Responses to Islamophobia and Extremism - M to Z - updated 1/4/11
Posted Jan 4, 2011

Responses to Islamophobia and Extremism - M to Z

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.

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... Macedonia Admits Six Muslims Executed as Terrorists Were Innocent [1]
... Macinac Bridge case see cell phone terrorism
... Maclean’s magazine article The Future Belongs to Islam [1] (Faisal Joseph), [2] - NYT article on Barack Obama and apostasy [3] (Ali Eteraz)
... Robert MacNamara “Apocalypse Soon"Article [1] (Dr. Robert D. Crane)
... “Madonna Targeted by Muslim Fanatics” Story Scrutinised [1] (Richard Bartholomew)
... Madrid bombing [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Bill Maher’s rant on Islam [1] (Omar Baddar) - message to Muslims “go away” [1] (Justin Elliott)
... “Mahdi” and end-times [1] (Richard Bulliet) see Arabic terms
... Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia’s speech and accusations of anti-Semitism [1][2],  [3[4] (Naeem mohaiemen), [5]
... Majlis, South Africa [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Kaspian Makan Iranian fraud [1] (Richard Silverstein)
... Malagaon bombing in India falsely blamed on Muslims [1]

MALAYSIA:: 
-  Malaysian judge ordering Christian paper to stop referring to God as Allah - [1] (Ali Eteraz), [2] (Farish A. Noor), [3] (Sheila Musaji), [4] (Eric Winkel), [5] (Dr. Robert Crane), [6] (Chandra Muzaffar), [7] (C.M. Naim)
-  Malaysian Bible confiscation incident [6] (Farish A. Noor). 
-  Malaysian decision to enforce Shariah punishments on non-Muslims also who are involved with mixing of the sexes with Muslims [7] (Farish A. Noor). 
-  Malaysian sentencing of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor to a fine and lashes for drinking beer [9]] (Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf),  [10] (Farish Noor),  [11] (Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf) 
-  Malaysian church bombings [12] (Anwar Ibrahim) 
-  Malaysian Muslim ‘cow head’ demonstration against Hindu Temple [13] condemned by Malaysian lawmakers,  [14]

