Police brutality has taken much-needed steps into the public spotlight over the last couple of years. Despite that fact, the outrageous trend of Police Officers brutalizing citizens not only continues, but the apparent marathon of video recorded incidents of police use of excessive force seems to be growing more grotesque…
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altM’s Assistant Editor, the fabulous Margari Hill, will be speaking on the following panels at ISNA 2015. Make sure to catch at least one of these! Muslim Americans and the New Jim Crow This panel will explore why 21st century policing and the criminal justice system matter for Muslims….
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Donna Auston, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology, started the hashtag #BlackMuslimRamadan on July 8th. Auston told BuzzFeed she started the hashtag in order to increase visibility and exert a greater level of control over the American Muslim narrative, where black Muslims are rarely included. Auston also said she launched the…
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[title maintitle=”” subtitle=”As Salaamu Alaikum, peace, to any and all reading.”] Last Tuesday, three Arab-American Muslim students, two of them newlyweds, were murdered execution style in their own Chapel Hill, NC apartment. The murders, and subsequent lack of media coverage, sparked widespread outrage among the Muslim community, which expressed its…
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The #GlobalShutdown continues today, from NYC to Berkeley and Tokyo to Melbourne, people are protesting the grand jury decision to not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for his responsibility in the death of Eric Garner. Protesters have successfully rallied and blocked major roadways, tunnels, and city centers since Wednesday night….
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