Responses to Islamophobia, Arabophobia, and Extremism - A to L - updated 1/4/11
Posted Jan 4, 2011

Responses to Islamophobia, Arabophobia, and Extremism - A to L

compiled by Sheila Musaji

NOTE:  We have had as part of our Muslim Voices against Terrorism and Extremism resources a section on responses to Islamophobia.  This was in five parts:  - Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Islam and Muslims in General - Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Qur’an Verses, Arabic Terms, Prophet Muhammad - Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims - Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims - Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims.  Because of a restriction in the possible length of articles, we were unable to organize these in a more user-friendly manner.  Our webmaster has now resolved this problem, and we have combined all these five sections into one section.  The entries are alphabetical, and it should now be much easier to locate a response to a particular issue, incident, or individual.  In order to keep load time down for our readers, this single resource will still be divided into two sections:  A to L, and M to Z.  Sheila Musaji 3/5/2010.  If you do a control-F search of the pages for the topic or name you are looking for, you should find it very easy to navigate.  We have attempted to cross reference as much as possible.

A

... 7/7 bombings supported by a majority of Muslims (M15 allegation) [1]
[2] (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa), [3] (Anisa Abd el Fattah), [4] (Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf),  [5] (Shahed Amanullah), [6], [7] (Assoc. of Muslim Lawyers)
... 9/11 [1] (American Muslim organizations) see also fatwas and terrorism - there were thousands of statements. - ... 9/11 Prosecutions End With a Whimper [2]
... 20 most influential blogs report from Britain [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... 72 virgins in Paradise hadith [1][2][3][4]
... 500 most influential Muslims list stirs controversy [1], [2] (Selena Shah), [3] (Riazat Butt), [4] (Dina Rabie)

... A Common Word letter from 138 Muslim scholars to Christian leaders negative reviews (article collection) [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muhammad Abdul Bari (MCB) accused of implicitly condoning the kidnap and killing of British soldiers, BBC pays damages [1]
... Maulana Abdul Haleem arrest in India over Ahmedabad bombing questioned [1]
... Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah shooting requires investigation [1]
... Imam Johari Abdul Malik and guilt by association [1] (Robert Salaam)
... Abdul Farouk Abdul-Mutallab Detroit bomber, “underwear bomber” [1] and [2] (Sheila Musaji), [3] (Tom Engelhardt), [4] (Haroon Moghul)
... Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Cordoba House [1] (Sheila Musaji) see also Cordoba House
.. Abercrombie & Fitch EEOC complaint see CAIR
... Jack Abramoff’s charity front for terrorism [1] (Juan Cole) 
... Gilbert Achcar book The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives [1] (Tariq Ali)
... Andre Aciman, the NY Times and Arab Jewish Discourse [1] (David Shasha)
... Act for America boycott of Muslim prayer in VA legislature [1] - background on organization [1] see also Brigitte Gabrielle
... ADL apologizes for part of Shahada scarf statement [1] see shahada scarf incident
... Afghan Boyfriend Disappears, Warns not to Fly on 9/11, a fake story FALSE [1]

... AFGHANISTAN
- Afghan family law bill [1] (MPAC) [2] (Rafia Zakariah)
- Afghan government death sentence against Abdul Rahman, a convert to Christianity [1] (Abdurahman Wahid) see also apostasy, and Taliban
- Cover up of civilian deaths [1] (Arthur Waskow)

... AFRICA
- unrest in several countries may have foundation in food/water shortages not religion [1] see particular countries

... Ahavath Torah synagogue invites Wafa Sultan [1] (Loonwatch)
... Ahmadi’s attack in Pakistan condemned [1] (MPAC)
... Aisha’s (Ayesha) age at marriage see Prophet Muhammad
... Akbar Ahmad and film “Journey Into America falsely slandered [1], book review [2] (Craig Considine)
... Parvez Ahmed appointment to Jacksonville Human Rights Commission objected to [1], [2] (Ron Littlepage)
... Ahmedabad bombing see Abdul Haleem

... AIRLINE INCIDENTS
- Airline Sparkler Incident, Saudi man acquitted [1
- Airlines Schedule Christian Pilots with Non-Christian Crew in Case the Christian Disappears in the “Rapture” FALSE [2
- Flying Imams incident - 6 Imams removed from airline flight for praying 3, [3a], [3b] (CAIR),  [3c] (Hussein Ibish
- Syrian musicians on Northwest Airlines flight [5] 
-  Ted Petruna sends out email claiming he thwarted a group of Muslims acting suspiciously on an AirTrans flight, turns out the whole thing was made up [6] 11/09,  Air Tran flight 297 [7]
- British plot to blow up 7 planes [8] (Jeff Siddiqui)
- Jet Blue Arabic t-shirt incident [1] (Aziz Poonawalla)
- Shah Rukh Khan incident [1]
- AirTran removal of 9 Muslim passengers [1], airline apologizes [2]
- Pan Am 103 Lockerbie [1] (Andrew Killgore)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Christmas bomber see Abdul Farouk Abdul Mutallib
- Dutch arrest of two men for “terrorist dry run” turns out to be a false alarm [1]

