The United States is creating more national security threats than it solves with its Islamophobic policy decisions.
The slow demonisation of Islam won’t make us safer
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Islamophobia and my fear for my Muslim siblings
The current political climate surrounding the Muslim community is growing increasingly violent, and it makes me fear for the safety of my siblings in humanity — what refuge can we offer to those who are so aggressively hated?
What we miss when we don’t talk about religion
One of the best panels I was on at Sirens — and one that attracted the most commentary — was the Great Big Interfaith Panel, featuring Gillian Chisom, Kate Elliott, Shveta Thakrar, and myself, with Amy Tenbrink moderating. The panel came about as the result of a conversation with Shveta in the wake of the UNC […]
Don’t mistake IS for Islam
IS is the bogeyman for the United States, a nation firmly focused on misdirection to the point of insisting that an extremist group in the Middle East is a bigger threat than domestic terrorism — while the actions of IS are without doubt reprehensible and the organisation does need to be put to a stop, […]