https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Anti-Muslim en https://religiondispatches.org/2025/11/12/new-era-israel Two events happened in the past two weeks which seem, on the surface, to have little to do with one another. Yet they may come to be seen as a similar turning point in American Jewish life. First, Zohran Mamdani… Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:00:00 EST Joel Swanson 665d9b6b-f9ea-4906-8790-8b56434faa35 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/11/06/bad-muslim-good-mayor The name is Mamdani, M-A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it. Because he won . On November 4, 2025, New York City elected Zohran Kwame Mamdani as its first Muslim mayor. Throughout his campaign—from polling at 1% of the… Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 EST Ambereen Dadabhoy b93533ab-1b14-4610-bcc1-6517449a1931 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/11/03/auntie-fa “What do you call someone from Japan?” “ Japanese .” “What do you call someone from England?” “ English .” “What do you call someone from India?” “ Auntie or Uncle .” I doubled over laughing as my friend and… Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:00 EST Sajida Jalalzai 4fb0f104-0c65-4b75-aff6-27d5f14df9e1 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/10/31/islamophobia-back-menu In a few days, Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the first South Asian Muslim mayor of New York. Helped by ranked choice voting and a platform laser-focused on affordability, Mamdani’s unlikely political ascendancy is throwing the establishment for a… Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 EDT Ambereen Dadabhoy e2691f5f-55ba-43f1-9464-5352c245ba5a https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/30/charlie-kirk-memorial-seoul On September 13, 2025, echoes of “We are Charlie Kirk” could be heard across Seoul. From Jamsil to Gangnam, thousands of young Koreans commemorated American political activist Charlie Kirk’s death by dressing in black, raising US flags and photographs of… Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 EDT Chanhee Heo 99580078-c280-4d6f-b1df-9cb33665f392 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/10/tx-candidate-gomez-book-burning-stunt-falls-flat-when-gaza-flames Republican candidate for Texas’ 31st Congressional District Valentina Gomez wants to save America from Islam—with a flamethrower. A recent campaign ad posted on X shows the 26-year-old Colombian American MAGA-hopeful in camouflage pants, boots, and a shirt emblazoned with the… Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:15:43 EDT Sajida Jalalzai 591c1120-bc09-4d9e-ac47-d024b7362cb4 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/09/03/weaponizing-antisemitism-advance-authoritarianism-lara-friedman-and-yousef-munayyer This episode discusses ongoing efforts to suppress criticism of the Israeli government’s oppression of Palestinians under the guise of fighting antisemitism—efforts which are fueling authoritarianism and pushing shared safety further from grasp. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:58:04 EDT Political Research Associates 1eab22de-4475-4389-8af1-1e9aeba8282e https://religiondispatches.org/2025/08/18/chatgpt-cant-teach-us-about-religion-or-anything-else-matter This article includes analysis of ChatGPT use in classrooms. With due respect to the author: given its devastating and demonstrably racialized environmental impact, its replication of white supremacy and other forms of injustice, and its specious contributions to knowledge creation… Mon, 18 Aug 2025 02:58:48 EDT Beatrice Marovich 9c1c9057-7047-4921-9aae-82f8c059d0d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/06/26/bad-muslim-good-candidate-mamdanis-campaign-disrupts-electability-islamophobia Against all odds and the will of billionaires and establishment Democrats, Zohran Mamdani is the 2025 Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. The New York Times (about which the less said the better) reported that only one out… Thu, 26 Jun 2025 04:56:51 EDT Megan Goodwin 6a61272a-5ed5-4d4c-b696-1b2155ab69ba https://politicalresearch.org/2024/12/12/review-reverberations-october-7 Palestine Legal’s report on anti-Palestinian repression in months after October 7, 2023 details the enormous wave of institutional backlash against pro-Palestine protesters. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:18:12 EST Habiba Farh 7692f0e3-84d3-4be8-919a-acc3108c815b https://politicalresearch.org/2024/11/21/haf-way-supremacy-rebranding-hindu-supremacy-minority-rights-conversation-safa-ahmed-and This interview with Savera Coalition partners dives into an expose on the influential HAF, as a Hindu supremacist institution masquerading as a civil rights organization. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:16:21 EST Political Research Associates df5ba81e-d849-4104-aaed-eda88133f1e5 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/11/07/us-imperialism-comes-home-roost-conversation-ramah-kudaimi We talk with Ramah Kudaimi about imperialism & state violence. From the global war on terror, to genocide in Palestine, we discuss how imperial power, capitalist interests, and far-right organizing work together to entrench systems of oppression. