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An Orlando Muslim’s heartfelt words on nightclub mass shooting
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: We close tonight with a personal reflection on the Orlando shooting from one of the city residents William Brangham introduced us to earlier.RUBANA KHAN,...
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Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting
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When a comedian realized she could fight Islamophobia
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Gay Beiruti musician: Islamophobia harms the LGBT community
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Steven Thrasher, Writer-At-Large for The Guardian US and doctoral fellow in American Studies at New York University, talks about what it’s been like to cover the Orlando massacre as a self-identified...
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Critics have long viewed Hillary Clinton as untrustworthy and dishonest. This week, we revisit a crucial moment nearly 25 years ago that helped set that narrative in motion. Also, pundits say this...
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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Islamophobia Edition
In the fifteen years since 9/11, the American media landscape has been rife with misconceptions and fear surrounding Islam, commonly depicting Muslims as violent, foreign intruders in America....
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Should the Charlotte police department release video of an officer shooting?
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Police Shooting, Terrorism and Debates
Should the Charlotte police department release video of an officer shooting?
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Bomb Plot Thwarted as Islamophobia Grows in America
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Three men were charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction on Friday, after federal law enforcement thwarted their ploy to...
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In Virginia, voters reflect on their presidential choice
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now more on the aftermath of Tuesday’s election.We take two looks at ways that the rhetoric and emotion of the highly charged presidential campaign...
View ArticleMuslims Mobilize for the Trump Era
The onset of the Trump era has shaken communities of color, including Muslim Americans, who fear harassment, violence and possible deportation. On Friday, after midday prayers, about 100 members of the...
View ArticleThese Muslim Teens Say Election Leaves Them Emboldened
Reports of hate crimes are on the rise since the presidential election, around the country and in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a hot line to report these incidents. He also asked for all...
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In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 the Bush administration implemented the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. The program ran from 2002 to 2011 and under it certain "foreign citizens and...
View ArticleThe Latest in the Transition; The Hypothetical Muslim Registry; New Role of...
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View ArticleHundreds of New York Students Stage Walkout to Protest Travel Ban
Hundreds of high school students in New York walked out of their classes on Tuesday and gathered in Foley Square to protest President Trump's travel ban.WNYC's Shumita Basu reports on "A Walkout for a...
View ArticleA Post-Valentine's Day Check-in, Challenging Islamophobia, Oscar-nominated...
Philip Galanes, New York Times "Social Q's" columnist, joins us for a post-Valentine's Day check-in. Practicing Attorney Salaam Bhatti and Writer Nusrat Qadir, discuss the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community...
View ArticleResisting Islamophobia One Day at a Time
Attorney Salaam Bhatti and writer Nusrat Qadir discuss the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), the self-proclaimed oldest Muslim Community in the U.S. The AMC is an anti-terrorist community that works to...
View ArticleZoning Issues or Islamophobia? Community Says 'No' to New Mosque
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Officials cited zoning issues as the reason for voting down a proposed mosque in Bayonne, New Jersey this week. But after months of...
View ArticleFrench Elections: Bernard-Henri Levy Calls For Jews to Be Vigilant
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Following months of buildup, French voters went to the polls on Sunday during the nation's first round of presidential voting. The field of 11...
View ArticleOne Man Called Another a Racial Slur. Then They Shook Hands.
Simran Jeet Singh is Sikh and has been on the receiving end of racial hate many times. But recently, as he jogged through Riverside Park in Manhattan, he knew how to respond.WNYC is part of the...
View ArticleReality Intolerant
President Donald J. Trump bombarded the nation with a ceaseless and accelerating volume of crazy this week: he re-tweeted graphic anti-Muslim videos by a far-right British hate group and told the...
View Article"No Murder, Yes Pork Chops," Says Comic Negin Farsad
The Iranian-American Muslim comedian and host of the podcast Fake The Nation says everything is negotiable -- even religious law. "I feel like Allah would be like, 'Get the pork chop but don't kill...
View ArticleDefense Questions F.B.I.'s Role in Kansas Domestic Terrorism Trial
The federal trial of Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen, and Gavin Wright, three members of a local militia in Kansas, is now in its third week. The men stand accused of conspiring to bomb a building in...
View ArticleThe Long History Of Islamophobia In The United States
Islamophobia is defined by Merriam Webster as, "irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against Islam or people who practice Islam." It's a phrase we're all familiar with in the post 9/11...
View ArticleFrom Medallion Mogul to Presidential Fixer: Michael Cohen's Rise and Fall
Here's what you'll find on today's show:— By now, you’ve probably heard of Michael Cohen. Cohen is most famous today as President Trump’s personal lawyer and all-purpose fixer. He paid off Stormy...
