This Is Islamophobia

A blog dedicated to informing people about Islam, Muslims and calling out Islamophobia on Tumblr.

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A traditionally dressed Muslim woman was set on fire in NYC.

A woman dressed in traditional Muslim clothing was set on fire by an attacker Saturday night in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Daily News reports. Her blouse caught fire, but she was able to put it out herself and is reportedly physically unharmed after the attack.

The suspect allegedly lit the woman’s shirt on fire as she stood outside the Valentino store on Fifth Avenue shortly after 9 p.m., the Daily News reports, before walking away from the scene without speaking to her.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is reportedly investigating the attack to determine if it was an anti-Muslim hate crime. This comes after two Muslim women and their children were attacked in Brooklyn just last week.

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I’m not pledging to a damn thing until we fix this country.

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Muslim mum, 34, marched off French beach by cops and fined for wearing a HEADSCARF | The Sun

The French Burkini scandal exploded into further controversy today when a young Muslim mother was marched off a beach and fined for simply wearing a headscarf – and another ordered to strip off in public.

“Police threaten woman with pepper spray even though she WASN’T wearing a Burkini.”

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This is so disgusting

[apimeleki]

FUCK THIS

[thisisislamophobia]

Have you heard about Khalid Jabara? Trying to signal boost bc his sister asked his story to be spread and yet only some local news are talking about it but he was murdered on his front porch by his neighbor (who, btw, was awaiting trial after a few months in jail for trying to run over Jabara's mother), after the family had told the police the neighbor had a gun and were told by the police there was nothing they could do. The neighbor's Islamophobic comments are being left out of the news, too.

yes I did hear about him. It’s really sad and unfortunate. :( For anyone wondering,  here is his sister’s story. 

[mehreenkasana]

In the past one day (July 2, 2016):

In Brooklyn, Muslim teens viciously assaulted outside their mosque. Their attacked shouted “you fucking terrorist" during the assault.

In Houston, Muslim doctor stabbed and shot twice while heading to the mosque.

In Florida, Muslim man is violently attacked by a white man who tells him, “You Muslims need to get back to your country.”

In the past few days:

In Minnesota, two Muslim men shot in the legs on their way to the mosque.

In Chicago, Muslim woman kicked, dragged on stairs and publicly stripped searched by the police for causing ‘suspicion’ due to her appearance.

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A Muslim shopkeeper was brutally murdered in my city near my area. I’m so tired.

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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-shopkeeper-asad-shah-posted-7625904#WqUHfYeJWvCxUsTD.97

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His last message on facebook: “GOOD FRIDAY AND VERY HAPPY EASTER ESPECIALLY TO MY BELOVED CHRISTIAN NATION X ! BISMILLAH……., Lets Follow The Real Footsteps Of Beloved Holy JESUS CHRIST (PBUH) And Get The Real Success in Both World xxxx”

The Southside community have also set up a Go Fund Me page

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Three Muslims allegedly killed “execution-style” in Indiana

Three young Muslim men were found shot to death in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this week in an “execution-style” slaying, reported WANE-TV. Authorities say they found the bodies of Fort Wayne residents Mohamedtaha Omar, 23, Adam K. Mekki, 20, and Muhannad A. Tairab, 17, inside a local home on Wednesday. Whoever killed them shot each man multiple times. Each was a Sunni Muslim from Chad or Sudan. Police have weighed in on whether they believe this was a hate crime.

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Hi! I just want to thank you for this blog and teaching me a bit more about your religion. I am atheist myself, but want to understand and learn and you've shown me how many people are actually being targeted just for being Muslin. It's ridiculous, and I promise to do my best to protect any Muslin folks I may meet. :) Thanks again!

No worries!

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The Worst Recent Islamophobic Incidents In The United States — & How You Can Help

In one particularly egregious incidence of Islamophobia, a Muslim sixth grader was tormented at her middle school in New York City. Several of the girl’s classmates allegedly called her “ISIS” and tried to remove her hijab, all while physically attacking her. The incident happened at Public School 89 in the Bronx on November 19.

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Attacks on Muslims across the country as Trump rhetoric puts them in ‘the line of fire,’ congressman says

"I'm gonna kill Muslims," said a man as he brutally attacked a Muslim store owner in Queens on Saturday.

Two of the most chilling attacks occurred over the weekend as Muslim Americans on both coasts were reportedly targeted at random.

The first attack came on Saturday in the diverse New York City neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, where a Bangladeshi-born Muslim shop owner was beaten by a man posing as a customer.

Sarker Haque was standing behind the counter of his Fatima Food Mart when a man walked in, picked up a newspaper with the San Bernardino attack on the front page, and said: “Is everything free in this store?”

“What?” the confused store owner replied.

The man continued to walk around the store, asking if things were free, Haque told NBC 4 New York. When he came back near the counter, however, he suddenly attacked the store owner.

“He punched me and I fell down,” Haque said. “Then he said, ‘I’m gonna kill Muslims.‘”

Haque suffered a black eye, cuts, bruises and a dislocated hand, according to USA Today. Police later arrested Piro Kolvani, 55, on charges of assault and criminal mischief for the attack. The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime, according to NBC 4.

[thisisislamophobia]

So I'm looking through your blog and found an ask about converting to Islam but feeling like they don't know enough and you said to visit a mosque and consult with scholars, but my closest mosque is an hour away and my family is very Islamophobic, so can you link some resources for basic parts of following Islam or explain some? Sorry for asking but I am very in need of knowledge

Hey! This blog has a #resources tag you might like to check out. It should hopefully have helpful resources in there.

