How Islamophobia Spawned Racism Against Latinos
A new paper draws connections between fear of terrorists and anti-immigrant messaging. By Julie Morse Anti-immigrant rally in…
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Here’s What Research Has to Say About Muslim Women Wearing Burqas
In the wake of several terrorist attacks earlier this year, French Mediterranean cities began banning “ostentatiously … religious” beachwear…
Ahmed Mohamed Is Suing Over His Clock-Bomb Confusion Arrest
Ahmed Mohamed—also known across the Internet as “clock boy” — continues to push back against his arrest last year in…
A Better Way of Looking at Immigrant Assimilation
Confronting the “immigrant paradox” in the classroom. By Elena Gooray (Photo: Alberto G./Flickr) Last Sunday’s massacre at a…
Terrorism Temporarily Turns Leftists Rightward
British researchers report that, immediately after a terrorist attack, liberals tend to think more like conservatives.
How the Lie That American Muslims Cheered on 9/11 Began
Four years after the terrorist attack, an expert on folklore traced one such rumor to its source.
#IStandWithAhmed and the Criminalization of the American Schoolyard
It's not just Islamophobia at play in the arrest of a 14-year-old boy whose only crime was bringing a homemade clock to school.
It’s Still Really Hard to Build a Mosque in Europe
Like a prayer? European governments’ considerable image problems can now add the unfortunate case of Lleida, an agricultural…
Happy(ish) World Veil Day
It’s International Hijab Day. The event began in 2004 to protest the French government’s ban on wearing the…