Thread by @AmeenaGK

Throughout the day, I'm going to be tweeting articles/resources to educate about anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia because of what Muslims experience everyday and because we have your attention because of the the #NewZealandTerroristAttack #ChristchurchMosqueAttacks 1/N

Here's a piece that Thea Abu el-Haj and I recently wrote for @TheAssemblyJrnl (an #Openaccess journal): colorado.edu/journal/assemb… #Islamophobia #AntiMuslimRacism #NewZealandMosqueAttack 2/N

A number of excellent resources can be found in the #Islamophobia is #racism syllabus: islamophobiaisracism.wordpress.com 3/N

I should mention that several of the contributors to this syllabus are on twitter and are fabulous resources themselves - if you need contributors for your news shows/articles, you should try them: @DrSaud @ZareenaGrewal @SohailDaulatzai @lara_deeb @NajeebaSyeed 4/N

Check out this oped by @mariamdurrani religiondispatches.org/a-portrait-of-… 5/N

Check out this podcast with Arshad Ali from @gwGSEHD where he discusses #Muslimyouth, public schooling, and civic engagement edfix.libsyn.com/edfix-episode-… 6/N

Another terrific resource is @dviyer & her @solidarity_is project which, "provides individuals & organizations w/ tools, resources, & ideas to foster meaningful solidarity practices that bring abt power, equity, inclusion and justice" solidarityis.org/project 7/N

Here's a full length academic article (which is not behind a firewall) by @monishabajaj @kdesai382 and myself in @Harvard_Ed_Pub hepgjournals.org/doi/abs/10.177… 8/N

The article comes out of a curriculum that we developed to fight xenophobic and bias-based bullying. That resource if available on the @SAALTweets website (and they're another incredible resource themselves). saalt.org/wp-content/upl… 9/N

I've been trying to tweet things that are easily accessible but for a list of really great books to read, please see @ShabanaMir1's thread here (she's another excellent resource herself & needs to add her own book to her list!):

https://twitter.com/ShabanaMir1/status/1106633151949037570

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On the topic of books, we need to start education children about bias and racism early on. Stories are a great place to start. Here are several lists of books with #MuslimsinStory by @KitaabWorld to #CounterIslamophobiaThroughStories kitaabworld.com/blogs/news/tag… 11/N

The @bridgeinit is a multi-year research project on Islamophobia housed at @Georgetown, with the goal of disseminating original and accessible research. Here's just one example, an infographic connecting 45 to anti-Muslim groups: bridge.georgetown.edu/research/the-t… 12/N

For K-12 educators, @Tolerance_org has lesson plans that deal with anti-Muslim racism, for example, this lesson for high schoolers on countering Islamophobia (search for "Islamophobia" in their search box for more): tolerance.org/classroom-reso… 13/N

The @jvplive's Network Against Islamophobia is another excellent resource (and example of coalition building & solidarity) with a curriculum that addresses Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism jewishvoiceforpeace.org/network-agains… 14/N

The Challenge Islamophobia Project by @teachingchange strives to "rethink what we know about the history of Muslims in the US, including the fact that Islamophobia is rooted in a history of racism." Has a growing number of lesson plans & resources. teachingforchange.org/challenge-isla… 15/N

For a "series of short-form, first-person documentary films that uses humor and empathy to subvert stereotypes" about Muslims, a #mustwatch is the #SecretLivesOfMuslims (co-produced by @rezaaslan): secretlifeofmuslims.com/season-one 16/N

You might be surprised to see me including @MTV on this list but their @LookDifferent campaign has been doing important anti-bias work and reaches a huge audience. For example, lookdifferentmtv.tumblr.com/post/920528847… 17/N

The @PopCollab has an important report on 100 years of Muslim tropes in Hollywood (and how to transform them) popcollab.org/haqq-and-holly… 18/N

Since many seem to think Arabs=Muslim (which is not true), have to give a shout-out to Jack Sheehan's important work, also on Muslim stereotypes in popular culture. See this mash-up featuring clips from 1896 to 2004 in this excerpt from #ReelBadArabs 19/N

The @HaasInstitute of @UCBerkeley is another Islamophobia documentation project and a number of resources, including this resource pack featuring key scholarly texts on Islamophobia & anti-Muslim racism. haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/global-justice… 20/N

The @HuffPost started an Islamophobia tracker in 2016... While it only documented a year's worth of incidents, it provides a timeline of the 385 reported acts in 2016 alone testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com/islamophobia/ 21/N

A few more academics on twitter who tweet/write about Islamophobia & anti-Muslim racism (see earlier tweets for others): @SaherSelod @marymood @NaziaKaziTweets @KhaledBeydoun @ostadjaan @_WaqasTufail @toddhgreen @CraigCons @ErikLove @SikhProf (and many more!) 22/N

Some more resources being tweeted by @ProfIRMF, a scholar of religion:

https://twitter.com/ProfIRMF/status/1106649614671855618

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Many don't seem to know about the devastating drone wars that the US has been involved in Muslim majority countries. @joshbegley documented every reported covert US drone strike bw 2002-2017 @dronestream. Might not seem related to anti-Muslim racism but it absolutely is. 24/N

Islamophobia shows up everywhere...including sports. #FridayFollow @_shireenahmed_ a sports activist "focusing on Muslim women in sports, and the intersections of racism and misogyny in sport" 25/N

Here is @thebrownhijabi performing her award-winning poem *This Is Not A Humanising Poem* (also check out her blog) - take the time to listen to her. Words are powerful. #26/N

