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‘Mapping Muslims’ – New Report Reveals Devestating Effects NYPD Surveillance has on Muslim Community

‘Mapping Muslims’ – New Report Reveals Devestating Effects NYPD Surveillance has on Muslim Community.

By the end of last February, after Patheos first covered the breakdown of trust between the NYPD and the area Muslim community, the trust deficit grew even deeper when a series of ongoing articles from the Associated Press exposed wide-reaching domestic surveillance programs set up for the NYPD by the CIA. The last straw came with the report that the NYPD had been conducting secret surveillance on Muslim Student Associations at 16 colleges across New York and northeastern United States.  Click here to see how several NY-area academics, activists and students reacted to the news.

The Truth About American Muslims

Video of the press conference releasing the document, What is the Truth About American Muslims, is now available.

 

 

Obama-Morsi: What The American And Egyptian Presidents Should Talk About

Obama-Morsi: What The American And Egyptian Presidents Should Talk About.

"He needs to talk about Muslims in the U.S., to show that the U.S. is not at war with Islam," said Hussein Rashid, an Islamic studies lecturer at Fordham University.

Quoted: #MySubwayAd: People Respond To Anti-Islamic Subway Ads

#MySubwayAd: People Respond To Anti-Islamic Subway Ads.

Muslim and non-Muslims alike took to Twitter today to denounce the Islamophobic ad. Their responses were both humorous and thoughtful. Below are some of our favorite tweets:

Huffington Post Live: Not Talking about Religion

I was recently on Huffington Post Live, talking about lots of stuff, except religion. Nice change of pace, and a great session.

 

Muslim New Yorkers Learn to Pick Their Battles - WNYC

Muslim New Yorkers Learn to Pick Their Battles - WNYC.

"There's no longer a sense of Muslim and American, but Muslims as Americans," said Rashid, "and I think that's a really important part of that political engagement. And I think, looking at France, you still see this isolation, this difference. You're either French, or you're Muslim."

Behind anti-Muslim video 'Innocence of Muslims:' what L.A. County knows but isn't saying | Alaska Dispatch

Behind anti-Muslim video 'Innocence of Muslims:' what L.A. County knows but isn't saying | Alaska Dispatch.

Professor Rashid says the moviemakers’ plan rested, in part, “on everyone being as full of hate as themselves. Fortunately, that's not the way the world actually is.”

Ramadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG)

Ramadan 2012: A HuffPost Community Observation Of The Islamic Month Of Fasting (LIVEBLOG).

HuffPost Religion community member Hussein Rashid is tweeting the Qur'an during Ramadan using the hashtag #ttQuran. This beautiful verse about the Virgin Mary shows some of the commonality between Christianity and Islam. You can follow Hussein on Twitter at @Islamoyankee

Quoted HuffPo: NYPD Muslim Surveillance Lampooned On Twitter With #myNYPDfile

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NYPD Muslim Surveillance Lampooned On Twitter With #myNYPDfile.

Others took to Twitter, turning their frustration at the NYPD into humor

Guest on The Takeaway: Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary - The Takeaway

Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the 2012 Primary - The Takeaway.

While political mud-slinging is de riguer in primary races, 2012 has brought several not-so-thinly-veiled anti-Muslim soundbytes from its frontrunning candidates. Last week, Newt Gingrich said that he would not support a Muslim president unless they would "commit in public to giv[ing] up Sharia." Rick Santorum also expressed his thoughts on Islam, saying that the concept of equality "doesn’t come from Islam" or "Eastern Religions." Instead, he said, "it comes from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."