members at combat camps
A Dutch far-right group are sending new recruits to training camps in France.
Comment: In a twist of injustice, the Christchurch mass murderer has, with the aid of the internet, managed to muffle the story of his victims, ...
Germany to review asylum case of pro-Assad Syrian
Germany has said it will review the asylum case of Kevork Almassian, a pro-Assad Syrian who traveled to Germany in 2015. Almassian works under a ...
No, the yellow vests movement isn't Europe's Arab Spring
Comment: The violence and extreme politics associated with the yellow vests is far removed from the Arab Spring's push for egalitarianism, ...
We need to talk about anti-Zionism
Comment: A vision of Israel as the world's only evil is a blinkered form of anti-Zionism, writes Sam Hamad.
Claims of racist pseudoscience at Cambridge University
Comment: There's a risk that racist pseudoscience could be used to rationalise policies against minorities in the UK, writes Sadek Hamid.
Saudi ex-intelligence chief 'scapegoated over Khashoggi' met Trump team
A report has claimed that a recently-sacked Saudi intelligence chief met with US President Trump's team prior to his inauguration to discuss ...
Look to Israel for a glimpse of future America
Comment: American politics is starting to look disturbingly like Israeli hasbara-style politics, writes Wilson Dizard.
Comment: Assad may have finely tuned his propaganda machine, but history must remember him for what he is; a traitor of the Syrian people, ...
No, London has not fallen to Islam
Comment: Worryingly, the harmful 'Islamisation of the west' narrative is gaining traction in the mainstream media, writes Sadek Hamid.
Silencing Arab and Muslim women
Comment: When you are an Arab woman in the public eye, almost anything you say can and likely will be used against you, writes Ruby Hamad.
Steve Bannon backs UK's Boris Johnson in burqa row
US alt-right figure Steve Bannon has said Boris Johnson should not 'bow' to 'political correctness' following his ...
Selling a phoney peace in Syria
Comment: By allowing French aid to be directly distributed by the Russian army, France's president Macron is endorsing Russian hegemony over ...
Comment: From Israel to Syria, all tyranny is worthy of outrage, writes Sam Hamad.
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