I’d be happy to explain some. So to be a Muslim, you have to take a declaration of faith known as the shahada in which you declare ‘I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.” (In Arabic, it would be Ash-hadu Ina La Ilaha Ila Allah w Ash-hadu Ana Muhammadan Rasul-Allah). There are five pillars that are important, and shahada is one of them. The other four are salah [prayer], sawm [fasting], zakat [charity], and hajj [pilgrimage to Mecca].

Of course in Islam, we believe that the first prophet was Adam, and the last was Muhammad (SAW). We don’t believe Jesus is God or was born of Godly conception in that he is not the Son, or a Son of God. God does not beget nor he is begotten. Jesus is just a prophet. 

In cases of dietary, there is halal and haram. Pork is haram and so is alcohol. I’m not too informed on halal/haram when it comes to food except the basics so hopefully Google can help you out.

Prayer is five times a day. There are many tutorials on Youtube and other websites that teach you how to pray. Also they’ll teach you how to do wudu which is a ritual cleansing undertaken before prayer.

The main texts that are important are the Qur’an and Hadith. Hadith are the sayings of the prophet.

I’d advise to look up some mosques and maybe email some imams from those mosques and maybe they’d be able to provide you with some pamphlets. Possibly even in the form of PDFs so that way your family don’t know. 

There’s really a lot to touch upon, but I hope I’ve provided enough basics. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! :)

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Donald Trump now wants to stop all Muslims from entering the U.S.

Donald Trump is proposing a ban on all Muslims from entering America via immigration or tourism. Oh yeah, and those polls in the press release? They aren’t exactly reputable.

[thisisislamophobia]

I'm a Christian. I've always been. I've also always been against the idea of how people treat Muslims. I searched specifically for this blog and I love it. Please keep at it. It's honestly amazing. And to any Christians reading this, just bc I'm against Islamophobia, doesn't mean I worship Allah.

Allah isn't the Muslim God though, it's just the Arabic word for God so Christians and Jews worship Allah too. 

Anyway, thanks!

[thisisislamophobia]

What do you think of the United Patriots Front?

Sorry for the late reply.

I really despise them. I think they, and the whole Reclaim Australia movement, need to go.

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Brown/Muslim friends who live in Seattle, please please pleaassseee be careful. 

[vladeeda]

So, to recap:

A Toronto couple put a sign on their lawn asking if the Muslim community is “sorry” about the Paris attacks

A Sikh Canadian is getting death threats and is afraid to leave his house after someone photoshopped a picture of him look as if he was wearing a bomb vest, then was posted all over the internet by European media outlets

Vandals smash windows at Ram Dham Hindu temple in Kitchener

Arson at Masjid Al-Salaam mosque in Peterborough officially designated a hate crime

A Muslim woman in Toronto is attacked while picking her kids up from school - also officially designated a hate crime

Plus the countless hostile incidents posted online but not reported on in the media. I’m disgusted by my own country rn tbh.

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6. Man in Joker Mask Vows to Kill ‘One Arab a Week’ Across Quebec

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Not proud of Canada right now.

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7. Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan wants Trudeau’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian Refuges by the new year to be suspended.

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8. Muslim Teenage girls at a Toronto mosque are warned by Islamic centre directer to watch out while crossing the street, so not to “give drivers any excuse.”

9.  A Calgary mosque was broken into and robbed while the Imam was at a peace vigil for victims of the Paris attacks

 10. In a poll conducted three days after the Paris attacks, 54% of Canadians  oppose Trudeau’s plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before  January 

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The Al salaam mosque in Peterborough, Ontario was set on fire. .

Thankfully no one was inside during the fire but about a half an hour before the fire, nearly 70 members were inside celebrating the birth of a young couple’s baby.

The arson resulted in 80,000 dollars in smoke damage.

In a show of interfaith solidarity St. John’s Anglican Church is collecting funds to help Alsalaam back on its feet as soon as possible. They can be reached at 705-745-7624 for more information.

The Kawartha Muslim Religious Association which runs the Mosque can be contacted directly at [phone]

A facebook page supporting the mosque has also been set up by the local community. you can check it for updates or leave a supportive comment. https://m.facebook.com/PTBOMosqueSupport

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[Story dated 3pm Sunday Nov 15] “The fire broke out at the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association’s mosque around 11 p.m. Saturday, police said. [The Paris attacks were on Friday ]

“The provincial fire marshal ruled that the blaze was set deliberately, according to a Peterborough police spokesman. Sgt. Tim Millard said police will not be releasing more information until the fire marshal’s office finishes its probe.

“The Liberal MP for Peterborough-Kawartha Maryam Monsef said she was thinking of those displaced by the fire Saturday night. “The Democratic Institutions Minister added she wanted to wait for the full results of the police investigation before commenting further.”

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yslelf:

muslim followers / bloggers

don’t go through the islam tag. there is so much islamaphobia at the moment and it will not help. i advise you to just blacklist the tags islamaphobia tw, islamaphobic tw, etc. please for your sake it’s not something you want to read. i’m a muslim too i understand how scary this please please try to stay away from this

non muslim followers / bloggers

please do whatever you can to help and prevent hate please this is beyond terrifying the amount of hate coming is beyond imaginable. thank you in advance