... Kenan Malik Islamophobia Myth [1] (Inayat Banglawala)
... Erich Mancow statement on Fox & Friends [1]
.. Marvel Comics [1]
... Martin Mawyer of Christian Action Network and EDL [1]
... Brandon Mayfield cleared [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Youssef Megahed case [1]
... Michelle Malkin’s statement about Dunkin Donuts ad [1] (Sheila Musaji), Smearcasting report on Malkin [2], Michelle Malkin Publishes False Story [3] background [4] (FAIR) - reaction to Muslim Miss USA [5]
... Irshad Manji - Statement about “Muslim complicity in the holocaust” [1] (Tarek Fatah) and [2] her Newsweek article (Habib Siddiqui), [3] False prophets, [4], [5] (Samin Abedi), [6] (Hussein Ibish) - book “Trouble With Islam Today” [1] (Junaid Levesque-Alam)
... MARRIAGE - forced marriages claimed to be “Islamic” - [1] (Pakistani film against forced marriages),  [2], [3], [4] (Hana Shams Ahmed), [5] (Tariq Ramadan), [6]
- encouragement of muta marriages [1] (Ziauddin Sardar) 
... Joseph Massad unfairly attacked [1] (Max Blumenthal)
... Rev. Rich Mathes of Mission Gate Prison Ministries, and his email about prison “imam” and Allah [1], [2]
... Mattel is not promoting Shariah with a subversive “Islam is the light” doll.  [/1] (Hussein Rashid)
... Brandon Mayfield, Settles Claim for False Arrest on Terrorism Charges [1], Acquitted, Cleared of All Charges [2], [3] (Jonathan Finer)
... Ali Mazrui accused by David Horowitz to have been connected with Al-Muhajiroun [1]
... John McCain’s “Nation of Christians statement” [1] Jon Meacham, “gravest long term threat to nation’s economy” statement [2] (Eric Ames) - comment on Obama not a Muslim but a decent man [3] (Glenn Greenwald)
... Andy McCarthy calling Uigher protests in China “Muslim terrorism” [1] (Scott Horton) - “The Grand Jihad - How Islam and the Left Sabotage America” book review [2] (Aziz Poonawalla), [2a] (Adam Serwer)
... Joel McDurmon “hate the sinner” sermon [1]
... Lydia McGrew [1]
... MEDIA see see MEDIA, PROPAGANDA & PERCEPTION  (TAM article collection)
... Michael Medved on Islam [1] (Loonwatch)
... MEMRI [1] Middle East Media Research Institute,[2, [3] (Shahed Amanullah) - mistranslation [4] see also Apple store
... Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazd, falsely claimed to have justified and provided Islamic guidelines for the raping of prisoners [1] (Philip Weiss)
... Sohail Mohammad’s appointment to NJ bench attacked [1] (Adam Serwer)
... Rep. Daryl Metcalf [1]
... MILITARY - Muslims & Arabs in the U.S. military [1] (TAM article collection) - Franklin Graham’s “Rock the Fort” event for military unconstitutional [1]  see also Franklin Graham
... Militias in the U.S. see Claim that all terrorists are Muslims ignores history
... MINORITIES see Minorities, Multiculturalism, Pluralism, Diversity, MUSLIM MINORITY COMMUNITIES  (TAM article collection)
... Miss USA Beauty Pageant, Rima Fakih wins [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Missile defense agency logo & Frank Gaffney [1] 
... Missionaries see Evangelizing
... Dalia Mogahed’s appearance on the show Muslimah Dilemma 1], views on Shariah 2]
... Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Portland Christmas tree bomber [1] (Eboo Patel)
... Feiz Mohammad call to behead Geert Wilders condemned [1]
... Rev. Albert Mohler, Jr. [1]
... Craig Monteilh undercover at King Fahad Mosque in Los Angeles 2007 [1] - Muslims obtained restraining order against Monteilh [1]
... Charles Moore’s claims about Muslim leadership in Britain [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... Dr. Robert Morey claim Allah is a moon god [1], Dr. Morey and Faith Defenders [2]
... Henry Morgenstern and SSI [1] (Richard Bartholomew)
... Moros see Philippines
... Benny Morris book “1948”  [1]
...- MSU at U.C. Irvine cleared of charges of anti-Semitism for sponsoring Palestine Awareness Week [3]
... Mufti of Jerusalem and Hitler claims [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji) see also Nazis, fascists
... Muhammad a popular boys name in used as a scare tactic [1] (Alex Massie)

... Prophet MUHAMMAD - Responses to Allegations Made Against Prophet Muhammad:
- Ayesha’s (Aisha) age at marriage [1] (Abdur Rahman Squires),  [2][3], [4] (Tarek Fatah) 
- claim that he ordered the killing of of Abu ‘Afak and Asma’ bint Marwan [1] (Hesham Azmy)
- Banu Qurayza & Jews of Medina incident misrepresented [1], [2], [3],  (PBS),  [4] (W.N. Arafat)
- Truth About Muhammad book by Robert Spencer claims [1]  (Robert D. Crane)

... MULTICULTURALISM see Minorities, Multiculturalism, Pluralism, Diversity, MUSLIM MINORITY COMMUNITIES  (TAM article collection)
... Mumbai bombings [1] (CAIR),  [2]  (Jeff Siddiqui)

... MURDERS:
-  Murder of Eugene Armstrong in Iraq [1] (CAIR), 
-  Murder of Nick Berg [2] (Shahed Amanullah), [2a], 
-  Murder of Margaret Hasan in Iraq [3] (CAIR), 
-  Murder of Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia [4], [4a] (CAIR),  [4b] (Shahed Amanullah) 
-  Murder of Daniel Pearl [5] (Ali Khan), 
-  Murder of Theo Van Gogh [6], [[6a]]  (Zahed Amanullah)
- Murder of Dr. Tiller by Scott Roeder [7]
- Indian Muslim Intellectuals Condemn Pak Punjab Governor Salman Taseer’s Killing [1]

