Special: Islamophobia

Building upon our exploration of gender in Islamic history we dive into the topic of gender bending and how it can help us see gender as socially constructed, historically contingent, and contextual. We explore multiple figures throughout Islamic history from the ghulamiyya to th ...  Show more

Continuing our exploration of gender and sexuality in Islamic history we turn to the figure of the mukhannathun, a third gender category in early Islam. We trace ideas of gender as a fluid spectrum through the lives of these individuals examining their existence in the life of Mu ...  Show more

Why are Western societies so fearful of Islam and Muslims? One can answer this question by examining history, particularly that of European colonial powers, and the ways in which they justified their actions in the Global South by painting its peoples and religions as alien and i ...  Show more

Être perçu·es comme étant de confession musulmane revient à être, aujourd’hui en France, immédiatement associé·e à une catégorie de la population, avec son lot d’assignations et de discriminations : c’est ce qu’on appelle l’islamophobie. Cette notion ainsi que ...

Dr. Jasser revisits the hysteria behind the executive order on immigration from Terror hotspots. He confronts the exploitation of Muslims for the self-serving identity politics of the left. Join Zuhdi as he exposes the hypocrisy behind the left's cooperation with the far-right Is ...  Show more

In Britain, the growth of Islam is being driven by a younger population, born and brought up in the United Kingdom. This includes BBC reporter Rahil Sheikh. Having grown up against the backdrop of the ‘war on terror’ and rising Islamophobia, he has seen how young Muslims have tur ...  Show more