... Airport full body scanners objected to by other than Muslims [1]
... Airport racial profiling [1] (Ahmed Rehab) see civil rights
... Aish HaTorah film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War With the West” see FILMS
... Fouad Ajami’s claims [1][2] (Adam Shatz), [3], [4] about his view of Al Jazeera, and his statement about clash of civilizations [5]] (Amitai Etzioni), Ajami’s review of Christopher Caldwell’s book [6] (Eboo Patel)
... Paul Akers article [1] “Why Islam Didn’t Conquer the World”  (Sheila Musaji)
... Shakil Akhtar wins libel case against newspaper [1]
... Sami Al Arian Acquitted of terrorism charges [1], [2], [3],  [4]  and [5] see Joseph Kaufman
... M. Shahid Alam, book Review Israeli Exceptionalism:  The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism [1] (Elaine Hagopian)a
... Abdurrahman Alamoudi case [1], [2]  (Shahed Amanullah)
... Anwar al-Awlaki’s Praise for Fort Hood Shooter [1] (Muslim Organizations), [2] (Aziz Poonawalla) - al-Awlaki’s extremism [3] (Kamran Pasha)
... Sheik Muhammad Al-Gamei’a, bigoted statement [1] (Muqtedar Khan)
... ALGERIA - injustice towards Algeria ignored [1] (Harun Yahya)
... Sami al-Hajj, journalist held at Guantanamo and released after years [1] (Bob Egelko) see Guantanamo
... Ahmed al-Halabi, questions remain about accusations [1], [2] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali statement about improperly dressed women [1] (Firas Ahmad)
... Sami Al Hussayen, webmaster, Cleared & acquitted [1], [2], [3]
... Azad Ali cleared [1]

... Ayaan Hirsi Ali - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry
... Michael Nazir Ali the Bishop of Rochester comments on self segregation [1]  (Yahya Birt), (Hamed Chapman)
... Imam Shamsi Ali defamed by Islamic Thinkers Society thugs [1] (Richard Silverstein) see Islamic Thikers Society
... Allah is a moon god claim see Robert Morey - other claims see Malaysia Allah/God controversy, Arabic terms
... Magdi Allam, vatican conversion ceremy [1] (Hesham Hassaballa)
... Abu Hamza al-Masri [1] (Inayat Bunglawala), [2] (Shahed Amanullah), [3] (Yusuf Smith) see also al-Muhajiroun
... Debbie Almontaser see Khalil Gibran academy
... al-Muhajiroun extremist group led by Omar Bakri [1] (Shaikh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti), [2] (Shahed Amanullah), [3] (Inayat Bunglawala)  -  Al-Muhajiroun disrupt London parade [4] (Yusuf Smith), [5] (Yahya Birt), [6] protest in London (Inayat Bunglawala) see Omar Bakri

... AL-QAEDA:
... “Al Qaeda 7” lawyers see civil rights, constitution
- The ‘Al Qaeda Training Manual’ document questioned [1] (Rod Thornton)
- Al-Qaeda generally [1] (Aisha Chowdury), [2] (CAIR), [3] (Soumaya Ghannoushi), [4] (Hesham Hassaballa)
- Al-Qaeda Suicide Bombing of Mosque in Pakistan: [1] (Arab News editorial)  -  Al-Qaeda call to greet Pres. Bush with bombs in Palestine - [2] (Imam Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini) rejects this

