Jasmin Zine

Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada higher than after 9/11, warns expert Impact of Islamophobia on Canadian Muslims ‘compounded by both global geopolitics as well as the local context and reality,’ says Muslim studies expert Jasmin Zine - Anadolu Ajansı

In recognition of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, I share an article with my reflections on the legacies leading up to the current crisis of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada.

In one week!

Summing up the current dismal and egregious state of affairs...

Unqualified TV dude goes back on TV to lecture everyone on merits and qualifications.

You don't say. More from the theater of the absurd.

If you're wondering how to respond to " reviewer # 2"!

Islamophobia has proven to be profitable and politically beneficial to those who threaten racial violence against Muslims. It propelled Pete Hegsmith's role as Secretary of Defense. Domestic violence, well, just look the other way. The moral blindness of US politics is staggering and dangerous.

Dangerous lunacy.

The Shift: The ADL exists to defend Israel, not combat antisemitism The ADL’s reaction to Elon Musk’s “awkward gesture” proves that they’re not concerned with antisemitism. The group exists to defend Israel.

"Our analysis clarifies what the ADL’s prominent report captures and excludes, and shows how the conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism skews the data—ultimately serving as a reminder of the need for serious statistical analysis done by an organization not beholden to Israel advocacy.”"

In Solidarity with Palestine: A Roundtable with the Critical Ancient World Studies Collective and Everyday Orientalism Cover picture: Detail from a rendering of the Madaba Mosaic Map (Jordan, 6th c. CE), with “GAZA” partially written on the top lefthand side, above a fragmentary representation of the ci…

Today is the 1st anniversary of the In solidarity w Palestine CAWS/#EOTalks roundtable w @luxmea.bsky.social @santiagoslabodsky.bsky.social @aditilrao.bsky.social et al.
The words shared then still hit. Full event + more here:
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/i...

Check out our new IG page for the International Islamophobia Studies Research Association (IISRA). Check it out at : issra_ig

The Call for Papers for our upcoming scholarly conference at the University of Granada, Spain, can be found here: iisrassociation.org

More to come!

Watching this helps keep me sane amidst the fresh hell of these dystopian times. .

A reminder of the cfp for the 4th International Critical Muslim Studies Conference in Istanbul. Please note the deadline is 7th Feb for abstract submissions.

An international team of physicians and human rights advocates released the Executive Summary with key findings from a new investigative report documenting what authors describe as a “two pronged attack” on healthcare workers in Gaza and around the world…

"I am a victim of that genocide, neither perpetrator nor bystander. As for Gaza, there I am complicit, if only because the slaughter of 6,000,000 European Jews, including 1.5 million children, serves as a cover for the ongoing genocide ... “Gaza” is the first genocide carried out in my name."

Deportations, tariffs, pardons: what Trump has planned for day one The incoming president is ready to sign a slew of executive orders on day one of his second term. Here’s what’s planned

The fresh hell that awaits. .

"[H]is agenda represents a new attempt to reshape American governance through sheer executive will. It’s a blueprint that, if enacted, would touch everything from international trade to immigration, from cryptocurrency to cryptocurrency to classroom curriculums."

Well said. And a system that sacrifices the vulnerable to further elevate the privileged and powerful.

Laughing at Genocide: On Anti-Palestinian Racism in Higher Education by Girish Daswani cover picture: Student banner, UTSC, October 2024 This post is a sequel to the April 2024 blogpost “How the University Harms Students during a Genocide”. The specificity of inform…

Its important to acknowledge that these current manifestations of APR & Islamophobia in Higher Ed have been built on the post 9/11 architecture of Islamophobia that impacted campus cultures & led to the ongoing vilification of Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians.

This.

As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community

Weighing pros and cons..

No surprise here. Misogyny and racism go hand in hand.

Brilliant!