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The infrastructure built to treat Muslim identity as a security threat didn't disappear: it expanded. Today it's been repurposed against immigrant communities, with the same executive powers first justified by 9/11. @mobbiemobes breaks down 25 yrs of this: buff.ly/VaDdyTM
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Goldman, the founder of Fems for Dems, said she believes much of the rhetoric spread about El-Sayed is not true and that Republicans “are preying upon the fears that are engendered in every Jewish person because past is prologue.” buff.ly/S61MSuX
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Mark Broadhurst was also found to be part of an online chat group with 3 other men who last year were jailed for planning to carry out a “terrorist” attack at mosques or synagogues as part of what they believed to be a coming “race war”. buff.ly/iXBz3zz
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El-Sayed, after disavowing the movement, blasted the man for implicitly assuming his “dual loyalty.” “You assume … that because I am Muslim, that somehow I would have some allegiance to something that is not our Constitution." buff.ly/lvDs6CA
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The Bridge Initiative retweeted
Islamophobia among Republicans is at highest level since we started polling on this issue over a decade ago. Read the full report on prejudice toward Muslims and Jews, compared to other groups: sadat.umd.edu/sites/sadat.um…
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The Bridge Initiative retweeted
How anti-Muslim rhetoric is influencing the pivotal Michigan Senate race "...1 in 3 of those dollars spent on ads that link him to terrorism, according to The Post’s analysis of data from AdImpact" washingtonpost.com/politics/… @mehdirhasan @bridgeinit @jricole
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The Bridge Initiative retweeted
Anger is growing in Azerbaijan after girls wearing hijabs were barred from schools under new uniform rules. Students and teachers have staged demonstrations, while dozens have reportedly been arrested and users report disruptions to social media platforms.
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With little more than 3 weeks until Election Day, Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee is embracing increasingly explicit anti-Muslim attacks against a Michigan-born former Detroit health director who could become the nation’s first Muslim U.S. senator. buff.ly/U47zzCw
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday condemned a reported federal law enforcement raid on the Washington, DC, residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, calling on national leaders to defend the rule of law. buff.ly/jVILl6F
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"Instead of examining the political realities that gave rise to Hamas and the institutional failures that allowed the October 7th attack to take place, Israel is pointing to a lack of understanding of Islam to explain its intelligence failures" buff.ly/LWcomgt
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"Muslim Americans’ dramatic swing from a Republican-leaning bloc in 2000 to a Democratic one today was driven by 2 converging forces — concrete grievances over post-9/11 security policy & a longer-running anti-colonial framework on the American left": buff.ly/pBEuuhB
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Anger is growing in Azerbaijan after girls wearing hijabs were barred from schools under new uniform rules. Students & teachers have staged demonstrations, while dozens have reportedly been arrested, & users report disruptions to social media platforms. buff.ly/XR4h6n6
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President Donald Trump reposted a rant from MAGA rapper Kid Rock, in which he stokes Islamophobic paranoia in Michigan, as Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s race against Republican Mike Rogers enters final weeks buff.ly/MelWTzm
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