... Museum of Tolerance see Wiesenthal Center
... Muslim Demographics video [1][2], ]3 (Dr. Robert D. Crane), [3] with references to other articles (Sheila Musaji)
... Muslim Family Day at 6 Flags and Dr. Muhd. Yunus attacked by Joseph Kaufman [1]
... Muslim Mafia book see Dave Gaubatz
... Muslim Massacre game [1]
... Muslims Against Sharia who are they? (actually a non-Muslim group) [1], [2]

... MUSLIMS ARE - false claims
... Muslims are aggressive claim[1] claim that Muslims have historically been aggressive towards Christians and Jews, (Palestinian Archbishop Chakour)
... Muslims not part of American society claim [1][2] (Michael Wolfe), not part of our heritage [2] (Sheila Musaji)
... All terrorists and religious extremists are Muslims claim [1][2] (article collection),  [3]  [4] (James Ferguson)
... Muslims are “backwards” because of Islam [1]
... Muslims have made no contributions to the West - [1] (Richard Bulliett),  [2]
... Muslims are not interested in dialogue claim [1], [2] (Akbar S.Ahmed), [3] (Imam feisal Abdul Rauf),  [4] (Tarek Mitri), [5] (Riffat Hassan), [6] (article collection)
... Muslims are an “enemy within” claim [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muslims are a “fifth column”  [1] American Muslims are a ‘fifth column’ (Habib Siddiqui)
... Muslims can’t be good Americans [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muslims are a “green peril” [1], [2] (Deepa Kumar)
... Muslims don’t have a sense of humor [1]
... Muslims don’t speak out against extremism and terrorism claim [1] TAM article collection (Sheila Musaji), [1a] (M. Omer Iqbal), Muslim voices against extremism and terrorism [1b] TAM article collections - Actually Muslims turned in Craig Monteilh, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, Times Square bomber, infiltrating al Qaeda, the Oregon jihadist, list of terror plots foiled by Muslims [1] (Adam Serwer)
... Muslims are a threat to America [1] to America (Shahed Amanullah),  and House Intelligence Report making the same claim [2], [3] (Stephen Colbert)
... Muslims are inherently violent claim see Muslim Voices Promoting Islamic Non Violent Solutions (article collection) - Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Islam and non-violence [1] (with TAM article collection) (Ishtiaq Ahmed)
... Muslims are attempting to undermine the Constitution [1] (Sheila Musaji) see EMAILS
... Muslims hate the West claim [1]
... 5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam [1] - What everyone “knows” about Muslims (many false claims) [2] (Sheila Musaji) - News items that were false or never happened [3] (Sheila Musaji)

... Muta marriages see Iran
... Multiculturalism, pluralism, diversity [1] (TAM article collection)
... Multiculturalism aids terrorism claim FALSE [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... Hamaad Munshi, Britains “youngest terrorist” [1] (Inayat Bungawala) see Britain
... Douglas Murray and the Center for Social Cohesion’s “What are we to do with Islam” rant [1], [2] - attack on Peter Oborne’s exposé of Islamophobia [3] (Yusuf Smith)
... Sheila Musaji and The American Muslim attacked [1] by Hugh Fitzgerald, and [2]
...  Muslim Brotherhood Explanatory Memorandum document [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muslim Day at 6 Flags in Texas [1] and [2]
... Muslim demographics video on you tube [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... Muslim National Day of Prayer in D.C. [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji), and constitution [3], [4] (Chris Rodda)
... Muslim Wakeup MWU [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muslims Against Shariah (seem to be non-Muslims) [1] - [2], [3], [4], [5]
... Muslims against voting stickers in Britain condemned [1]
... MYANMAR (BURMA) injustice towards ignored [1] (Harun Yahya), [2] (Habib Siddiqui)
... Rep. Sue Myrick on Islam [1], [2] (Wm. E. Jackson, Jr.)