... Yusuf al Qaradawi’s statement approving of suicide bombings by Palestinians [1] (Abdul Malik Mujahid)
... Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais accused of extremism [1], [2]
... I.Q. Al-Rassooli, another suspicious ex-Muslim [1] (Hussein Rashid)
... Ali Al Tamimi, “Paintball jihad” imam convicted [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Hassal al-Turabi [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Christiane Amanpour - claim that she can’t be objective [1], [2] (Glenn Greenwald)
... Rehab Amer, cleared of responsibility for her childs death, which led Michigan authorities to give her three young children for adoption by an evangelical Christian couple. [1]
... American Enterprise Institute see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry
... American Family Association call for ban on Muslims in the military [1] - AFA’s Bryan Fisher Wants to Deport American Muslims [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... American Jewish Committee ad in the New York Times [1] - anti-Iran efforts [2] (Jeff Siddiqui)
... American Jewish Congress AJC claims about Maher Hathout [1] (Sheila Musaji) - Shahada scarf incident [2] (Shahed Amanullah)
... American Muslim Congress’ complaint about Rabbie Yoffie speaking at ISNA [1]] (Sheila Musaji)
... American Muslims [1] (TAM article collection)
... Martin Amis’ statements [1] (Ronan Bennett), [2] (Jenny McCartney), [3] (Yahya Birt)
... Larry Amon article on Obama converting to Islam see Obama and Islam
... Zacharia Anani - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry
... John Ankerberg’s [1] The Truth About Islam booklet (Sheila Musaji)
... Anthrax attacks not by a Muslim [[1] see Ayaad Assad
... anti-Muslim see Islamophobia
... Anti-Semitism and Muslims [1] (Haris Aziz), [2] (Tariq Ramadan), [3] (Harun Yahya), [4] (Ali Eteraz), [5] (Phillip Weiss)  see holocaust denial
... Anti-semitism and Islamophobia parallel arguments [1] (Hussein Ibish)
...  APOSTASY - claim that killing an apostate is required by Islamic Law [1] (TAM article collection)
... April Fools Day commemorates overthrow of Muslims in Spain FALSE [1
... Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom book see Bruce Bawer
... Apple store in NY, MEMRI allegation that Muslims were upset about new Apple store in New York being shaped like the Kaaba FALSE [1]

... ARABIC TERMS - Responses to misrepresentation or misinterpretation of Arabic and Islamic concepts and terms, or explanations of often misunderstood Arabic terms is now a separate resource collection. 

... Arabs stoning Jewish worshippers at Western Wall false story [1]
... Maher Arar falsely accused, cleared [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] - tortured [6] (Shahed Amanullah), [7] (Faisal Kutty)
... Archbishop of Canterbury - dispute over speech on Sharia [1] (Jonathan Birt) see Sharia dispute
... Yassin Muhiddin Aref, Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, Released on Bail [1
... Arizona school bomb scare, Muslim teen falsely implicated [1]
... Arkansas recruiting center shooting [1] (Robert Salaam)
... James Arlandson [1] article attacking Dr. Habib Sidiqui’s speech “Islam and coexistence”  (Dr. Habib Sidiqui)
... Abukar Arman cleared of any terrorist connection after Front Page wrote 3 articles making claims about him [1], [2] , [3] (Barbara Carmen)
... Armed Forces Recruitment Station in Catonsville, MD bombing plot condemned [1]
... Armenian “genocide” complicated issue [1], [2]
... Rep. Richard Armey anti-Palestinian comments [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Mazen Asbahi pressured to resign as Muslim outreach person for Obama campaign after accusations of terrorist connections [1] (James Zogby), [2] (A. Arain), [3] (Hussein Ibish), [4] (Ahmed Rehab), [5] (Assia Boundaoui), [4] (Steve Clemons), [6] (M. Junaid Levesque-Alam)
... John Ashcroft statements [1]
... Mohammad Ashraf of ISNA Canada’s challenge to Laleh Bakhtiar’s Qur’an translation see Laleh Bakhtiar ... Ashura misrepresented as a “Muslim blood festival” Ashura [1] (Sheila Musaji see also Shia
... Ashura bombings in Iraq & Pakistan see Shia
... Dr. Ayaad Assaad falsely accused in Anthrax case [1] see anthrax attack
... Atlas of Creation book see Harun Yahya
... Atlas Shrugs - wipe Pakistan off the map video post [1] (Loonwatch) - attack on Israel Apartheid Week [2] (Max Blumenthal) see Pamela Geller
... Gilad Atzmon’s comments on Palestine [1] (Hussein Ibish)
... AUSTRALIA -  “Jihad Jack” Conviction Quashed [1]  - Ramzi Ali awarded $125,000 in defamation case [2]
... Nihad Awad’s supposed support for Hamas [1] p. 5

B


... Rep. Michelle Bachman on flying Imam’s and Keith Ellison [1] (Glenn Thrush), [2], anti-Muslim comments [3] (Sheila Musaji)
... Baghdad museum looting [1]
... Laleh Bakhtiar’s Qur’an translation challenged - [1] (Sheila Musaji), [2] (Ingrid Mattson)

... Sheikh Omar Bakri [1] (Inayat Bunglawala) see also al Muhajiroun

...  BALKANS - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, injustices towards ignored [1] (Harun Yahya) 
- Bosnian Muslim Leader, Sefer Halilovic Acquitted of All Charges in War Crimes Trial [1

