Browsing Archive: October, 2009
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued yesterday an editorial entitled, "Islamophobia Machine Targets American Muslims," describing what it sees as the mainstreaming of anti-Muslim rhetoric in America. Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Tuesday, October 20, 2009,
Four members of Congress made some ridiculous allegations against the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Reps. Sue Myrick of North Carolina,
Trent Franks of Arizona, Paul Broun of Georgia and John Shadegg of Arizona accuse this largest Muslim advocacy group in the United States of spying on Congress by placing interns with lawmakers who have access to critical security information. I can only laugh at this and share with you this hilarious video made by the comedians of the Axis... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Thursday, October 8, 2009,
A quick post to inform those of you in the Boulder area that Iranian human rights lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi, will be in Boulder on Friday and Saturday this week. Ebadi has been invited by Naropa University's Peace Studies Department and the Cordoba Initiative to participate in an international symposium on women's leadership and activism in the Muslim world. She'll be keynoting on Friday, October 9 at 7 p.m. at Naropa University. Her speech is entitled, "Human R... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Tuesday, October 6, 2009,
Be wary of words By way of emiliewood.com
As I mentioned earlier on this blog, there seems to be a paranoia about Muslims in the West, and some misguided observers have been taking advantage of this fear warning the West of a so-called Islamicization of their societies. For years now, Daniel Pipes, a prime spokesperson of the anti-Muslim lobby in America, has tried to convince us that 'Muslims are coming...' because they demand halal meals for their kids in public... Continue reading ...
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