There are several journalists I'd like to mention. While they don't exclusively report on Islamophobia, they frequently take these issues head-on &/or are Muslim themselves (representation matters): @mehdirhasan @IAmAmnaNawaz @mssophiaakram @ghazalairshad @MazMHussain @Dena 27/N

I have to mention @hasanminhaj who often takes on anti-Muslim racism & Islamophobia through comedy (and sometimes quite seriously). Check out @patriotact 28/N

While the podcast is no more, you can still listen to all the episodes of @radbrowndads' podcast @seesomething. It's a great example of Muslim representing themselves and telling their own stories - from the banal to the extraordinary. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/see… 29/N

The only silver lining to the increase in hate that we've seen over the past few years (now decades?) is the rise of activism. These activists are doing the work: @lsarsour @ZahraBilloo @MuslimIQ @Margari_Aziza @AyeshaASiddiqi and many others. 30/N

None of my resources thus far have pointed to what "the real Islam" is - that's bc Islamophobia has very little to do w/ Islam & a lot more to do with racism + imperialism. That said, if you want to learn abt Islam, @ING_org has several resources ing.org 31/N

For a slightly more critical take, @MuslimARC has a lot of resources but you have to register to access them. They also do critical anti-Islamophobia training. muslimarc.org 32/N

In 2017, a NYMag report by @AzmatZahra & @Anand_Gopal_ "The Uncounted" documents how the US coalition grossly "underestimated" the number of civilian deaths in their airstrikes in Iraq against ISIS. It's behind a paywall but here's Azmat on NPR npr.org/2017/11/17/564…. 33/N

The public imagination regarding Muslims is fueled by a poor understanding of entities like ISIS. @MsEntropy is a an expert on ISIS and counter-terrorism. This is a long but educative thread. Read the whole thread or start from here:

https://twitter.com/MsEntropy/status/1106684902311936001

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From across the pond, you may want to look at the work the @islamophobiaEIR is doing in Europe. Aside from their annual reports (there are currently 3), they also have really informative infographics eg. islamophobiaeurope.com/islamophobic-s… 35/N

It's important for Muslims to tell their own stories. The blog @muslimgirl is "dedicated to raising the place of Muslim women in our society, eliminating stereotypes, & creating a healthy interfaith dialogue through the spirit of sisterhood". Founded by #MuslimGirl @xoamani. 36/N

For some fabulous fiction that really disrupts Muslim stereotypes, look no further than @GWillowWilson - not only did she write the brilliant #AlifTheUnseen, she is also the woman behind Kamala Khan aka @MsMarvelNow marvel.com/characters/ms-… 37/N

#TheGoodImmigrant is a collection of essays about race and immigration in the UK & US (vol 1 & 2) - here's an excerpt from the powerful essay "Typecast as a terrorist" (UK edition) written by the multi-talented @RizMC. theguardian.com/world/2016/sep… 38/N

“Islamophobia Inc.,” is a 48m @AlJazeera investigation of "the purveyors of anti-Muslim hate in the U.S. and the funders bankrolling this movement." aljazeera.com/investigations… 39/N

Civil rights/advocacy organizations @CAIRNational + @splcenter have been doing incredible work documenting & mapping hate crimes against Muslims and others (including those perceived to be Muslims - another major facet of Islamophobia) across the US. splcenter.org/hate-map 40/N

In Europe, this work of documenting hate crimes against Muslims is being done by @OSCE, world's largest regional security organization hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crim… 41/N

While the term "Islamophobia" is a lot older than most people think (actually first appears in the 1920s), it became part of popular vocabulary thanks to the groundbreaking 1997 @RunnymedeTrust report out of the UK. runnymedetrust.org/projects-and-p… 42/N

Here are some really useful guides for how to be a better ally, neighbor and bystander - all available at @dcmuslimjustice. #solidarity #muslims 43/N

These are difficult times but sometimes, laughter is the best medicine. There are some jems in these hashtags: #GrowingUpMuslim #MuslimsReportStuff #PeacefulMosques. Also check out Muslim comedians: @ZahraComedy @TazzyStar @NeginFarsad @DeanObeidallah 44/N

Muslims for Progressive Values (@mpvusa) is one of the oldest progressive Muslim organizations committed to human rights and social justice for all. Their work on inclusivity is especially important. Here are the principles they stand for: mpvusa.org/mpv-principles 45/N

Another visual resource for bystanders and allies (thank you @Meowwch for sharing this with me) 46/N

A few more journalists/writers to follow because Muslims (and/or people from Muslim communities) need to be telling their own stories. @SanaSaeed @BayoumiMoustafa @Rowaida_Abdel @rozina_ali @OmarWaraich @TalalNAnsari 47/N

That being said, there are a few Muslims out there (and I will not give them a platform by mentioning their names) whose stories we could probably do without. You'll find a few of them here as part of the Islamophobia industry network islamophobianetwork.com 48/N

It's worth mentioning that while the far-right might be the obvious source of anti-Muslim racism, there is plenty of Islamophobia in liberal circles-it's just more insidious. Here's a 2012 piece by @ProfessorKumar, which is a great primer to the issue thenation.com/article/islamo… 49/N

Here are the profiles of the #50lives lost in the #NewZealandMosqueAttacks: Read about them. Remember them. Say a prayer for them and their families. And then take action to help fight anti-Muslim racism. nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl…
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Please help fight #Islamophobia + #AntiMuslimRacism + hate:

1) Read/Explore 3 of the resources in this thread
2) Teach what you learned to 3 people
3) Report back: #3toFightHate
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#51lives 💔
#NewZealandTerroristAttacks #TakeOnHate
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