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BERKELEY, CA: The Haas Institute at UC Berkeley on Wednesday released a resource pack that compiles hundreds of scholarly works on Islamophobia in the US. Titled “ Islamophobia in the United States: A Reading Resource Pack ,” this publication and web resource provides a comprehensive literature...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As secretary of state-pick Mike Pompeo, known for his anti-Muslim views, nears confirmation, and the Supreme Court appears poised to uphold the Muslim ban, the Haas Institute releases a database that identifies state lawmakers behind a raft of anti-Muslim legislation. BERKELEY...
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By Basima Sisemore and Rhonda Itaoui Jan. 30, 2018 On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments against the latest third version signed by Trump on Sept. 24, 2017. This version remains in full effect. Under the ban,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ### BERKELEY, CA: Ultra right-wing activists and their allies in state legislatures and the federal government have in recent years undertaken coordinated and systematized efforts to alienate, criminalize, and perpetuate fear and othering of Muslims in the United States, a new...
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On Friday, January 27, President Trump issued an extraordinary executive order (#13769) under the title “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Entry into the United States.” The scope and complexity of the order generated confusion among those charged with implementing it as well as the press and...
Oct. 31, 2019 In a new partnership with the Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project and Our Three Winners Foundation, the Haas Institute piloted a fellowship program over the summer designed for people working in or studying public policy to recognize biases and understand the scope of...
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For Immediate Release January 20, 2021 BERKELEY, CA: The Othering & Belonging Institute welcomes President Biden's rescission of the infamous Muslim Ban , but urges that much more be done to reverse the proliferation of anti-Muslim policies at the federal and state levels over the past two...
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Click to download a PDF of this report . The report was submitted January 15, 2019 to the UN Human Rights Committee List of Issues Prior to Reporting on the 5th Periodic Review of the United States Government regarding the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This...
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This Reading Resource Pack was developed by researchers from the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute, as part of its larger project of documenting and countering Islamophobia. AUTHORS Rhonda Itaoui was a Research Fellow with the Othering & Belonging Institute (...
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