Narendra Modi – Eye on Islamism

Float planned for N.Y.C. India Day Parade is condemned as anti-Muslim The float, slated for inclusion in Sunday’s parade, depicts a Hindu temple in India that was built on the site of a mosque torn down by religious extremists.

August 15, 2024 Liam Stack and Anusha Bayya

(NY Times) A float slated to appear in New York City’s India Day Parade this weekend is causing an uproar, with community groups calling it a symbol of anti-Muslim hate, parade organizers defending its inclusion and elected officials scrambling to respond. The […]

US Quran burning by student sparks concerns over rising Hindu nationalism According to the Indian American Muslim Council, it was not an isolated incident

October 4, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Middle East Eye) A copy of the Quran was burnt in Illinois by a 16-year-old high school student, and rights organisations say it raises concerns about the India-based Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paramilitary organisation’s influence in the US. While the […]

‘No way in hell’: Omar says she will not attend Israeli president’s upcoming address to joint session of Congress

July 12, 2023 Olafimihan Oshin

(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Wednesday that she has no plans to attend Israeli [president] Isaac Herzog[‘s] upcoming joint address to Congress, citing the ongoing tensions between [the] Israeli government and Palestine. “There is no way in hell I am attending […]

Tlaib, Omar plan to boycott Modi’s address to Congress over treatment of Muslims

June 20, 2023 Sarakshi Rai

(Hill) Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the two Muslim women in Congress, on Tuesday said they would boycott Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming joint address to Congress. Tlaib wrote on Twitter that Modi’s “long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic […]

Moment Muslim activists storm Birmingham screening of controversial Bollywood film about Islamic State

May 22, 2023 Kit Heren

(LBC) This is the moment Muslim activists in Birmingham stormed the screening of an “extremist” film about the Islamic State in an attempt to shut it down. Protesters led by Shakeel Afsar, who also campaigned to block a school in Birmingham from […]

Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora

October 16, 2022 Deepa Bharath and Mariam Fam

(AP) In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. At an event in Anaheim, California, a shouting match erupted between people […]

European governments accused over ‘suppression of Muslim civil society’ OSCE conference in Poland hears plea for member states to protect Muslim citizens from Islamophobia and 'state racism'

September 29, 2022 Simon Hooper

(Middle East Eye) Muslim civil society organisations have raised the alarm about a rising tide of state-sponsored Islamophobia in Europe at a major security and human rights conference in Poland. France, Denmark and Austria were among countries singled out over policies which […]

India condemns Omar’s ‘narrow-minded’ politics, visit to Kashmir

April 21, 2022 Sarakshi Rai

(Hill) India has condemned a recent visit by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to Kashmir, an area that has been the subject of dispute and, at times, violent conflict between India and Pakistan for years. In a strongly worded statement, India’s Ministry of […]

Tory brand with racialized communities still hurt by divisive 2015 campaign: MP

November 14, 2021 Stephanie Taylor

(Canadian Press) The Conservative MP leading outreach efforts for leader Erin O’Toole says a six-year-old promise to create a “barbaric cultural practices” hotline still hangs over the party’s attempts to rebuild relationships with racialized communities today. “It’s there,” Tim Uppal says. “It […]

Erdogan vows action over ‘disgusting’ Charlie Hebdo cartoon

October 28, 2020 Fulya Ozerkan

(AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his outrage Wednesday at a “disgusting” cartoon in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo depicting him looking up a woman’s skirt while drinking beer in his underpants. Erdogan’s office vowed to take “legal and diplomatic […]

Islamic Society of North America condemns Turkey’s conversion of Hagia Sophia

July 14, 2020 Paul Antonopoulos

(Greek City Times) The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has released a statement condemning Turkey’s conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. ISNA says that the Quran states that it [is] against their religious beliefs to desecrate a Christian place of […]

Muslim voters are getting organized for the 2020 election And they could determine the outcome.

June 4, 2020 Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil

(Christian Century) This November, Jad Salamey will vote in a presidential election for the first time — and he’s hoping to bring his entire community with him. The 20-year-old student at Wayne State University in Detroit spends his free time phone banking, […]

Biden campaign urged to remove ‘Modi supporter’ as Muslim outreach coordinator Middle East Eye understands that Joe Biden's presidential campaign is desperate to find new outreach coordinator to help secure Muslim vote

March 6, 2020 Azad Essa

(Middle East Eye) Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign to replace its Muslim outreach manager following revelations he has strong connections with India’s right-wing Hindu government. Sources have told Middle East Eye that the Biden campaign is scrambling to find […]

In battle for the Muslim vote, Sanders destroys the competition: poll Amid massive voter turnout of Muslim-Americans, Bernie Sanders takes the Muslim vote in landslide, recent CAIR survey shows

March 6, 2020 Sheren Khalel

(Middle East Eye) US presidential candidates made unprecedented efforts to court the Muslim vote in the lead-up to Super Tuesday, but according to a recent poll, Bernie Sanders won that battle in a landslide. Sanders took 58 percent of the overall Muslim […]

Bernie Sanders’ next-level outreach gives Muslims solid footing in presidential politics Candidates on both sides of the aisle have rarely formalized their attempts to draw in Muslims. Sanders has succeeded and lifted up an often-overlooked voter base.

March 4, 2020 Rowaida Abdelaziz

(HuffPost) Super Tuesday saw former Vice President Joe Biden leap ahead in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) got knocked out of the lead. Despite the losses, the Sanders campaign has advanced how presidential candidates have […]

Muslim groups urge Maryland lawmakers to address communications blackout, Indian occupation of Kashmir

September 30, 2019 Taylor DeVille

(Baltimore Sun) The Indian-controlled territory of Kashmir is being transformed into a “militarized police state” that has left 3,000 Kashmiri-Americans in the Baltimore area unable to reach loved ones, Zainab Chaudry, director of outreach for a local Muslim advocacy group, said at […]

Muslim groups ask Gates foundation to rescind honor to Indian prime minister

September 17, 2019 Zack Budryk

(Hill) A coalition of Muslim and human rights organizations called on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to cancel its plans to award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi its Global Goalkeeper Award, citing Modi’s controversial revocation of the Kashmir region’s special status. In […]

American Islamists’ double standards on Kashmir

August 27, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) American Islamists pushed alarmist rhetoric and double standards following the Indian ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent action ending autonomy for the Indian portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a source of […]