This book provides an engaging and insightful look into the definitions, discourse and experiences of Islamophobia and its steady rise since 9/11....
Read More »Prophet’s Marriage to ‘Āyisha, A Hadith that Become a Reason for Islamophobia
The subject of my thesis was the famous and controversial hadith about the Islamic prophet Muḥammad’s marriage to his wife ʿĀʾišah bt. ʾabī Bakr at a young age: according to the dominant version of the hadith, she was six or seven at the time of her marital engagement, and nine at the time of her....
Read More »Ph.D. Thesis: The Lived Experience of Muslim Women Subjected to Islamophobia
This study explores the subjective experience of five Muslim women who wear or wore hijab in the past, and faced Islamophobia, using psychoanalytic case study methodology....
Read More »Islamophobia on the Rise in Germany
Rights group FAIR International, which has founded Germany’s first reporting center for attacks on mosques, has recorded nearly 840 such incidents since 2014....
Read More »Call for Papers: 6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society
The Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI) of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy invites you to present at the 6th Annual Symposium on Muslim Philanthropy and...
Read More »Amnesty Urges India Should to Stop ‘Vicious’ Crackdown on Muslim
India should stop ‘vicious’ crackdown on Muslims who took to the streets to protest a ruling party official’s remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, Amnesty International said Tuesday (14 June 2022). Two demonstrators were killed and hundreds of others arrested last week in nationwide protests over the comments, which embroiled India …
Read More »How Did Islam Spread: By Sword or By Conversion?
“Islam is an evil religion.” “It promotes violence.” These are some common labels used against Islam by the rightwing Christian media. Such bias is based on the historical stereotype that the Arabs forced the...
Read More »Many Muslims Leaving France because of Islamophobia
With Islamophobia on the rise in politics and on the street, many Muslims are leaving France. Muslim women are very often the driving force behind the departure of an entire family because many cannot find work in...
Read More »Sociologist Publishes Groundbreaking Report on the Challenges Faced by Canadian Muslim Women
The author of the study, Toronto professor Sarah Shah, says her report shows what biases and socio-economic pressures women face and will be the basis for a new...
Read More »Call for Papers: Religious Pluralism, Civil Freedoms and Economic Progress
The International Islam & Liberty Conference with the theme “Religious Pluralism, Civil Freedoms and Economic Progress” within the context of Muslim majority societies will....
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