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Islamophobia and Muslim Americans

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Featured Websites and Organizations

CAIR - Washington State
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization. CAIR's mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
Challenge Islamophobia
A part of "Teaching for Change," the Challenge Islamophobia project is a website with teaching lessons and resources to challenge Islamophobia in higher education.
Colorlines: Islamophobia
The online magazine Colorlines has an entire page devoted to keeping us current on the topic
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Advocates is a national legal advocacy and educational organization that works on the frontlines of civil rights to guarantee freedom and justice for Americans of all faiths.
Muslim Student Association National
Established in the early 1960s, the Muslim Student Association serves "Muslim students during their college and university careers by facilitating their efforts to establish, maintain and develop local MSA chapters."
The Network Against Islamophobia (NAI)
"The Network Against Islamophobia (NAI), a project of Jewish Voice for Peace, was created to serve
as a resource to, and work with, JVP chapters and other groups interested in organizing against
Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism and to be a partner to the broader, Muslim-led movement
against Islamophobia."
Shoulder to Shoulder
"Shoulder to Shoulder is a national coalition-based campaign of religious denominations and faith-based organizations and communities that are committed to ending discrimination and violence against Muslims in the United States by equipping, connecting, and mobilizing faith leaders to effectively take action."

Featured Podcasts

Muslim Student Association National - Podcast
"Tune in to hear stories from students and leaders from across the country"
King of the World (Podcast)
A seven-part podcast series about American Muslim life post-9/11, hosted by Shahjehan Khan
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
A 3+ minute listen from All Things Considered

Featured Books and eBooks

American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear

Main Collection

Do Muslim Women Need Saving?

Main Collection

I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim

Main Collection

America for Americans : a History of Xenophobia in the United States

Does My Head Look Big in This?

Main Collection

We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape our Multiracial Future

Available in print Main Collection

What Is Islamophobia? : Racism, Social Movements and the State

Islamophobia : History, Context and Deconstruction

Keyboard Warriors: The Production of Islamophobic Identity and an Extreme Worldview within an Online Political Community

The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Hatred of Muslims

Growing Up Muslim: Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories

Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Interreligious Hermeneutics : Ways of Seeing the Religious Other

Islam : An American Religion

Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats Discussions of Diversity in K-12 and Higher Education

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

New Books/ Main Collection

Featured Source

StoryCorps

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StoryCorps: American Pathways
"Launched in 2020, American Pathways is an initiative to record, preserve, and share the stories and experiences of refugees, asylees, immigrants, and Muslims living in the United States."

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American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear

Do Muslim Women Need Saving?

I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim

America for Americans : a History of Xenophobia in the United States

Does My Head Look Big in This?

We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape our Multiracial Future

What Is Islamophobia? : Racism, Social Movements and the State

Islamophobia : History, Context and Deconstruction

Keyboard Warriors: The Production of Islamophobic Identity and an Extreme Worldview within an Online Political Community

The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Hatred of Muslims

Growing Up Muslim: Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories

Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Interreligious Hermeneutics : Ways of Seeing the Religious Other

Islam : An American Religion

Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats Discussions of Diversity in K-12 and Higher Education

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

Featured Source

StoryCorps