... Bali bombings [1] (Yusuf al Qaradawi) see Indonesia
... Ghassan Ballut, Not Guilty on All Charges [1], [2]
... BANGLADESH - attacks on Ahmadiyya [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Banu Qurayza incident see Prophet Muhammad
... Baptist church in Minnesota buys anti-Islam newspaper ad [1]
... Bare Naked Islam site - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry 
... Fatimah Rifqa Bary Case, claims disputed [1], [2] (Louay Safi) see Rev. Blake Lorenz
... Batman comic’s Muslim character objected to by bigots [1] [see also Marvel comics

... Gary Bauer article “If Christians Were Treated Like Muslims” [1]
... Dr. Hatem Bazian [1] speech on COINTELPRO (Abdus Sattar Ghazali)
... Bruce Bawer book Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom [1] (Paul M. Barrett)
... Moustafa Bayoumi, smear campaign against [1] (Alex Kane)
... Beating of Anglican clergyman Michael Ainsworth in Britain [1] -  beating of Jewish Rabbinical assistant in Brooklyn [2] (CAIR)
... Glenn Beck - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry
... Joy Behar [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Bell Helicopter ad [1] (Richard Silverstein)
... Eliana Benador - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry
... Benamar Benatta cleared [1]
... Rev. Flip Benham and Operation Save America - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry 
... Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom book “Does God Hate Women” [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... Bonnie Benstock and Bare Naked Islam - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry 
... Paul Berman book “The Flight of the Intellectuals” [1] (Bruce Lawwrence)
... Beslan massacre in Russia [1] (Yusuf Islam), [2] (Muslim Brotherhood),  grand Mufti of Chechnya declares a Jihad against terrorists [3], [4] (Dr. Robert D. Crane), [5] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Best Buy Eid ad incident [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Benazir Bhutto assassination - [1] (Hesham A. Hassaballa),  [2] (MPAC),  [3] (ISNA), [[4]] (Imam Yahya Hendi) see also Pakistan
... Aasiya Bibi see blasphemy
... Bible verses on rifle scopes incident [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Z. Dwight Billingsly - article “Tolerance Not Acceptance” [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Awadh Binhazim falsely accused of holding extremist homophobic views [1] (Stephen George)
.. Bin Laden family flown out of U.S. immediately after 9/11 before air space opened up [1] FALSE
... Osama bin Laden [1] (Abdal Hakim Murad) -  fatwas against OBL [2], [3]  -  condemned by Pres. Muhammad Khatami of Iran [4/, [5] (Dr. Abdul Cader Asmal), OBL’s “fatwa” [6] (Shahed Amanullah), bin Laden’s letter to the American people [7] (Jihad el Khazen) - Bin Laden’s “fatwa” [1] (Syed Mumtaz Ali) - misuse of Ibn Tamiya’s fatwa [1] (Asghar Ali Engineer) see also Al-Qaeda
... Asma bint Marwan incident see Prophet Muhammad
... Black Stone misrepresented as an idol [1]
... Blackwater mercenaries - CEO Erik Prince’s statements about Islam and Muslims [1] (Jake Horowitz)
... Blasphemy claimed to be punishable by death [1] (see also free speech),  [2] ( Ammar Alo) - Kerala blasphemy attack condemned [1] - petition on behalf of Aasia Bibi of Pakistan [1]
... Hazel Blears claims about Daud Abdullah [1] (Daud Abdullah)
... Blind man’s guide dog barred from restaurant by Muslim staff [1]
... blogs, see Internet
... B’nai Brith Islamophobic ad connecting Islam and the Nazi’s [1]
... Baron Bodissey and the Gates of Vienna - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry 
... Boko Haram group see Nigeria
... BOOKS see individual authors
... Bookstores selling extremist books [1] (Shahed Amanullah), [2] (Zahed Amanullah)
... BOSNIA see Balkans
... Boston mosque controversy over building new mosque [1] Joachim Martillo - Islamic Society of Boston Falsely Accused of Terrorism [1]  -  - Islamophobic objections to Boston mosque expansion and [2] July 2006 - Massachussets Governor Suggests Wiretapping Mosques http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=283&theType=AA
... Rabbi Shmuley Boteach statements re Cordoba House [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Gen. William Boykin - see A Who’s Who of the Anti-Muslim/Anti-Arab/Islamophobia Industry 
... Peter Boyles on Islam [1]
... Bridges TV [1] (Ray Hanania)

