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Saudi Arabian Student With Pressure Cooker Allegedly Questioned By FBI
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Posted in Huffington Post on 14 May 2013
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By Cavan Sieczkowski

A Saudi Arabian student living in Michigan says he was questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after neighbors saw him with a pressure cooker and alerted authorities.

Link Between Islam And Violence Rejected By Many Americans After Boston Bombings: Pew Survey
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Posted in Huffington Post on 8 May 2013
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After the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were revealed to be Muslims who investigators said were motivated in part by radical Islam, American Muslims were quick to condemn the bombings and plea for Americans to not retaliate against the peaceful majority.

Muslim Terrorist Doll: Card Painting Hijab-Wearing Girl As Suicide Bomber Angers Civil Rights Group
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Posted in Huffington Post on 7 May 2013
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A member of a Chicago-area civil rights group made a disturbing discovering when she found a neighborhood card and novelty shop selling a card that depicted a young hijab-wearing Muslim girl — as a terrorist.

Obama: Gitmo A ‘No Man’s Land,’ Situation Is ‘Going To Get Worse’
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Posted in Huffington Post on 30 April 2013
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he still wants to close the military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and that he’s renewing efforts to work with Congress to shut it down.

Qasim Rashid: Do You Even Hear Muslims When We Condemn Violence?
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Posted in Huffington Post on 23 April 2013
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So let me start with the standard roll call: As an American Muslim, I condemn all violence in the name of religion. Terrorism has no religion and Islam is no exception. If the Tsarnaev brothers are guilty of the Boston bombings, then I hope they are brought to justice.

Pat Robertson, Islamophobic Televangelist, Compares ‘Evil’ Islam To Nazism (VIDEO)
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Posted in Huffington Post on 23 April 2013
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Controversial televangelist Pat Robertson is known for many things, especially for building a lucrative Christian media organization and leading a cohort of conservative evangelists.

Nathan Lean: Crowdfunding Hate: Indiegogo Profits From Anti-Muslim Campaign
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Posted in Huffington Post on 17 April 2013
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In an essay at Salon, Chris Stedman, an interfaith leader, assistant chaplain at Harvard, and author of the memoir “Faitheist,” urged the company to reconsider its support for provocative AFDI ads that pitted Muslims and gays against each other.

Afghanistan: NATO Air Strike Kills 11 Children
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Posted in Huffington Post on 7 April 2013
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday.

Engy Abdelkader: Muslims Redefining Community
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Posted in Huffington Post on 2 April 2013
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Sometimes expressions of community manifest at unexpected yet necessary moments. Illustrative is the American response to the recent proliferation of anti-Muslim hate advertisements on government owned public transit systems in cities around the country.

Alexandra Minter: Tufts Daily Advertisement On Islam Provides Forum For Discussion On Islamophobia
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Posted in Huffington Post on 8 March 2013
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I headed to the dining hall and opened the Tufts Daily, only to see an advertisement (scroll down to see the ad) with the boldfaced words “FACES OF ISLAMIC APARTHEID” with pictures of individuals behind photo-shopped crosshairs within the advertisement…