In Karnataka, as it did in the segregated US South, bigotry will hurt the majority too

Majoritarianism does not leave the majority untouched.

Raghu Kesavan

· Feb 09, 2022 · 06:30 am

Violence erupts in Sweden after far-right activists burn Quran

Many police personnel were injured in the violence that began on Friday.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 30, 2020 · 03:05 pm

As cases of terror by Muslims continue, how community leaders react could make a world of difference

The actions of Muslim elders in the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings could provide an example.

Hamid Foroughi, The Conversation

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Harry Hutson, The Conversation

· Jun 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Watch: a fictional US startup can tell good Muslims from bad (it's satire versus Islamophobia)

For those Americans who are 'tired of wondering how Muslim their neighbours are'.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 30, 2017 · 10:00 am

'What exactly would...[it]...accomplish?' Barack Obama explains why he doesn't say 'radical Islam'.

The US President responded to criticism, by Donald Trump amongst other people, about his administration's refusal to use the term.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 03, 2016 · 07:00 pm

Watch: Islamic terrorism is linked to Islam, says Salman Rushdie, so why deny that?

‘If everybody engaged in acts of Islamic terrorism says that they’re doing it in the name of Islam who are we to say they’re not.’

Scroll Staff

· May 27, 2016 · 01:00 pm

I’m frightened, I’m frightening: I’m a Muslim in America

The narrative around Islam is being hijacked in the US, while Muslims stand on the sidelines, too scared to speak.

Syed Rashid Munir

· Dec 19, 2015 · 09:30 pm

Anti-Muslim rhetoric could undermine national security, says Pentagon

Without naming Donald Trump, the department of defence said that the narrative of a US war against Islam would only fuel ISIS’ agenda.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2015 · 11:05 am

Trump’s call to ban Muslims in the US is grossly irresponsible, says UN rights chief

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that ‘at the very least’, people running for office should be aware that innocent people will suffer even more if dangerous rhetoric replaces rational conversation.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2015 · 08:46 am

Far-right reaches for new extremes in the Czech Republic

Anti-immigration protesters carried nooses through the streets of Prague as police stood by without acting.

Jan Culik, The Conversation

· Jul 19, 2015 · 09:30 pm