... BRITAIN -  Brothers Released Without Charges [1], Raided, Arrested, Released, the Price of Wrong Intelligence [2] - British paper ‘apologizes’ for false report about Muslim vandals [3]  - First Muslim Tried Under British Anti-Terror Laws Acquitted [4]  - British Muslim Cleared in Terror Charges [5]  - British terror raids may have been false alarm [6] - Hundreds arrested, few convicted [7]  - Abdul Kahar not guilty [8]  - Few convictions for terror arrests in Britain [9]  - More than half of all arrested on terrorism charges in U.K. released without charge [10] - Mohammed Sarwar, Muslim MP Acquitted [11], UK setting up board of Muslim theologians appointed by government [12] (Ziauddin Sarwar) - Qur’an television documentary [13] (MCB) - Muslim anti-terror officer accused of being extremist by police co-workers wins £14,000 damages (14) - Daily Express apologizes for claim that Inayat Bangawala is an extremist (15)  - Muslim Post Office Manager Bans Woman from Sending Parcel Because Her Son Serves in Afghanistan [16] - Bradford men accused of possessing terrorist propoganda freed [17] - Gaza Peace Convoy mistaken arrests [18]
-  Is Islam Good for London? Debate [1]
-  ‘Britain’s Islamic Republic’ documentary on BBC [1] (Engage), [2] (Yusuf Smith)
-  British National Party - claim that Abdul Mukin Khalisadar, a criminal was an Imam representing the Muslim community [[1]], and neo-nazis [2] (Richard Bartholemew)  see Nick Griffin

... Bronx terror plot [1] (Ahmed Rehab)
... Geraldine Brooks [1] book Nine Parts of Desire
... Rep. Paul Broun - his Islamophobic statements [1]
... Campbell Brown’s defense of Muslims [1]
... Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite anti-Muslim comments [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Buddhism & Islam - destruction o Banyan statues see Taliban
... Budweiser Pulled Its Products From A Convenience Store Where Muslim Employees Celebrated 9/11 FALSE [1]
... Kamran Bukhari supposed connection to Al Muhajiroun [1] (Kamran Bukhari)
... Inayat Bungawala stabbing incident [1], accused of extremism [2]  newspaper apologizes [3]
... Burkini controversy [1] (Shabana Mir)
... BURMA see MYANMAR
... Sen. Conrad Burns - his Islamophobic statements [1]
... bus ads - anti Palestinian bus ads in Seattle [1] (Richard Silverstein) - an ad which was the reverse position of this ad was removed from buses as being anti-Jewish [2]
... Bus driver supposedly told passengers to get off the bus so he could pray FALSE [1]] (Sheila Musaji) - Sun issues apology to driver for story [2]
... President Bush’s “Islamic Fascism” statement [1] [2], [3] ... Hassan Butt’s claims to be former al Qaeda operative [1] (Inayat Bungawala) - [2] (Zahed Amanullah) see fascism

C

... Cab drivers in Minnesota refusing to carry passengers with guide dogs [1] other drivers offered free rides,  [2] (Muqtedar Khan) - Cab drivers in Minnesota refusing to carry passengers with alcohol [3] (Mike Ghouse)
... Howard Cain who was killed by Philadelphia police after an armed robbery which resulted in the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Local mosque refused to have janaza prayers said at the mosque [1] (Germantown mosque) [2]

... CAIR
- vs Michael Savage incident [1],  Michael Savage lawsuit against CAIR dismissed [2],
- response to various claims about CAIR [3],
- charge CAIR trying to infiltrate capitol hill with interns [4], [4a] (Sheila Musaji)
- CAIR memo saying they were attempting to place interns on capitol hill blown out of all proportion [5] (Richard Silverstein)
- CAIR as “unindicted co-conspirator” [6] p. 5 to 6, [6a] (John T. Floyd), [6b] (CAIR)
- CAIR and arrested employees [7] p. 7 to 8
- CAIR receives foreign money [8] p. 4, 
- CAIR and its leadership [9], [9a] (Aisha Aziz),
- claim that CAIR membership down [10] (George Archibald)
- CAIR adding a scarf to a woman in a photo [1] (Sheila Musaji)
- Abercrombie & Fitch EEOC complaint [1]
- CAIR and VA neo-Nazi license plate [1] (Sheila Musaji)
- CAIR distribution of free Qur’ans [1] (Hussein Ibish)
... Christopher Caldwell book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West [1] (Haroon Moghul), [2] (Bruce Lawrence), [3] (Mondoweiss), [3] (Joscelyn Cesari), [4] (Ziauddin Sardar)
... Caliphate see Arabic terms
... The Call