The cover, which is the fourth of the British magazine to feature the title since 2014, has been criticised by experts and social media users for “flattening” the geo-political complexities of the Middle East through promoting the sectarian narrative.
A survey, launched as part of Donald Trump’s 2018 re-election campaign, asks supporters whether they fear the spread of Sharia law. The survey also asks a variety of questions about immigration, including legal and illegal immigration, and the so-called ‘Muslim ban’.
Most U.S. Muslims support gun safety reforms and believe public officials would have responded differently had the Florida shooter been Muslim, reports CAIR. Meanwhile, right-wing publications are linking criticism of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s response to the shooting with its supposed relationships with CAIR and ‘other’ Islamist groups.
After one year and two days in Turkish prison – mostly spent in solitary confinement – journalist Deniz Yücel was set free by the Turkish authorities on February 16, 2018. The case of Yücel, a German and Turkish dual national working for the German Die Welt newspaper, had been a severe stumbling block in German-Turkish…
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that Trump supporters and extreme far-right conservatives share more ‘junk’ news on Twitter and Facebook than all other groups combined.