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:30:29 EST Political Research Associates 18815f16-7bd5-4e04-8cb8-56f047ebdefd https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/15/haf-way-supremacy The Hindu American Foundation has been influential for 20 years, masquerading as an advocacy group for minority rights, but is better understood as a key actor in a global Hindu supremacist movement and an emerging player in the U.S. Far Right. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:18:49 EDT Savera 53d7d588-2251-44d4-ac62-1450f16b7d11 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/09/05/new-antisemitism-and-neo-mccarthyism Authoritarian forces in the U.S. are desperate to quell the grassroots upsurge in Palestine solidarity protests by responding with neo-McCarthyist repression tactics, recalling a period of extreme anti-Left repression driven by the U.S Right in the 1950s. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:49:06 EDT Ben Lorber 267648d5-56be-4a05-b683-8a9f231fc129 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/05/17/global-trail-violence PRA’s newest partner, Savera: United Against Supremacy, reports on the violent, far-right Hindu supremacist movement behind Modi’s government. Fri, 17 May 2024 09:44:45 EDT Savera f9f3060d-5a85-4a27-8b75-cd602f564949 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/03/18/101-countering-violent-extremism-cve Countering Violent Extremism has been lauded by some academics, politicians and activists, but targets communities harmed by the War on Terror. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:11:02 EDT Habiba Farh d65594be-1516-479c-85b7-331cd00516f7 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/14/innocent-until-proven-muslim Dr. Maha Hilal discusses the pervasive and ongoing effects of the War on Terror, and the dehumanization of Muslims across the globe. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:53:02 EST Habiba Farh 12ab9ec4-5aea-4fae-8356-3ae66981f69f https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/12/vivek-ramaswamy-represents-convergence-white-supremacy-and-hindu-supremacy-and-he-may Vivek Ramaswamy’s candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination might seem idiosyncratic and incoherent, but it marks the most recent manifestation of a process long underway: the convergence of Hindu supremacy and White supremacy in the United States. With this convergence… Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:46:32 EST Usha Kumar 6a5a2814-8ef2-4254-9543-119635a9e401 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/13/religious-studies-professor-i-disagreed-hamline-firing-now-ive-changed-my-mind Since learning about Hamline University’s recent firing of an instructor, the flurry of thoughts and feelings I’ve had resembles the inside of a snow globe. Readers probably know the story by now. Erika López Prater, an adjunct instructor of art… Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:22:54 EST Kate Blanchard c6897d28-f77d-44b9-81f5-83793e165901 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/05/pope-benedicts-2006-islamophobia-controversy-wasnt-isolated-incident-islamophobia Since Benedict XVI ’s death on December 31, 2022, a flurry of reflections have emerged about the former Pope as a renowned professor , influential theologian , and “ one of the most conservative pontiffs in recent memory .” Many… Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:54:00 EST Wendy Mallette 1301021d-8753-4365-9cb6-2d771d69c932 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/29/far-right-embrace-knights-templar-isnt-just-about-faith-tradition-or-history-its-about In 1302, the island of Arwad, off the coast of Syria, fell to Mamluk forces. The Templar garrison died in the assault. The Templar had lost their last stronghold in the Holy Land, and while the other major military orders… Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:36:35 EDT Thomas Lecaque ace1a30c-cd14-4926-a64d-b479dec8536c https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/01/book-bannings-are-bad-enough-where-those-involved-are-considered-demonic-stakes-could Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades. This has been particularly so among leaders of the Christian revivalist movement, the New Apostolic Reformation, in recent… Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:39:52 EDT Frederick Clarkson cd774fcd-5ee8-4090-b7e6-94ce432d0f0e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/17/vile-attack-salman-rushdie-reminds-us-value-free-society-our-outrage-more-about-criminal When it was published in 1988, The Satanic Verses wasn’t immediately controversial. But the charged politics of Islam and the West meant some kind of blowback to Salman Rushdie’s novel was likely: The Iran-Iraq War had just ended and the… Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:15:54 EDT Haroon Moghul a3220164-ceaa-464c-8e5e-ee6406b154ca https://politicalresearch.org/2022/07/06/building-broad-coalitions An excerpt from the conversation hosted by PRA on Christian Zionism, its core tenets and how organizers can effectively counter its messaging. Wed, 06 Jul 2022 02:20:40 EDT Political Research Associates 53477c45-af47-499a-b64a-810f4b858f21 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/04/01/not-so-reformed Countering Violent Extremism programs purport to understand and dissuade “extremism”, but a closer look at organizations and players in these programs show problematic framing and marginalization of communities. Fri, 01 Apr 2022 01:28:25 EDT Megan Kelly, J. DeCook 30469d00-3f61-43d7-8e23-5466f6d72b79