View ArticleAmerica's Religious Identity Experiences Major Shifts
Here's what you'll find on today's show:— A survey of Americans' religious beliefs revealed that white Christians are for the first time no longer a majority, and the number of people who don't...
View ArticleFrench Manifesto Calls for Amending Quran After Anti-Semitic Attacks
Around 300 of France's most prominent intellectuals and politicians have signed onto a manifesto calling on prominent Muslim leaders to amend the Quran, prompted by concerns of anti-Semitism. The push...
View ArticleICE Spokesman Has Ties to Anti-Muslim Groups
Muslim activists in New Jersey called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to fire one of its spokesmen, after The Star-Ledger newspaper reported that Dabul had worked previously for anti-Muslim...
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Three Friends and the Rise of Sikh Political Power
In the 1980s, when Sikh immigrants from India began arriving in Bergen County and the surrounding area in significant numbers, they lacked a proper house of worship, so they set up a tent on a patch of...
View ArticleFor American Muslims, 9/11 Shaped Careers, Politics, and Identity
After the September 11th attacks, the United States government's policies painted Muslim extremists as the global face of terrorism. The Islamophobia unleashed as a response in many ways paved the way...
View ArticleDebbie Almontaser, Revisiting the Clinton Impeachment, 'Choir Boy'
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View Article'Leading While Muslim'
Educator and Yemeni American activist, Debbie Almontaser, returns to discuss her book, Leading While Muslim: Experiences of Muslim Principals After 9/11. Almontaser looks at post-9/11 Islamophobia and...
View ArticleDivide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" Measure
Divide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" MeasureAfter initial plans to condemn anti-Semitism more specifically were scrapped, the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic...
View ArticleDivide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" Measure
Again this week Democrats find themselves preoccupied with intraparty drama over shifting attitudes toward Israel. It began last Sunday when freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Congresswoman Nita...
View ArticleDivide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" Measure
Divide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" MeasureAfter initial plans to condemn anti-Semitism more specifically were scrapped, the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic...
View ArticleProgressive Jewish Responses to the Ilhan Omar Controversy
Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinion editor at The Forward, and Jessica Smith, chief operating officer at J Street, offer different responses from the Left to the issues raised by the Rep. Ilhan Omar...
View ArticleFighting White Supremacist Terror on Social Media
Jane Lytvenenko, BuzzFeed News reporter, talks about the difference in how social media platforms respond to Islamophobic hate speech versus other forms of extremism and Ryan Mac, a senior tech...
View ArticleIs the Press Finally Learning How to Cover White Supremacy?
In the aftermath of Christchurch, the media were aware of what they were doing as they did it. And some, against all impulses, resisted amplifying the killer’s twisted ideology or even mentioning his...
View ArticlePraying Since Christchurch
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View ArticleIs the Far Right Fringe the Future of the Republican Party?
In the past two weeks, the farthest fringe of the political right has dug a new trench right in the heart of the GOP. Self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer, who publicly celebrated the deaths...
View ArticleMuslim Americans’ Stories Of What 9/11 Changed
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, Muslim listeners called in to talk about how their lives in the U.S. changed after the terror attacks.On Today's Show:Rowaida Abdelaziz, national...
View Article20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed Being Muslim in America
Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost where she focuses on immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, joins to discuss how being Muslim in the United States changed after the...
View ArticleThe Fog of War Shrouds a Devastating Conflict
On October 7, Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing 1,400 people. In the following thirteen days, the Israeli military has barraged the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, killing over 3,700 people. The...
View ArticleA Rise in Antisemitism, at Home and Abroad
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt is a noted historian of antisemitism, and serves the State Department as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Violence and threats against Jews have been...
View ArticleA Rise in Antisemitism, at Home and Abroad
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt is a noted historian of antisemitism, and serves the State Department as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Violence and threats against Jews have been...
View ArticleGaza: A War of Weapons and Words
This episode focuses on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and its ripples throughout the world. First, Reveal host Al Letson has a conversation with members of the Parents Circle, Israeli and...
View ArticleImmigration Expert Busts Myths From Left and Right
Voters have a lot of thoughts on the consequences of human migration and immigration policies, but often, those ideas are based on false or mistaken assumptions.On Today's Show:Hein de Haas, professor...
View ArticleGaza: A War of Weapons and Words
This episode focuses on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and its ripples throughout the world. First, Reveal host Al Letson has a conversation with members of the Parents Circle, Israeli and...
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