Occidentalogy

Attitudes in the United States toward Islam have come unhinged, with Islamophobia stoked lately by the campaign rhetoric of practically all Republican presidential hopefuls. This is leading America and the world in a wrong and dangerous direction. Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate, who last September declared “I love Muslims,” …

US police officers have mistaken a cell phone for a gun in the hands of a man whom they shot and killed in Las Vegas, authorities say.The fatal shooting occurred Thursday as the officers were helping US marshals to arrest the unidentified man accused of attempted murder.

A woman artist’s efforts in Toronto, in Canada, to stay warm ended up giving her a chilling glimpse into Islamophobia after she was assaulted by a man who mistook her scarf for a hijab. Kayla Gerber, a 24-year-old actress, had just left a rehearsal near Bloor and Bathurst streets in …

Larycia Hawkins, an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, posted a photo of herself in the Muslim head cover last week, stating that she stands in “human solidarity” with Muslims “because we are formed of the same primordial clay”.She added that Muslims, like Christians, are “people of the …

An increasing number of US cities are declaring states of emergency as homelessness is becoming more prevalent and a serious issue to deal with, reports say.The cities of Portland, Oregon; Denver, Colorado; and Seattle, Washington as well as the entire state of Hawaii have become the latest to take drastic …

More than 30,000 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes last year, a rate not seen in at least 35 years, according to new US government data.In 2014, there were 30,722 deaths from alcohol poisoning and cirrhosis, or 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people, an increase of 37 percent since 2002, according to …

During my recent trip to Pakistan to attend an international educational and cultural conference in Karachi, I had an interesting discussion on the Paris attacks. A warm and friendly American academic colleague suggested how terrorism could be attributed to U.S. foreign policy failure and mentioned Iraq as an example. He …

Germany has become home to hundreds of potential terrorists with real battle experience, country’s Interior Minister revealed to national media. These are German citizens who joined ISIS and are now coming home. Former militants who used to fight in the ranks of so-called Islamic State (former ISIS/ISIL) and other terrorist …

A Muslim woman, in her forties wearing a hijab, has been punched in the head and kicked off a London bus by two young women who attacked her in a racist and Islamophobic hate crime. Metropolitan Police officers were called in to London Road in Southwark, near Elephant and Castle …

A 14-year-old Muslim boy who loves to invent things was handcuffed and arrested after bringing a homemade clock to his Texas high school, and could face charges of making a “hoax bomb.” The arrest has prompted speculations of Islamophobia. Ahmed Mohamed, a ninth grader from Irving, Texas, was eager to …