Graffiti in Muslim-dominated Mombasa rallies against the 2017 election with the Kiswahili slogan “Kura ni Haramu” (“voting is haram/prohibitted”).
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Those born after 2001 have only known a world at ‘war on terror’. New research looks at the impact this has had on the lives of young Muslim Australians.
Muslim students report being teased and harassed when schools focus on 9/11.
Jasmin Merdan
Comments made during class discussions about 9/11 often put Muslim students on edge, according to a researcher who interviewed 55 Muslim students in and around the nation’s capital.
None of the students in this study talked about classrooms as a place to deconstruct or challenge stereotypes and misinformed views they face about Arabs and Islam.
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Interviews with Arab Albertan students reveal encounters with uneducated views of who they are in schools – a troubling situation particularly when hate crimes have been on the rise.
Indonesian students pay tribute to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
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Joseph Downing, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and Richard Dron, University of Salford
A new analysis of 44,000 tweets reveals that fake news isn’t always persuasive.
Muslims pray at the Kofar Mata Central Mosque in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Liberal and fundamentalist Islam are in a contest of legitimacy in the region.
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The debate around photos of two Nigerian Salafi clerics taken in London wasn’t a trivial conversation about dress and recreational choices. It was loaded with symbolism.
Police raided several Sydney properties over the weekend in relation to possible terror plots.
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The government seems hell-bent on pre-crime arrest, prosecution, and punishment for terror offenders – while falling short in providing the necessary long-term support.
A group of youth walked 1600 kilometers to bring attention aboriginal issues in 2013 at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. They hold up the Cree flag.
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Research shows that the Globe and Mail has created a script in which marginalized youth can only be dealt with as failures or criminals, impacting the way they are perceived in society.