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... Alan Nadler on Tariq Ramadan [1] (Sophia Rose Shafi)
... Zakir Naik [1]  (A. Faizur Rahman), [2] (Mary Lahaj)
... Nakba denial by Israel [1] (Sheila Musaji) see also holocaust denial
... Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s supposed anti-Semitic remarks [1]
... Nation of Islam [1] (Shahed Amanullah) see Louis Farrakhan
... National Conference for all Concerned Christians in Australia [1] (Josephine Tovey)
... National Day of Prayer [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji) see also Muslim National Day of Prayer
... National Day of Prayer Task Force opposition to Muslim day of prayer [1]
... National Federation of Republican women anti-Muslim speaker [1]

... National Geographic’s Inside the Qur’an documentary [1] (Sumbul Ali Karamali)
... National Iranian-American Council (NIAC) falsely attacked [1] (Muhammad Sahimi), [2] (Daniel Luban)
... National Republican Trust anti-Muslim ad attacking Cordoba House [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Nazis, connecting with Islam [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Netanyahu 2009 speech [1] (TAM article collection)
... Netherlands: Five freed on terrorism charges [1]
... New Apostolic Reformation group & Sarah Palin [1] (Eileen Fleming) see Sarah Palin
... Gunny Bob Newman [1]
... New York Muslim teenaged girls cleared of terrorism charges [1]
... NYC Terror Plot [1] (Robert Dreyfuss), [2] (Robert Salaam), [3] (Eboo Patel), [4] (Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf)
... NYT AD posted by American Jewish Committee ad 6/21/07 [1]
... NYT Article about Iranian involvement in Iraq [1]
... Ahmad Niazi arrest [1] (Lawrence Swaim)

... NIGERIA:
- Amina Lawal death sentence for adultery [1] (Shahed Amanullah), [1a] (Nigerian scholars), Sharia court overturns decision [1b] - Muslim groups condemn Christian-Muslim violence in Jos on Christmas [1]
- Christian Muslim conflict [2] (Martin E. Marty), more than religious 2a
- Nigerian Boko Haram group against secular education [3] (Mohammad Abdeljalil)
- Massacre of Christians in Jos [4]
- Nigerian Imams and polio vaccine [5] (Shahed Amanullah)
- politicized religion fuels conflict [6]

... Nike Suicide bomb ad FALSE [1]
... Asra Nomani, women in mosques [1] (Shahed Amanullah) see Films: “Mosque in Morgantown”
... Non-violence in Islam - Muslim Voices Promoting Islamic Non Violent Solutions (article collection)  - Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Islam and non-violence [1] (with TAM article collection) (Ishtiaq Ahmed)
... Molly Norris incident see cartoons and freedom of speech
... Nuclear Security Summit logo claims [1] (Sheila Musaji)

O

... OBAMA and Islam - Larry Amon article on Obama converting to Islam [1] (Sheila Musaji) - Obama’s name [2] - Obama Iftar claims [3] (Sheila Musaji) - Cairo speech reaction [4] (article collection), forged birth certificate hoax [5], Obama a Muslim [6] (Parvez Ahmed) - and racism towards [7] (with article collectiion) - supposed “My Muslim faith” statement [8] - Muslim President? [9] (Wajahat Ali) see Colin Powell, emails

... Ohio car dealer anti-Muslim ad [1]
... OIL AND POLITICS (TAM article collection)
... Oklahoma - (U of OK) suicide bombing by Joel Hinrichs, claims that he was a Muslim FALSE [1]  (Cathy Young) -  distribution of Qur’ans to State Legislature [1] (Ray Hanania) - Sharia law ban [1] (Haroon Moghul), [2] (David True), [3] see also Sharia
... Omaha Mall Shooting supposed connection to Muslims FALSE [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Bill O’Reilly Smearcasting report [1],  [2] (Sheila Musaji), [3] (FAIR) - comments on Muslims on The View [1] video
... Operation Ajax [1] see Iran
... Operation Save America on Muslims [1] (Eleanor Bader), [2]
... Oregon bomb plot, Muslims condemn [1]

P

, vs. Islam [2] (Richard Bartholomew)
... Pact of Umar criticized [1] (Loonwatch)
... Jose Padilla case [1] (Shahed Amanullah), [2] (Zahed Amanullah)

