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Today, I’m a New Zealander

What just happened in New Zealand is a turning point for Islamophobia worldwide.

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Humanise the victims, not the terrorist

The media-hungry terrorist responsible for the Christchurch shootings does not deserve our attention. His victims do.

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For China, Islam is a ‘mental illness’ that needs to be ‘cured’

China’s relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent.

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11/6 has become a landmark date in Muslim American history

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have rekindled hope for Muslim Americans across the US.

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Why aren’t we calling the Pittsburgh shooting ‘terrorism’?

Perhaps the path to end terrorism begins with abandoning it as a term we selectively deploy and actively distort.

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The Saudi regime does not represent Islam

The Khashoggi affair is yet another reason for the world to abandon the assumption that the kingdom represents Islam.

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China holds one million Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

The world’s next major human disaster is in the making in China. This time, we should act before it’s too late.

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Still blackballed: American football’s most recognisable exile

With another NFL season set to begin in two weeks, Colin Kaepernick remains an outcast.

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A Muslim American political renaissance?

A record number of progressive Muslim Americans are vying for governmental office across the US.

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The cost of xenophobia in Trump’s America

Trump’s plan to prohibit spouses of foreign workers from holding employment will have dire economic and human costs.

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