Islamaphobia

US Anti-Islam Rallies ‘Fizzle’ Nationwide

October 12, 2015 Staff, www.commondreams.org Resist! Islamaphobia

By Staff of Common Dreams - A series of planned anti-Islam rallies targeting more than 20 US cities Saturday fizzled out despite extensive social media promotion; morphing instead into a welcomed show of support and tolerance. In Armarillo, Texas, police department Cpl. Cody Lavery told the Amarillo Globe News “All of these people are supporters of the center. Everything’s been very peaceful so far, and the protestors haven’t shown up yet.” At the Khursheed Unissa Memorial Community Center in Amarillo, more than 100 people opposing the anti-Islam rally came out in an impromptu show of support. In Dearborn, Michigan, the media and police reportedly out-numbered all protesters at the anti-Islam rally.

Texas Muslim Capitol Day Marred By Anti-Islam Protesters

January 30, 2015 Lauren McGuaghy, www.chron.com Resist! Islamaphobia, Texas

They came out by the hundreds from Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, mostly women and children, girls with silver-bowed shoes and pink owl backpacks. They sang the national anthem and prayed. But less than 20 feet from where the group of Texas Muslims gathered on the steps of the state Capitol in Austin, a small handful of protesters told them exactly how they felt about their visit. "We don't want you here!" shouted one. Others yelled, "Go home," "ISIS will gladly take you" and "remember 9/11." "You don't have to dress that way! Take it off!" came from a woman holding an Israeli flag. "Islam is the war on women!" Earlier in the morning, Rep. Molly White, R-Belton, commented on the gathering.

I Am Ahmed

January 12, 2015 Jack Balkwill, http://luvnews.info Educate! France, Islam, Islamaphobia

"France will have more than 10,000 soldiers mobilized on home soil by Tuesday after 17 were killed in attacks carried out by Islamist militants in Paris last week, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday," begins a piece at Reuters this morning, as Western nations tighten security around the globe with veiled warnings of beware of Muslims dominating the discussion in the corporate press. Neglected by most of the corporate media is the story The Guardian puts forward "Since the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the country's Muslim community, despite universally and repeatedly condemning the attack, has come under a wave of misguided 'reprisal' attacks." Indeed, Muslims are having difficulty in presenting the fact that it was a Muslim cop who was killed in the Paris attack while defending those who were ridiculing his faith, as shown in the tweet by a Muslim living in French Belgium used to illustrate this item, above.

35,000 Germans Rally In Dresden Against Racism & Xenophobia

January 11, 2015 Michael Nienaber and Andreas Rinke, www.reuters.com Resist! Germany, Immigration, Islamaphobia, Racism

A rally against racism and xenophobia on Saturday drew tens of thousands of people in the eastern German city of Dresden, which has become the center of anti-immigration protests organized by a new grassroots movement called PEGIDA. "We won't permit that hate will divide us", Dresden's mayor Helma Orosz said in front of the 18th-century Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady). Around 35,000 people attended the rally that was jointly organized by the state government of Saxony and the city of Dresden, officials said. The movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) is holding weekly rallies in Dresden with a record number of 18,000 people attending last Monday. Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the anti-Muslim demonstrations, urging Germans to turn their backs on the movement and calling their organizers racists full of hatred. A recent survey, conducted before Wednesday's deadly attack on a French satirical magazine, showed that an increasing majority of non-Muslim Germans feel threatened by Islam. The Paris attack has fueled fears that it could boost anti-immigration movements around Europe and inflame a culture war about the place of religion and ethnic identity in society.

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