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Research Blog post 10 NBC news

Bailey, Chelsea. “Hundreds of Hate Crimes Reported Since Election: SPLC.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 14 Nov. 2016.   This article shows the intense influx of hate crimes towards muslims under the presidents election and the horrible rhetoric and racism that muslims … Continue reading

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Research Blog 9 allthasser

I will use Althusser’s- ideological State Apparatus to help me further argue the fact that the idea of islamophobia is a notion. It is systematically built in our culture, and muslims being terrorist or people to fear is not an … Continue reading

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Research blog 8 Todd Green

Todd Green The Fear of Islam Islam as monolithic and Static, Islam as the enemy, Islam as separate and other, Racial discrimination against Muslims justified, Islam as inferior, Muslim criticisms of the West Invalidated, Islam as manipulative , Anti-Muslim discourse … Continue reading

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Research blog 7 Report

Islamophobia and its impact in the United States: Confronting Fear U.C. Berkeley Center for Race and Gender. Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the U.S. 2013-2015. Center for Islamic Relations. 2016.   The 104 Page report published by UC … Continue reading

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Research Blog 6 PEW research

Anti-Muslim assaults reach 9/11-era levels, FBI data show Kishi, Katayoun. “Anti-Muslim assaults reach 9/11-Era levels, FBI data show.” Pew Research Center, 21 Nov. 2016, The Power Research center is where several of my sources get their data from that argues … Continue reading

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Research Blog 5 SAID

  Said, Edward William. Orientalism. Penguin Books, 1991. Pages 1-47   The main concept around the idea of Islamophobia in America and the rest of the western world has to do with Edward Said’s orientalism. I have written my second … Continue reading

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Research Blog 4 CAIR

This report is the proof that , According to research conducted by CAIR, the inner core of America’s Islamophobia network enjoyed access to at least $119,662,719 in total revenue between 2008 and 2011. “CAIR – Council on American-Islamic Relations – … Continue reading

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Research Blog 3 Why the West Fears Islam

A book called “Why the West Fears Islam, an exploration of muslims in liberal democracies” by Jocelyn Cesari is a great source for answering the question “Are Muslims threatening the core values of the West?” The Chapter “Salafization of Islamic … Continue reading

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Research blog 2 Islamophobia as an Industry

The book “The islamophobia Industry; how the far right manufactures fear of muslims” by Nathan Lean was recently published in 2013. In the forward of the book I have gathered information to back my thesis of my paper. Islamophobia IS … Continue reading

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Cafe Discussion Part 3

Harrison, Kiki & Monica In ” “On the Political Economy of the Fake”  by Ziauddin Sardar and “Recycling Modernity: Pirate Electronic Cultures in India” by Ravi Sundaram we discussed that Marx’s idea -the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class- … Continue reading

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