The Islamophobia Machine, A New Growth Industry-Part 2
One of Europe’s Islamophobia industry leaders is Matthias Kuentzel, a political scientist in Hamburg, Germany, of whom his U.S. promoters say: “Since 2004, he has been a research associate at the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism (SICSA) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2006, he became a member of the Boards of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. He is the author of the new book, Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the...
Read MoreThe Islamophobia Machine, A New Growth Industry-Part 1
Just as some Jews betrayed their co-religionists by aiding the Nazi propaganda machine before and during WWII, today there are Muslims just as eagerly and effectively helping the Islamophobia industry to stereotype and marginalize their brothers and sisters of the faith. These Muslims are very much appreciated and celebrated by those who stand to benefit from the promotion of Islamophobia; in fact, they are in such demand that the hate-and-fear industry can’t find enough of them. Islamophobia...
Read MoreReview – Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran
While reading a text assigned for your class on a topic related to Islam and Muslims, ever had that feeling of frustration, “That’s NOT how it is!”? You know the reading is full of holes, yet you are at a loss for words to articulate what’s wrong with it? Fatemeh Keshavarz Jasmine and Stars If your answer is yes, here is a book in which you will find a range of tools to dissect those annoying readings. The book is called “Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than ‘Lolita’...
Read MoreZionist Israel’s crimes are not new
The inflicting of war-crime acts and crimes against humanity is not new to the history of Zionist Israel. Zionism — for those still confused by the relentless media “spin” deliberately clouding the issue — is a neo-fascist ideology based on giving a “birthright” guarantee to Jews anywhere on the planet to settle in Palestine. Zionists have resorted to any means available to implement this discriminatory and openly racist ideology – including mass...
Read MoreThirty years after the Islamic Revolution, the US remains an implacable enemy
When Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president of the United States of America in January 1981, Iran and its recent Islamic Revolution was an obsession for the US and all in it. Almost 30 years later, little has changed in that regard. Although much has been made in some circles of the inauguration of Barack Obama as US president in place of George W. Bush, and of his eye-catching reversals of some of Bush’s most unpopular policies, the fundamentals of American foreign policy are unlikely...
Read MoreThe spirit of the spiritless world
This post is written and submitted by Abdallah R., an engineering student at U of T. Standing for truth, justice and equality has always been the passion of the pure and valiant scholars. This tradition might date back to centuries when Socrates preferred to what he called, “the time for freedom” or as we might define as death. He preferred to be poisoned over accepting the oppression and inhumane culture of this world. As he gulped down the bitter reality he pointed his finger up towards...
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