... PAKISTAN:
-  rape case of Mukhtaran Mai [1] (CAIR-Can), [1a
-  St. Dominic’s Church Massacre [2]  (CAIR-CAN) 
-  Hindu man beaten to death for “blasphemy” [3] (Ali Eteraz), [3a] (Ishtiaq Ahmed) 
-  Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) crisis [4] (Rafia Zakaria) 
-  Car bomb at Danish Embassy in Islamabad [[5]] (Dr. Hesham Hassaballa) 
-  violence against Christians [6] (Junaid Afeef)
- suicide attack on Rawalpindi mosque [7] (Maryam Khan Ansari)
-  beheading of two Sikh youth in the Peshawar region [1] (Dr. Shah Alam Khan), [2] (Ishtiaq Ahmed)
- Zina ordinance [1] (Farzana Hassan)
see also Taliban

... PALESTINE injustices towards ignored ... PALESTINE,  [1] (Mazin Qumsiyeh),  — Timeline of Palestine History [2], [3] (M. Shahid Alam),  [4] (Habib Siddiqui), [5] - False claim of ‘massacre’ of Jewish of worshippers in Hebron [6] -  Palestinian Christian population reduction due to Muslim persecution [7] - Qana Ambulance attack by Israel denied and claimed to be a hoax [8]  (Human Rights Watch), [9] - Goldstone report [10] (Sheila Musaji) - IDF trains Muslim hating dogs [11] (Richard Silverstein) - settlements [12] article collection (Sheila Musaji)

... Sarah Palin comment on Constitutional rights for terrorists [1] (James Zogby) - and NAR [2] (Eileen Fleming) - statements on America’s foundation [3] (Loonwatch) and [3a]
... Park51/ Park 51 see Cordoba House
... Rev. Rod Parsley’s statements [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji), [3] (Rev. Martin Marty), [4]
... Partitions in mosques separating men and women [1]
... Aqsa Parvez see honor killings
... Patriots for America email that Muslims not part of American heritage [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Pedestrian Infiden proposal for constitutional amendment to ban Islam in the U.S. [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Pentagon shooting should be considered terrorism [1] (Aziz Poonawalla)
... Pentagon promotes Left Behind convert or die game [1]
... Marty Peret’s blog “Spine” on Muslim population [1] - on Fort Hood massacre [2] - comment on Arabs [3] (Glenn Greenwald) - comment “Muslim life is cheap” and suggestion that Muslims shouldn’t come under first amendment 4, [4a] (Kevin Flower) - Peretz’ bigotry [5] (Glenn Greenwald)
... Perfume store in Houston, TX closed to honor 9/11 hijacker FALSE [1] (Snopes.com)
... Richard Perle [1] (Eli Clifton), [2] (WRMEA)
... Charles Peters and CAMERA & David Project [1] (Max Blumenthal)
... 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
... PEW Report on American Muslim attitudes [1] (Hesham Hassaballa), and [2] (Shahed Amanullah),  [3] PEW poll on U.S. Muslims and Suicide Bombings, (Ali Eteraz)  [4][5], [6](Ingrid Mattson)
... PEW global poll of British Muslim attitudes [1]
... Melanie Philips [1] (Yusuf Smith) -  false Iran yellow star story[1] (Yusuf Smith) - book “Londonistan” [1] (Yusuf Smith) - false claims of anti-Semitism against Mohammad Sawalha   [1]
... Photo of woman being stoned actually from a film [1]

... PHILIPPINES - massacre in Mindanao [1] (Bruce Lawrence) - injustice towards Moros ignored [2] (Sheila Musaji) - Muslim peacekeepers [3] - Muslims condemn Christmas bombing in Sulu [1]

... Piggy Banks banned by Halifax Bank not to offend Muslims FALSE [1]
... James Pinkerton, Huckabee advisor [1]
... Mayor Johnny Piper on Eid stamp [1], [2]

... Daniel Pipes is such a prolific Islamophobe that we now have an article collection devoted to him ***

... Policy Exchange’s recent report on extremism in British mosques [1] (Osama Saeed), [2] (Martin Hodgson), [3] (Seumas Milne), [4] Alternet, [5] (Brian Whitaker), [6] Soumaya Ghannoushi, [7] (Irfan Yusuf),